The US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit heard oral arguments on Monday in a civil rights lawsuit alleging St. James Parish’s land-use policies have discriminated against majority-Black neighborhoods, resulting in pollution and other harms. St. James Parish, located outside New Orleans, is accused of implementing a 2014 land-use plan that “effectively codified” racist [...]
Former Singaporean transport minister S. Iswaran began his 12-month jail term on Monday after surrendering at the State Courts. Iswaran faced 35 charges under the Prevention of Corruption Act (PCA) and section 165 of the Penal Code in a corruption case involving two prominent businessmen. However, during last month’s trial, the prosecutor amended the corruption [...]
The Government of Canada announced Sunday new funding to support Indigenous-led climate solutions in remote communities, helping them adapt to the impacts of climate change. The funding upholds the right to a healthy environment and contributes to the obligations of the the government and private sector under the Calls to Action of the Truth and [...]
Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho y Ciencias Políticas, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cuscoare reporting for JURIST on law-related events in or affecting Perú. All of them are from CIED (Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho), a student research center in UNSAAC’s faculty of law dedicated to spreading legal [...]
Alejandro Arcos, the mayor of the Mexican city of Chilpancingo, has been assassinated, Guerrero Governor Evelyn Salgado confirmed Sunday. Arcos was beheaded and left in a truck on a city street. While the death was confirmed on Sunday, the actual murder is believed to have occurred the day before. No arrests have been made so [...]
Romania’s Constitutional Court on Saturday disqualified Diana Iovanovici Șoșoacă, a far-right politician known for her pro-Russian views, from participating in the upcoming 2024 presidential elections. This decision has reignited concerns regarding the country’s electoral integrity and democratic values. Ranked sixtieth globally in the GSoD Rule of Law Index in 2024, Romania continues to grapple with [...]
Law students and law graduates in Pakistan are reporting for JURIST on events in that country impacting its legal system. Abu Bakar Khan is a recent law graduate of the University Law College, University of the Punjab, and is currently practicing in the courts of Pakistan. On Thursday the Supreme Court of Pakistan overturned its [...]
An Australian court upheld an order on Friday for X (formerly Twitter) to pay a fine of A$610,500 for failing to comply with a regulator’s request for information disclosing anti-child-abuse practices, amid efforts to impose responsibilities on digital platforms to protect children from online exploitation. Under the Online Safety Act, social media platforms are required [...]
The FIFA Council accepted a Palestinian Football Association (PFA) petition on Thursday, announcing that it is investigating alleged human rights violations and discrimination within the Israel Football Association. As part of the investigation, the FIFA Disciplinary Committee will explore allegations of discrimination raised by the PFA, whereas the FIFA Governance, Audit and Compliance Committee has [...]
The US Supreme Court denied a request on Friday to place a hold on a lower court’s decision upholding two EPA rules while the decisions are under appeal. The denial means that the EPA rules must be followed until the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit decides the cases. The first [...]
