Streets were silenced, businesses shuttered, and daily life reduced to hurried, masked visits to the grocery store. Such scenes seemed unthinkable, yet they became a reality as governments worldwide scrambled to contain the outbreak of COVID-19 in 2020. While Western democratic leaders at first placed faith in isolating known infections, many ultimately followed in the [...]
If Prime Minister Mark Carney wins the Canadian federal election, new Attorney General and Minister of Justice Gary Anandasangaree — appointed by Carney on March 14 — will likely remain in the role as he now faces a moment that directly parallels his earlier career as an international human rights lawyer advocating for Tamil victims [...]
Hidden behind the United States’ largest produce supply is a crisis in farmworker housing, one that not only endangers workers but also poses a risk to consumers far beyond the fields. California grows more than a third of America’s vegetables and most of the country’s fruits and nuts. Thousands of farmworkers power this agricultural machine, [...]
The slow, insidious dismantling of a free press is not a mere shift in media landscape; it’s a calculated assault on the very foundations of democracy. To understand this, we must recognize that a free press isn’t just about headlines and soundbites. It’s the lifeblood of an informed citizenry, the watchdog against tyranny, and the [...]
The Digital Services Act (DSA) 2022 applies to all online intermediaries and platforms operating in the European Union (EU). DSA represents a major shift in how digital platforms are regulated, especially targeting large tech companies with the potential to influence global markets—a phenomenon often referred to as the Brussels Effect. This legislation aims to address [...]
With Justin Trudeau set to resign as prime minister of Canada, and a federal election on the horizon, now is a crucial moment to reflect on Canada’s post-WWII leadership and its often-overlooked record under the lens of international law. Academic Noam Chomsky argued that if the Nuremberg Principles were applied, every post-WWII U.S. president would [...]
In 1996, when Professor Bernard Hibbitts first established JURIST, few could have foreseen the impact the project would have. Whether measured in terms of the individual lives it has touched, its global reach, or the impressions it has left on the landscape of online legal news coverage, JURIST’s role cannot be overstated. What began as [...]
On Sunday, January 5, president-elect Donald J. Trump filed an appeal seeking to stay criminal proceedings against him based on claims of presidential immunity. This legal maneuver, just weeks before his scheduled inauguration on January 20, raises profound constitutional questions about the scope of Presidential immunity, its applicability to a President-elect, and its implications for [...]
The approval of establishment of a hybrid special tribunal in The Gambia represents a significant development in the field of transitional justice, offering a potential model for other nations grappling with legacies of human rights abuses. This innovative mechanism, blending elements of international and domestic justice systems, aims to address the widespread violations committed during [...]
With the sun of 2024 having scattered the last of its rays on Earth, it feels like freedom, independence and justice will soon be engulfed by darkness in Pakistan. Today, we find ourselves mired in a troubling quagmire of lawlessness and a hogtied judicial system. On Dec. 21, military courts in Pakistan sentenced 25 civilians [...]
