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This article is the second in a series covering attacks on the rule of law. The rule of law is a political philosophy premised on the promise that all citizens, leaders, and institutions are accountable to the same laws, guaranteed through processes, practices, and norms that work together to support the equality of all citizens [...]

On March 16, 2022, after the tragic events of January’s political unrest, President of the Republic of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev addressed the nation with a message entitled “New Kazakhstan: the Path of renewal and modernization,” in which the President presented a number of political reforms. It is worth noting that during the first two years [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) Friday condemned Sri Lanka’s proposed Anti-Terrorism Act, arguing that it would allow authorities to systematically violate fundamental human rights. HRW recommended that the government withdraw the bill until it can properly uphold international human rights standards. The current format of the bill, intended to replace the 1979 Prevention of Terrorism Act, [...]

The UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) Monday opened with an announcement from UN Secretary-General António Guterres that “ender equality is still over 300 years away, while progress on women’s rights is ‘vanishing.'” Despite the fact that Guterres called the Commission on the Status of Women is one of the most important events in [...]

Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel.   On Monday tens of thousands of Israeli citizens filled trains, buses and roads to the brim on their way to Jerusalem to take part in one of the biggest rallies the new Israeli [...]

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Samar Veer, a third-year law student at National Law University, Delhi. Putting to rest yet another controversy relating to the national debate over judicial appointments, the Indian Supreme Court last week dismissed two writ petitions filed in [...]

Indian law students are reporting for JURIST on law-related developments in and affecting India. This dispatch is from Nakul Rai Khurana, a law student at Jindal Global Law School. On Monday, five new judges of the Supreme Court of India were sworn in at a ceremony held in New Delhi. The event was attended by [...]

In 2014, Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal in Sargeant v. Al-Saleh held that a trial court does not have authority to order a debtor to turn over stock certificates located abroad in order to satisfy a judgment under Fla. Stat. § 56.29(6), which reads as follows: The court may order any property of the [...]

Sharon Basch is an Israeli American who spent the last two years living in Israel before starting her JD at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. Tens of thousands of protestors took to the streets in Israel Saturday for anti-government, pro-democracy protests. Since January 7, after the announcement of the new official government, protestors [...]

Yael Iosilevich is a law student in the Buchmann Faculty of Law at Tel Aviv University and JURIST’s Staff Correspondent in Israel.  This morning, 27th December, Israel’s new coalition passed a bill that will allow parliament member Aryeh Deri, leader of the “Shas” faction in the Knesset, to be nominated as minister despite his recent [...]