Russia’s lower house of parliament said Tuesday that Russia has agreed to postpone some debt payments owed to it by communist-run Cuba until 2027, just a few days after the two countries announced that they would deepen their ties amid the escalating Ukraine crisis. The statement released by Duma (lower house) said that Russian lawmakers [...]

The US Soccer Federation (USSF) and Women’s National Team (USWNT) announced in a joint statement Tuesday that they settled a six-year lawsuit over equal pay. The statement reads: We are pleased to announced that, contingent on the negotiation of a new collective bargaining agreement, we will have resolved our longstanding dispute over equal pay and [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on a recent report by the World Food Program regarding growing rates of hunger and poverty in Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our [...]

The US Supreme Court Tuesday agreed to take up the case of a web designer who refuses to provide services related to same-sex marriages. In 303 Creative LLC v. Elenis, the court will once again consider how to balance religious freedoms with prohibitions against discrimination based on sexual orientation. The court previously addressed these issues [...]

The House of Commons of the Canadian Parliament approved Monday in a 185-151 vote the declaration of a public order emergency as proclaimed by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau last week in response to the “Freedom Convoy” protests. Under the Emergencies Act (“the Act”), the federal government wields exceptional power to limit the rights and freedoms [...]

The European Council voted to adopt a fourth round of sanctions against Myanmar Monday, citing a “continuing grave situation intensifying human rights violations in Myanmar” in the aftermath of the 2021 military coup. Previous EU sanctions have targeted weapons and equipment, an export ban on goods used by the military and border guard and a [...]

The UK’s independent elections regulatory agency and watchdog, the Electoral Commission, Monday urged the government to reconsider proposed changes to its oversight arrangements in a public letter. The Electoral Commission warned that the new changes will impact the agency’s independence. The Electoral Commission issued the letter in response to a controversial elections bill, which is currently [...]

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) Monday began hearing oral arguments in a case to determine whether Myanmar has violated the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Genocide Convention). The Gambia filed an application instituting proceedings against Myanmar concerning alleged violations of the Genocide Convention on November 11, 2019. The [...]

The European Union imposed new sanctions Monday on five Russian individuals involved in elections concerning the annexed Ukraine Crimean peninsula in September 2021. With the new sanctions in place, the EU has now issued a total of 241 sanctions against persons and entities involved in attacks on Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty. The existing EU sanction framework [...]

Russia President Vladimir Putin signed decrees Monday recognizing the independence of the Donetsk People’s Republic (DPR) and the Lugansk People’s Republic (LPR). The lower house of the Federal Assembly of Russia, the State Duma, voted on February 15 to approve a draft appeal to ask Putin to recognize the DPR and the LPR as independent states. [...]