Aidana Tastanova is a Kazakhstan national and a 4th-year law student attending the Moscow State Institute of International Relations under a Kazakh government scholarship. In May 2024, Kazakhstan, together with Australia, will head the International Conference of the IAEA on Nuclear Security. This comes in the wake of the 67th session of the General Conference [...]
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US DOJ files new obstruction of justice charges against Senator Bob Menendez and his wife
The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a new superseding indictment Tuesday against Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) and his wife Nadine Menendez. The superseding indictment added new obstruction of justice charges against the couple in the ongoing case for bribery, honest services wire fraud, extortion and acting as an unregistered foreign agent of Egypt. The [...]
France appeals court lightens prison sentence for former President Sarkozy
The Paris court of appeal lightened a one-year prison sentence for former French President Nicolas Sarkozy. Sarkozy was facing charges over alleged illegal campaign financing in his 2012 re-election campaign. The court also on affirmed a lower court’s guilty verdict. Vincent Desry, the former president’s attorney, claimed in a press interview Wednesday that Sarkozy was [...]
German Interior Minister Nancy Faeser announced Tuesday that a package of new measures will be considered to tackle the rise of far-right extremism. These new measures are part of a 13-point plan and are both preventive and repressive. They include the financial tracking of right-wing extremist groups in addition to the creation of a special unit [...]
Explainer: The Israel-Hamas War and the International Criminal Court
The current conflict engulfing Israel and Palestine raises significant issues of international law and policy. This is part one in an anticipated two-part series that will discuss some of the relevant legal questions before the International Criminal Court (ICC; Part I) and the International Court of Justice (ICJ; Part II). With both courts located in [...]
US federal judge blocks North Carolina provision restricting same-day voter registration
US District Judge Thomas Schroeder issued an opinion on Sunday finding unconstitutional and blocking a new North Carolina provision designed to tighten restrictions on same-day voter registration. The decision pertains to Senate Bill (SB) 747, a collection of election provisions that became law on October 10, 2023, when the state legislature overrode a veto from [...]
Malaysia anti-corruption agency questions former PM Ismail Sabri
The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) said in a press release that it recorded the testimony of former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob about the use of RM700 million in funds that were “spent for publicity and promotion purposes during the previous government’s administration” on Wednesday. The Keluarga Malaysia (Family Malaysia) program, launched by Ismail Sabri in [...]
US treasury imposes sanctions on network linked to Houthi attacks on international shipping
The US Department of the Treasury on Thursday sanctioned a network comprising an individual and three currency exchange entities based in Yemen and Türkiye for their alleged roles in financing Houthi attacks on international shipping in the Red Sea. This stance follows a recent Houthi statement that they will not stop attacking ships in the [...]
Explainer: The Expulsion of Representative George Santos Under US Law
Representative George Santos is the third member of the House of Representatives since the Civil War to be expelled and the first in United States history to be removed before being convicted by the Judiciary. It is significant to recognize that how it internally operates and disciplines its members, including expulsion, is beyond the general [...]
JURIST Deputy News Managing Editor Lou Kettering | U. Pittsburgh School of Law contributed to this report. The US and the UK introduced new sanctions on Wednesday against Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad (PIJ) and individuals linked to both groups. This comes as the UK’s second round of October 7 attack-related sanctions and the US’s fourth. The [...]