A website called RentAHuman now lets artificial intelligence agents post tasks, pick workers, and pay them — an arrangement no contract or labor law was written to govern, because no legal system recognizes the hiring party as a person. Forty years ago the Israeli-American legal theorist Meir Dan-Cohen, a longtime professor at UC Berkeley School [...]
The Gambia’s Supreme Court is weighing whether the country’s 2015 ban on female genital mutilation is unconstitutional — a challenge brought by religious traditionalists who say the prohibition violates their rights to culture and religion. The outcome in Almamy Gibba and Others v. Attorney General will test whether a cultural practice can claim constitutional protection [...]
The international system stands at an inflection point. The simultaneous rise of strongman leadership in China, Russia, and the United States—three states whose power shapes global order—has accelerated a worldwide retreat from liberal democracy, multilateralism, and the rule of law. This trend is not isolated. It has emboldened authoritarian figures across the globe, weakened international [...]
UN experts on Thursday decried the continuation of hostilities between the US and Iran, warning that the resumed conflict undermines peace and greatly increases civilian suffering in the region. Human rights authorities condemned the strikes and counter-strikes and emphasized the impact on civilians. Strikes on vessels operating within the Strait of Hormuz are “endangering civilian [...]
The European Commission on Friday issued preliminary findings that TikTok failed to meet child-safety requirements under the Digital Services Act (DSA) by allowing minors’ accounts and content to remain too widely visible, including to adults and people without TikTok accounts. The commission said the settings could expose children to unwanted contact, cyberbullying, and predatory behavior. [...]
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife Cilia Flores appeared in a Manhattan federal court Wednesday, where Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein set a June 1, 2027 trial date at the request of lawyers for both the prosecution and the defense. Under the now approved schedule, the defense will file requests in early September to challenge [...]
Five UN specialized agencies reported on Tuesday that global hunger rates declined for the third consecutive year in 2025, but the distribution of these improvements remained uneven across regions, and also noted the persistence of significant impediments to progress due to energy shocks and armed conflicts. The UN agencies released a report entitled “The State [...]
A coalition of British Columbia rights groups on Thursday urged the Canadian province to ensure that voters in custody can exercise their right to vote. This statement comes as the pre-campaign period of the province’s 2026 general local elections begins. The British Columbia Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA), the Union of BC Indian Chiefs, and Prisoners’ [...]
The European Commission (EC) on Thursday found Google to be non-compliant with the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and issued two fines totaling €890 million. Executive Vice-President for Tech Sovereignty, Security and Democracy Henna Virkkunen commented that the decision sent a clear message: “We will not hesitate to use our tools to safeguard business and innovation [...]
Mikaela Raiser is a law student at the Universidad de Lima, and a JURIST correspondent covering legal developments and social issues in Perú. ENGLISH On July 3, Keiko Sofía Fujimori Higuchi was certified as the first elected female President of Perú by the National Electoral Jury (Jurado Nacional de Elecciones, JNE). She secured 50.135% of [...]
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