The International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague issued an interim order on Thursday directing the Syrian government to “take all measures within its powers” to prevent torture. This development comes from a case brought by the Netherlands and Canada, accusing Syria of engaging in a prolonged campaign of torturing its own citizens. The [...]

Louisiana’s political landscape faces a critical deadline as a US Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit on Friday set a January 15 deadline for the state legislature to draw up a new congressional map. The urgency stems from a previous ruling of a lower court last year that deemed the current political boundaries as [...]

Maryland’s Board of Public Works unanimously approved on Wednesday a settlement ending a lawsuit against the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner in the aftermath of a fatal police encounter that resulted in the death of Anton Black’s death five years ago. The resolution grants $100,000 to Black’s family and estate, with an additional $135,000 [...]

Joshua Villanueva is a JURIST Assistant Editor and a 2L at UC Law San Francisco (formerly UC Hastings), He files this dispatch from San Francisco.  Beginning this weekend, world leaders will gather in San Francisco for the 2023 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) Leaders’ Week, the largest international event this vibrant city will have witnessed since [...]

Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), also known as Doctors Without Borders, published a report on Thursday shedding light on the physical violence experienced by asylum-seekers upon reaching Greece, such as beatings and being forcefully returned to sea. The report urges Greece to bolster its efforts in maritime search and rescue operations for migrants. For years, Greece [...]

The US Department of Treasury announced on Thursday a round of sanctions on 130 firms and people from Türkiye, China, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) as it tries to restrict Russia’s access to essential tools and equipment that support its invasion of Ukraine. The sanctions are aimed at the production of technology, equipment and [...]

Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Oleksandr Kubrakov on Thursday refuted reports that Ukraine is halting the usage of its newly established Black Sea grain export pathway. Kubrakov stated on X (previously known as Twitter), “The information regarding the cancellation or unscheduled stoppage of the temporary #Ukrainian_corridor for the movement of civilian vessels from and to the ports [...]

Muslim and Jewish civil rights groups reported on Wednesday a spike in the number of Islamophobic and antisemitic incidents in the United States since the start of the Israel-Hamas war on October 7. The Council on Islamic Relations (CAIR) reported 774 complaints and bias incidents across the US since the onset of the war, including [...]