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The US Department of Justice determined that Nebraska is violating the civil rights of residents with serious mental illnesses by unnecessarily segregating them into institutional settings. The case emerged from complaints by Nebraskans that the state was improperly subjecting mental health patients to segregation from general society, in violation of Title II of the Americans [...]

South Africa’s main opposition party announced it would go all the way to the Constitutional Court to fight the National Health Insurance (NHI) Bill, aimed at providing universal health coverage, on Tuesday. Just two weeks out from the general election on May, 29 2024, the Bill would see free healthcare provided at the point for care [...]

Morocco’s criminalization of abortion and its failure to ensure access to sexual and reproductive health services is violating women’s and girls’ human rights, according to a report published Tuesday by Amnesty International. The report concluded that the criminalization of abortion in Morocco has a “devastating” impact on women and girls, who must often resort to [...]

Tens of thousands of people gathered in Bogota, Colombia on Wednesday to express their support for the labor and healthcare reforms put forward by President Gustavo Petro. Tens of thousands marched in Columbia in support of the reforms, while the President delivered a speech in defense of the social reforms. In terms of the health [...]

Marissa Zupancic is JURIST’s Washington DC Correspondent, a JURIST Senior Editor and a 3L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. She’s stationed in Washington during her Semester in DC.  US Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) hosted a panel discussion earlier this month highlighting new bipartisan legislation to address pharmaceutical drug [...]

Emma DeSouza is a writer, campaigner and peace builder. She initiated a human rights case regarding the Belfast ‘Good Friday Agreement,’ resulting in substantive changes in UK Immigration Law for those resettling in Northern Ireland. Emma formerly ran as a candidate in the Northern Ireland Assembly elections. She spoke with JURIST Interviews Managing Editor James [...]

In the evolving landscape of reproductive rights, the intersectionality of gender identities and abortion rights in India demands critical examination. Recognising the multifaceted challenges faced by transgender individuals in accessing healthcare, this essay explores the imperative for specific legal provisions safeguarding their reproductive autonomy. In a country where societal norms often marginalise transgender communities, the [...]

The US Appeals Court for the Eleventh Circuit found on Wednesday that Florida Governor Ron DeSantis violated a local prosecutor’s First Amendment rights under the US Constitution when he suspended the prosecutor for refusing to enforce state laws surrounding access to reproductive health. The case has now been sent back down to the trial court [...]

The government of the Australian state of Tasmania is seeking to ban conversion therapy practices in a recently released draft legislation. The Bill, known as the Justice Miscellaneous (Conversion Practices) Bill 2024, follows the Tasmanian government’s promise last year to render conversion practices illegal after a report from the Tasmanian Law Reform Institute highlighted the [...]

Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Mashal Asim Khan is an LLB student in the University of London External Programme at The Institute of Legal Studies (TILS). She files this from Islamabad. On August 31st, the government of the Pakistani province of [...]