Two years into Israel’s military campaign against Hamas, tens of thousands of Palestinians in Gaza are dead, and the rest of the population is facing increasingly dire humanitarian circumstances. Food scarcity experts at the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) on Tuesday said “the worst-case scenario of Famine is currently playing out in the Gaza [...]

In a shocking discovery that has sent ripples across the international community, ongoing excavations at a mass grave site in Chemmani, in northern Sri Lanka, have uncovered more than 100 skeletal remains, including those of children and infants. The grim findings at Chemmani have reignited global attention on one of the world’s most severe cases [...]

Gaza is suffering “man-made mass starvation” caused by the blockade of aid into the territory, the head of the World-Health Organization, Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, has said, as more than 100 humanitarian agencies urged Israel to allow supplies in to alleviate the crisis. In the face of this catastrophe, Canada must urgently deploy peacekeeping forces to [...]

On July 23, the Hong Kong Legislative Council established a bill committee on the Registration of Same-sex Partnerships Bill. Secretary for Constitutional and Mainland Affairs Bureau Eric Tsang Kwok-wai submitted to the legislature that the government is dedicated to respecting the judiciary and fulfilling its Bill of Rights obligations. At the same time, Tsang also [...]

Since the return of the Taliban in 2021, Afghan women correspondents have chronicled the realities faced by women who, after some 20 years of increased freedom and opportunity, have been relegated to veritable house arrest under the oppressive regime. Through a series of interviews with women from across Afghan society, JURIST aims to give these [...]

Edited by: Alanah Vargas | JURIST Staff, US Earlier this month, Israel’s Defense Minister Israel Katz proposed relocating Gaza’s population to designated camps in the southern part of the Strip—an initiative that has drawn international criticism and raised legal concerns over potential violations of international law. Leaked documents and government briefings appear to outline a [...]

Ahead of the Speak Up for Justice panel, JURIST Associate Editorial Director Alanah Vargas spoke with Judge Eleazar Javier Saldivia, a former Venezuelan Supreme Court judge now living in exile, about the meaning of upholding the rule of law in a time marked by political repression, disinformation, and fear. He shared his firsthand experience of [...]

In the lead-up to the Speak Up for Justice panel, JURIST Associate Editorial Director Alanah Vargas spoke with Judge Esther Salas of the US District Court in New Jersey about what it means to uphold the rule of law amid growing disinformation, division, and fear. She reflected on the weighty responsibilities from the bench, the [...]

Since the return of the Taliban in 2021, Afghan women correspondents have documented the struggles and triumphs of their lives under the oppressive regime which strips them of even the most basic freedoms—such as leaving the house alone. Through a series of interviews with women from across Afghan society—from students to lawyers—we aim to give [...]

In August 2021, the world watched as the Taliban regained control of Afghanistan, sweeping away two decades of progress toward democracy, human rights and gender equality. While international headlines have since moved on to other crises, millions of Afghan women and girls continue to live under increasingly restrictive policies that have systematically stripped away their [...]