At least eight migrants deported from the US arrived in Uganda on Wednesday. The Ugandan foreign ministry admitted to accepting the deportees on Friday, only after widespread media coverage following a statement released by the Ugandan Law Society (ULS). On Thursday, the ULS and the East Africa Law Society released a joint statement announcing that [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday called on on Zimbabwean authorities to investigate harassment and violence against journalists which occurred during a public hearing discussing a bill to extend the President’s term limit. On March 30, journalists and citizens gathered in Harare, the capital of Zimbabwe, in the City Sports Center for four [...]

Amnesty International on Friday said that the Myanmar presidency must not shield Min Aung Hlaing from being held accountable, stating that “no individual should have immunity from prosecution for crimes under international law, no matter their position.” Min Aung Hlaing, the former head of Myanmar’s Armed Forces, led the 2021 coup that violently overthrew the [...]

Mikaela is a law student at the Universidad de Lima, and a JURIST correspondent covering legal developments and social issues in Perú. Nowadays, Perú faces uneasy parallels to the internal instability seen in the 1980s. While the ideological conflict of the past has been replaced by the cold logic of organized crime, the social atmosphere [...]

Dimitri Lascaris is a Canadian lawyer, journalist and activist whose career has taken him from the upper echelons of corporate law to the front lines of some of the world’s most dangerous conflict zones. After graduating from the University of Toronto Faculty of Law in 1991, Lascaris began his legal career at the Wall Street [...]

A groundbreaking resolution passed by the United Nations General Assembly has classified the transatlantic slave trade as the gravest crime against humanity, sparking renewed global dialogue on reparations and the lasting consequences of historical slavery. Spearheaded by Ghana and the African Union, the resolution emphasizes the critical need to confront past injustices and their continued [...]

United Nations human rights experts on Thursday called on Pakistan to immediately release activist Idris Khattak, stating that his continued detention and reported lack of medical care raise concerns regarding his health and the state’s obligations under international law. The statement came along with reports from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) that party leaders were prevented [...]

French-Lebanese artist and filmmaker Ali Cherri, alongside the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH), filed a civil party complaint in the French courts denouncing Israel’s army bombing a “civilian object” on Thursday. A civilian object is defined as any property not considered a military objective, including homes, schools, hospitals, transportation facilities, civilian infrastructure, and places [...]

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) on Friday condemned what it called a coordinated online smear campaign targeting Moldovan journalist Viorica Tătaru, warning that the attacks reflect a broader pattern of harassment against independent media in Moldova. Tătaru, who reports for nonprofit network TV8, has been subjected to a wave of defamatory content and personal [...]