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, Maria Paz Rodriguez, JURIST’s Chief of Staff for South America, offers some thoughts on what Trump’s victory [...]

Hundreds of protesters breached Mexico’s Senate on Tuesday as lawmakers deliberated a controversial reform to overhaul the judiciary. The disorder forced the Senate to suspend its session temporarily, citing safety concerns for the legislators inside. Amid the final vote on the contested judicial reform approved by Mexico’s Senate committees last Sunday, hundreds of demonstrators voiced [...]

The Supreme Tribunal of Venezuela (TSJ) ratified Nicolás Maduro as President of Venezuela this Thursday amid a series of criticisms regarding its impartiality, thereby validating the results issued by the National Electoral Council (CNE), which declared him the winner of the presidential elections for the constitutional term 2025-2031. In a live hearing, nearly a month [...]

Two Turkish law professors and cyber-rights activists have filed a lawsuit regarding the recent ban on Instagram by the Turkish government, according to a Monday social media post. The lawsuit, presented by Yaman Akdeniz and Kerem Altiparmak, founders of the İstanbul-based Freedom of Expression Association, requests the cancellation of the ban, alleging it infringes on [...]

Thousands of Venezuelans took to the streets on Tuesday over doubts about the results of Sunday’s elections as Nicolás Maduro was declared as the elected president by the National Electoral Council (NEC). Protesters gathered in various parts of the capital and other cities across the country, denouncing what they consider to be electoral fraud. The [...]

Germany’s ruling coalition and conservative opposition reached an agreement on a new proposal on Tuesday to safeguard the Federal Constitutional Court, the highest court in Germany, by introducing changes to the Basic Law. These reforms would shield the court from potential interference from extremist or authoritarian actors. According to Marco Buschmann, Germany’s Minister of Justice, [...]

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) and its Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression (RELE, by its initials in Spanish) issued a press release expressing alarm over the excessive use of public force against journalists and peaceful protesters in Argentina. The press release was issued in response to the protests on June 12, when [...]

The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) warned on Friday that global efforts to end female genital mutilation (FGM) are undermined by the cross-border movements of girls to undergo FGM. FGM is a practice that involves altering or injuring the female genitalia for non-medical reasons. It can lead to both immediate [...]

The ICJ unanimously ruled on Thursday that there is no urgency to declare the preventive measures requested by Mexico against Ecuador, following the forcible entry into the Mexican embassy in Quito, Ecuador last April. According to the resolution, Ecuador’s representative said that the Ecuadorian government notified Mexico through a Note Verbale on April 9, 2024, confirming [...]

Panama’s next president José Raul Mulino announced Thursday that the forthcoming government is planning to set up new checkpoints in a thick jungle area along its southern border, which has become a dangerous segment of the path for the growing number of migrants trying to head to the US. During his proclamation as president-elect, Mulino [...]