Amnesty International demanded that US President Trump respect human rights during his term as president on Monday. On the day of Trump’s inauguration, the group alleged that Trump committed “extensive human rights violations” during his first term, and dangerous rhetoric targeting journalists, immigrants and transgender youth utilized during his campaign. Amnesty International highlighted that the [...]

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed an appeal led by Indigenous elders who claimed that an under-renovation McGill University building contains Indigenous burial grounds. The Supreme Court’s rejection effectively permits McGill’s renovation of the building, which previously served as a psychiatric teaching hospital, to commence. The case arose after Historic Human Remains Detection Dogs discovered [...]

South Korea’s Corruption Investigation Office for High-ranking Officials (CIO) sent letters on Sunday to the Ministry of Defense and Presidential Security Service (PSS) warning that any soldier or security agent that obstructs the execution of the outstanding arrest warrant for impeached president Yoon Suk Yeol may be subject to criminal charges and civil charges, according [...]

An AP-NORC poll released on Tuesday cited immigration as a growing concern for all groups polled including Republicans, Democrats and independents. The poll was conducted in December, with 47 percent of respondents stating that immigration was the top issue for the government in 2025. While the public is somewhat unified in its belief that immigration [...]

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) filed an argument in the US Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit on Wednesday seeking the public release of materials from the investigation and prosecution of Donald Trump relating to his alleged obstruction of the 2020 presidential election. The decision comes in response to a district court order [...]

Human Rights Watch (HRW) called for the abolition of immigration detention in Canada on Tuesday, due to the system’s ineffective protection of people with mental disabilities. HRW specifically cited a case in which a man unable to communicate due to mental illness was represented through two years of immigration hearings by a contracted designated representative [...]

In this occasional series of dispatches and commentaries, JURIST staff and correspondents from around the world reflect on the implications of Donald Trump’s US election victory and some of its likely implications for their regions. In this dispatch, Conor Doran, a JURIST staffer at University College Cork School of Law in Ireland, offers his perspective.  [...]

The ruling military junta of Burkina Faso is discussing the reintroduction of the death penalty for terrorism and related crimes, according to anonymous sources who spoke to AFP. As noted by Human Rights Watch, the sources stated that the government had not provided a timeline for capital punishment’s reintroduction. Once the government decides the details [...]

California announced on Sunday the unofficial result that voters in the state have rejected Proposition 6, which would have amended the state constitution to bar state prisons from forcing inmates to work. Currently, if prisoners refuse to work, it is legal for prisons to impose disciplinary measures. The ballot measure was rejected by a margin [...]

Eighty-one human rights and civil society organizations, including Amnesty International, signed a joint statement on Monday opposing a proposed espionage law in Türkiye that would significantly enhance government power. The statement argues that the bill is overly broad and could enable the government to imprison journalists and human rights organizations for engaging in legitimate civil [...]