Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on a Taliban execution order carried out Wednesday in southwestern Afghanistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text has only been [...]

Marisa Wright is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School.   On Wednesday, December 7, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case involving a fringe legal idea called the independent state legislature theory that poses a threat to the current system of election administration in the [...]

James Joseph is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. He files this report from The Hague. Following on from JURIST’s breaking news from Friday last about the legal defence staff of the International Criminal Court launching a historic strike over labour rights and pay disparity, I offer this personal account from the literal front line [...]

Myanmar law students are reporting for JURIST on challenges to the rule of law in their country under the military junta that deposed the civilian government of Aung San Suu Kyi in February 2021. Here, one of our correspondents who must remain anonymous comments on the repression of people’s daily lives, including even their available [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports that malnutrition rates among Afghan children have almost doubled this year under Taliban rule. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text [...]

James Ekin is a UK staff correspondent for JURIST. He files this report from The Hague. On 5 December 2022, the 21st session of the Assembly of States Parties (ASP) to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) is opening at the World Forum Convention Center in The Hague, the Netherlands. The session [...]

Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Ciara Dinneny is a trainee with the Law Society of Ireland. She files this dispatch from Dublin.  Two defence teams at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague filed a motion [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports that more than 20 men and women convicted of crimes were sentenced to lashings in Kabul on Thursday. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on a new international meeting on Afghanistan hosted by neighboring Tajikistan. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text has only been [...]

Law students and lawyers in Afghanistan are filing reports with JURIST on the situation there after the Taliban takeover. Here, a Staff Correspondent for JURIST in Kabul reports on the consequences of the increasingly strict enforcement of Islamic law across the country. For privacy and security reasons, we are withholding our Correspondent’s name. The text [...]