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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 [...]

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 [...]

Kosovo’s interior minister announced the closure of parallel institutions used by the country’s ethnic Serb minority on Wednesday, a move which was condemned by the European Union. Kosovo’s interior minister Xhelal Sveçla said that “the era of municipalities and parallel and criminal institutions of Serbia in the Republic of Kosovo” has ended, with 28 parallel [...]

Albania’s Ministry for Europe and Foreign Affairs on Friday condemned the “deactivation” of addresses of ethnic Albanian nationals living in southern Serbia by local authorities, and asserted that this practice violated human rights. The ministry added that Albanian authorities are closely following the progress of the issue with Serbian authorities, and that they remain open [...]

European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen denounced Russia’s alleged hybrid cyberattacks attacks against European democracies on Saturday, stating that the EU is constantly fighting disinformation. The statement comes a week after von der Leyen accused Russia of interfering with Moldova’s narrowly approved vote on joining the EU. In her Saturday statement she said, “It [...]

A senior NATO official warned on Saturday that by unilaterally opening a bridge between Serb and Albanian neighborhoods in the town of Mitrovica, Kosovo could risk triggering violence. Admiral Munsch highlighted that the decision to reopen the bridge needs to take place at a political level within the EU-facilitated negotiations between Kosovo and Serbia. Munch [...]

Ernesa Shala is a JURIST staff correspondent in Kosovo and a recent graduate of the University of Pristina Faculty of Law.   The much-anticipated trial of the individuals accused of orchestrating the 2023 terrorist attack in Banjska, in which poice Sergeant Afrim Bunjaku was killed, commenced on Wednesday at the Basic Court in Pristina. Defendants Blagoje [...]

Ernesa Shala is a JURIST staff correspondent in Kosovo and a recent graduate of the University of Pristina Faculty of Law.  Kosovo’s Ombudsperson is currently examining the case of an 18-year-old student expelled from Bedri Pejani high school in Peja municipality for wearing a headscarf, commonly known as the hijab. Despite a meeting between Minister [...]

The Special Prosecution of Kosovo announced Wednesday that it has indicted 45 individuals for terrorism and other serious crimes related to an attack in the northern village of Banjska in September 2023. The charges follow an extensive investigation into an armed incursion by ethnic Serbs that resulted in the deaths of four people, including a [...]

The European Union on Monday condemned Kosovo authorities’ closure of nine Post of Serbia branches, saying that the closures violate the agreements made under the EU-facilitated Dialogue between Kosovo and Serbia. In its statement, the EU said that any actions taken independently by Kosovo, without consulting or coordinating with Serbia, will not solve problems in [...]