UN experts on Monday warned that the expulsion of political prisoners from Belarus and subsequent invalidation of their passports may amount to transnational repression, increased statelessness, and human rights violations. Their concerns stem from the December 2025 release of 123 prisoners to Ukraine and Lithuania following negotiations with the United States. Most of these individuals [...]
Leaders of the militant Palestinian group Hamas announced on Monday that it will dissolve its leadership in Gaza, engaging with the terms of the US-brokered peace deal and welcoming a technocratic governing committee. Hamas has governed the Gaza Strip for nearly two decades. Dr. Ismail al-Thawabta, the director general of the Government Media Office in [...]
The UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published a landmark review on Monday that proposes recommendations to regulate the impact of artificial intelligence (AI) on the financial decisions made by consumers. The review, titled the Mills Review, anticipates that both consumers and firms will start delegating “more financial decision-making to AI systems,” including for agreements, initiating [...]
Illinois Governor JB Pritzker on Monday signed into law a landmark artificial intelligence (AI) bill, cementing the state as a “national leader in setting guardrails for responsible innovation and growth.” Senate Bill 315, or the AI Safety Measures Act, implements new safety regulations on AI companies developing frontier models, the most advanced and costliest AI [...]
The War Powers Resolution of 1973 (WPR) was enacted to ensure that decisions to introduce US forces into hostilities reflect the collective judgment of Congress and the President. Central to this framework is the 60‑day termination requirement, which obligates the President to obtain congressional authorization or withdraw US forces once they have been introduced into [...]
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) reported Monday that more than 300 children were killed or injured in Sudan during the first six months of 2026, warning that intensified fighting in the Darfur and Kordofan regions has continued to place children at heightened risk. According to UNICEF, Darfur and Kordofan have recorded the highest number [...]
Bahrain’s High Criminal Court held its first hearing Sunday in a national security case involving 19 defendants accused of forming and operating a terrorist organization allegedly linked to Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). The case concerns 19 individuals, of whom 11 are currently in custody and eight remain at large. Prosecutors allege the group [...]
The Louisiana Supreme Court on Friday issued a stay of proceedings and recalled a pending arrest warrant against state Attorney General Liz Murrill. The 5-2 per curiam decision pointed out “disturbing defects” in Orleans Parish Criminal District Court’s procedure, namely the (1) failure to follow the Louisiana Code of Criminal Procedure and administer a grand [...]
JURIST Contributor Pitasanna Shanmugathas, in a previously unpublished interview, speaks with Law Professor Emeritus Steve Kanter, a distinguished American legal scholar, two-time Fulbright professor of law, and former Dean of Northwestern School of Law at Lewis and Clark College, with a career spanning constitutional law, criminal procedure, and international legal advising across China, Greece, Thailand, [...]
The British and Dutch governments made a public apology on Thursday to the people affected by the forced separation and forced adoptions of children in the second half of the last century. In England, between 1949 and 1976, the state and the Christian church created a system that targeted young unmarried women who had children [...]
