Search Results for: 2014-12-11

The UN Security Council (UNSC) adopted resolution 2722 on Thursday, condemning attacks by Yemen’s Houthi rebels and demanding “an immediate halt on all attacks on merchants and commercial vessels in the Red Sea.” Since November 2023, Houthi rebels have launched over a dozen attacks on commercial shipping in the Red Sea as a sign of [...]

During every execution in the United States, Death Penalty Action* holds a virtual vigil simultaneously with local death penalty abolitionists protesting outside the prisons and state capitals or governor’s mansions where the state-sponsored killing is taking place. When these gatherings are in person, those in attendance toll the same massive bell at the time the [...]

“For by wise counsel, thou shalt make thy war.” Proverbs 24:6 Though one might think otherwise, there is no Palestinian state at present, nor has there ever been such a state in the past. Still, once the current Gaza War comes to an end – and whatever the tangible correlates of any war termination agreements [...]

Putin spent more than four hours on Thursday chatting with journalists and constituents about matters ranging from Moscow’s endgame in Ukraine to Putin’s favorite Russian salad. Talk of Russia’s nuanced interpretations of international law featured prominently in the discussion and offered insights into the calculus driving Putin’s continued aggression in Ukraine. Below, we outline key [...]

The US House of Representatives voted on Wednesday to formalize an impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden. The vote passed along party lines, with all 221 Republican lawmakers voting in favor of the resolution and 212 Democratic lawmakers voting against. Former Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) previously opened an impeachment inquiry into Biden [...]

In a report issued Monday, Human Rights Watch expressed concern for the residents of Taizz, Yemen, who have been unable to access clean water for the past eight years during the conflict between Houthi forces and the Yemeni government, calling upon both parties to “allow Taizz’s local water agency to access, repair, and operate water [...]

In this first-of-its-kind JURIST “global dispatch” on a single topic, 15 law students and young lawyers from around the world, all of them JURIST correspondents from outside of Israel and Palestine, join together to offer a  panoramic view of how the current Gaza conflict is unfolding in their countries and regions. Beyond the headlines, they [...]

On November 15, 2023, more than five weeks after Hamas‘ heinous October 7 attack on Israel, and after thousands of lives were lost, the Security Council, the United Nations body with the primary responsibility for the maintenance of international peace and security, finally managed to pass a somewhat controversial resolution in response to the crisis. [...]

US District Court Judge Jerry Pappert limited the liability of opioid distributor Cencora (previously known as Amerisourcebergen) on Monday in the case US v. Cencora, which is a case alleging the company failed to report thousands of suspicious opioid prescriptions, fueling the opioid epidemic. The government will now only be able to prosecute the company [...]

Editors’ note: Amid surging violence between Hamas and Israeli forces, JURIST is seeking perspectives from law students, law professors and lawyers around the world. Neither this nor other commentaries constitute JURIST editorial policy, nor do they necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team. Scholars of genocide argue that Israel’s siege of Gaza, which involved [...]