President Volodymyr Zelenskiy, in a video posted on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday, extended thanks to Ukrainians abroad for their support during Russia’s invasion and proposed constitutional amendments to allow dual citizenship. The video was shared in commemoration of Ukraine’s Unity Day, observed annually on January 22. This day signifies the merging of the Ukrainian [...]

Law students and young lawyers from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy recently graduated from Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands.   The European Parliament last Thursday officially triggered a procedure under Article 7(2) TEU (Treaty [...]

The Bombay High Court of India in a special hearing on Sunday dismissed a public interest litigation, which is a petition filed for public good, filed by four law students from Maharashtra and Gujarat states challenging the decision of the Maharashtra government to declare January 22 a public holiday to mark the consecration ceremony of [...]

On Monday, Hague District Court in the Netherlands sentenced former Syrian militia member, identified only as Mustafa A., to 12 years in prison for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during his time as Liwa al-Quds leader between 2011 and 2017. The court identified Liwa al-Quds, as a “criminal organization that intended to commit… international [...]

Japanese prosecutors indicted several individuals from three factions within the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP) amidst political a fundraising scandal on Friday, according to local media. Former accountants of the Abe and Nikai factions within the LDP were indicted without arrest. The indictments follow a decision not to indict senior executive members of the Abe, [...]

Mass protests took place across 114 cities in Germany on Saturday against the country’s far-right political party, Alternative für Deutschland (AfD). The demonstrations were in response to the party’s increasing popularity and allegations that party members attended a meeting to discuss mass deportation. According to the activist group Together Against The Right, the weekend demonstrations [...]

A UK High Court judge ruled Friday that three individuals wounded during the Troubles, the 1968-1998 conflict between Northern Ireland Protestant unionists and Catholic Republicans, can proceed in personal injury claims against former Sinn Fein Leader Gerry Adams. The three claimants were all injured during bombings attributed to the Provisional Irish Republican Army (PIRA). John [...]

The Criminal Court of Seine-Saint-Denis has sentenced three police officers implicated in the assault of Theo Luhaka during his 2017 arrest to suspended imprisonment ranging from three months to one year, according to local news outlet BFMTV. The main assailant officer Marc-Antoine Castelain was charged with voluntary violence leading to “a mutilation or permanent infirmity,” [...]

Social media platforms in Pakistan experienced a “national-scale disruption” on Saturday, according to reports by internet monitor Netblocks, during a virtual rally by the political party Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), led by embattled former prime minister Imran Khan. Netblocks issued a statement declaring that their official metric demonstrated disruptions to X (formerly known as Twitter), Facebook, [...]

The Senegalese Constitutional Council on Saturday released a final list of 20 presidential candidates expected to take part in the West African country’s 2024 election, notably excluding leading opposition candidate Ousmane Sonko.  The list of council-approved candidates includes incumbent President Macky Sall’s chosen successor, Prime Minister Amadou Ba, as well as former heads of government Idrissa [...]