India’s medical regulatory institution, the National Medical Commission (NMC) Friday declared conversion therapy “professional misconduct” and empowered the State Medical Councils to initiate disciplinary action against medical professionals if they attempt to perform conversion therapy. Conversion therapy, a pseudoscientific therapy concept intended to change a LGBTQIA+ person’s sexual orientation or gender identity, is considered torture by [...]
The New York City Department of Consumer and Worker Protection (DCWP) Friday announced a lawsuit against Starbucks for the alleged illegal termination of Austin Locke, a barista and union organizer. DCWP filed a complaint in the Office of Administrative Trials and Hearings, the city’s central, independent administrative law court. The DCWP, formed by the NYC [...]
The Supreme Court of India Friday granted interim bail to human rights activist Teesta Setalvad. Chief Justice U.U. Lalit, Justice S Ravindra Bhat and Justice Sudhanshu Dhulia observed that, while the High Court must decide whether Setalvad is ultimately released on bail, the Supreme Court is free to decide “whether the custody of the appellant [...]
The Council of Europe Friday published a letter criticising the Netherlands’ asylum reception processes at the Ter Apel asylum centre. Commissioner Dunja Mijatovic addressed the issue in an August 26 letter to Eric van der Burg, the Dutch Minister for Migration. According to Mijatovic’s letter, more than 700 asylum seekers are forced to sleep outside [...]
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. Friday was the final hearing day for the presidential election petition before the Supreme Court of Kenya. The Supreme Court’s agenda for the day was listening to the answers given by both the respondents and petitioners to outstanding questions judges had asked [...]
The US Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced Friday that abortion counseling services and, in some cases, abortions, will be offered to veterans at their federal health facilities cross the nation. In a press release, the VA stated they submitted a final interim rule to the Federal Register that would allow the VA to provide [...]
Justin Lindsay is a US national staff correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. A gravelly-voiced President Biden called Americans to action on Thursday evening, launching a long-awaited counterattack against anti-democratic elements. Speaking from the steps of Independence Hall in Philadelphia where the Declaration of Independence was signed [...]
Aynsley Genga is a JURIST Staff Correspondent in Kenya. She reports from Nairobi. Earlier this week Kenya’s Supreme Court issued an order for the recounting of voting in 15 constituencies during Kenya’s recent general elections following a request made by the Azimio party. Once the recount was completed, the Registrar of the Supreme Court submitted [...]
Afghan law students and young lawyers in Afghanistan have been reporting on the ground from that country since the Taliban took Kabul in August 2021. Here, one of our correspondents in Kabul highlights a recent video released by a young medical college student who claims that she was forcibly raped and married by a Taliban [...]
California lawmakers Thursday passed a bill to extend the operation of Diablo Canyon power plant, the state’s only nuclear power plant, by five years. California’s Public Utilities Commission (PUC) previously approved a proposal to close the plant, owned by PG&E, in 2025, but this bill ensures that it will stay open until 2030. Lawmakers allocated [...]
