Chloe Miracle-Rutledge is a JURIST Supreme Court Correspondent and a 2L at Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC.  This week, I attended oral arguments at the United States Supreme Court in Noem v. Al Otro Lado, a case concerning the government’s policy toward asylum seekers at the US–Mexico border. It was quiet outside the [...]

On October 30, 2025, the Italian Parliament approved a constitutional amendment with the intention of reorganising the judicial system. On March 22-3, 2026, Italy voted on this matter through a confirmatory referendum—a public vote to either approve or reject the parliamentary amendment. As reported by JURIST, voters rejected the referendum on March 23, 2026, with [...]

In a campaign-style rally in Hebron, Kentucky on Wednesday, March 11, President Donald Trump declared that the United States has “won” the war with Iran, asserting that the nation’s military and nuclear capabilities have been “practically destroyed.” President Trump claimed that the US-Israeli military campaign—officially named Operation Epic Fury—was “practically over the first hour it [...]

Last month, Kenya’s Independent Electoral and Boundaries Commission (IEBC) asked the High Court to dismiss a petition by lawyer Felix Kiton and others seeking to compel it to conduct electoral boundary delimitation ahead of the 2027 general election, intensifying the legal and constitutional debate around representation and electoral preparedness. The commission’s position that it will [...]

Note: This story is part of a series of coverage from the first week of the 2026 UN Women’s Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70). Read Day 1. Day two of the 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) on March 10 prominently included discussion about how, despite the world [...]

Peruvian law students from the Facultad de Derecho, Universidad Nacional de San Antonio Abad del Cusco (UNSAAC), are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting Perú. All of them are from Centro de Investigación de los Estudiantes de Derecho (CIED), a research center in UNSAAC’s Faculty of Law dedicated to spreading legal information [...]

The 70th session of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW70) opened at the United Nations headquarters in New York in March 9, bringing together global leaders, diplomats, judges, advocates, and civil society organizations under the theme “Rights. Justice. Action. For All Women and Girls.” The day’s proceedings made clear that while progress on [...]

In January, Romania passed controversial amendments to its anti-extremism legislation, sparking protests over free speech concerns that remain unresolved today.  In January, protests took place in Bucharest and several other Romanian cities after lawmakers proposed amendments to the country’s anti-extremism legislation. Demonstrators gathered in central Bucharest raising concerns that the amendments could restrict freedom of [...]

On March 19, Justice Lawrence Mugambi of the High Court of Kenya delivered a landmark judgment affirming that mobile phone numbers form an integral part of an individual’s digital identity and are protected under the constitutional right to privacy. The decision arose from a petition filed by Erastus Ngura Odhiambo, an inmate who challenged the [...]

For years, the debate over school choice in Kentucky state has simmered beneath the surface. That tension came to a head again this month, as a familiar conflict between the governor’s office and the state legislature unfolded in real time, placing voters and federal incentives at the center of the dispute.  On March 13, Kentucky [...]