A divided panel of the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Friday shut down a district court’s move toward criminal-contempt prosecutions of federal officials involved in the rapid removal of ...

The UN warned on Thursday that women and girls in Sudan are facing a 'gender emergency' as the country's capital of El Fasher remains under siege and grapples with starvation, violence, and cholera.

The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday unsealed an arrest warrant for a militia officer who allegedly committed war crimes in Libya during non-international armed conflict, including ...

On July 29, 1999, Dr. Neelan Tiruchelvam, a distinguished Sri Lankan Tamil constitutional lawyer, academic, and parliamentarian, was assassinated by the Tamil separatist rebel group, the Liberation ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Wednesday upheld a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) policy prohibiting settlement defendants from publicly denying enforcement allegations.

In a joint interview, JURIST Chief of Staff for Africa Lana Osei and Associate Editorial Director Alanah Vargas speak with ...

As the executive branch continues to test the boundaries of its authority with increasing brazenness, a growing number of federal judges have responded with remarkable clarity and courage. Their ...

The US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit on Wednesday upheld an Oklahoma law that bans gender-affirming care for minors in the case Poe et. al. v. Drummond et. al. The court affirmed the lower ...

Amnesty International reported Wednesday that social media platform X, formerly Twitter, played a central role in fueling ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Wednesday called for the release of two imprisoned activists, Can Thi Theu and Le Dinh Luong, who are suffering from serious medical issues. According to HRW, Can Thi ...

I began publicly invoking the word “genocide” in July 2025 to describe the actions of the Israeli government in Gaza in ...

The student newspaper at Stanford University sued the Trump administration on Wednesday over the government's attempt to use federal immigration law as a way to deport noncitizens who have spoken ...