The EU published conclusions on the new “Globally Connected Europe Strategy,” an infrastructure strategy set to rival China’s “Belt and Road” initiative on Monday. This came following a co-operation pledge between the EU G7 nations along with the rest of the elite forum’s members. These conclusions are set to build upon the 2018 Joint Communication [...]

Lithuania’s foreign minister Gabrielius Landsbergis and EU foreign-policy chief Josep Borrell accused Belarus of using migrants as a political weapon to put pressure on the EU, at a meeting of EU foreign ministers in Brussels on Monday. Lithuanian officials urged the EU to place a new round of punitive measures on Belarus and its ruler, [...]

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel Bermudez and government officials delivered a 2.5-hour televised address Monday calling on civilians to resist weekend mass protests in the country by use of physical force, effectively calling for civil war. Late Monday, former JURIST Associate Editor and current Miami-based Cuban lawyer Daniela Carmona provided JURIST with an exclusive perspective on [...]

The Supreme Court of Israel ruled Sunday that current legal restrictions on same-sex couples that prevent them from becoming parents were unlawful. The court said that the restrictions must be lifted within six months. Surrogacy in Israel is currently open only to heterosexual couples and single women with a genetic connection to the baby. However, [...]

The European Court of Human rights has found that Denmark violated its international human rights obligations when it imposed a law that lengthened the amount of time a newly-arrived refugee must wait until they can apply for family reunification. The decision comes as a result of an application by a Syrian national who had fled [...]

A judge for the US District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has temporarily blocked a Tennessee law that requires businesses to post signs alerting patrons if they allow transgender individuals to use the restroom that corresponds with that individual’s gender identity. Tennessee HB 1182 requires all businesses with formal or informal policies of [...]

JURIST EXCLUSIVE – Thousands of Cubans took to the streets Sunday in anti-government protests animated by popular disapproval of the Cuban regime’s handling of the economy and the Covid crisis, not to mention ongoing political repression of dissidents. The government responded by calling on its own supporters to resist the protests, and cut off internet [...]

Human rights activist and lawyer Semyon Simonov was convicted under Russia’s foreign agents law in a controversial criminal trial on Sunday. In December 2016, Russia designated the Southern Human Rights Center (SHRC) as a foreign agent, considering it to be engaging in political activity. The SHRC is an organization providing pro bono legal services on [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet called Monday for nations to do more to address systemic racism, end impunity for police officers that violate human rights, and confront the legacies of colonialism and slavery. Bachelet said that the murder of George Floyd “was a tipping point” and that nations could no longer ignore [...]

The Nepal Supreme Court on Monday reinstated the dissolved House of Representatives for the second time in five months and ordered the appointment of Sher Bahadur Deuba as Prime Minister. Nepal plunged into political crisis on December 20 after President Bidya Bhandari dissolved Nepal’s 275-member lower house and announced new election dates of April 30 [...]