Brazil rejoins Community of Latin American and Caribbean States
The Foreign Ministry of Brazil Thursday confirmed that the country rejoined the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) after a two-year hiatus. Brazil withdrew from CELAC in January 2020 under former President Jair Bolsonaro. This reunion is one of the initial moves towards change by new president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva who [...]
G20 leaders condemn Russian war on Ukraine and call for unconditional withdrawal
Group of 20 (G20) leaders Wednesday condemned and deplored Russian aggression in Ukraine in a declaration at the conclusion of the 17th G20 Heads of State and Government Summit in Bali. The G20 leaders also demanded Russia’s “complete and unconditional withdrawal from” Ukraine, emphasizing the vitality of “peaceful resolution of conflicts, efforts to address crises, [...]
On one hand, the US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) designates access to nutritious foods as a social determinant of health — a factor, like economic stability and education, that has a major impact on the US population’s health, well-being, and quality of life. But on the other, free market ideals and resistance [...]
US jury finds former Argentina naval officer responsible for 1972 killings of political prisoners
A jury in Miami, Florida, Friday unanimously found an ex-Argentine naval officer responsible for the so-called Trelew Massacre of 1972. According to the 2020 complaint, in 1972, Bravo, along with three other naval officers, woke up 19 political prisoners detained at a Trelew naval base. The officers lined the prisoners up against a wall and “opened fire on the [...]
The prosecutor’s office of the International Criminal Court Thursday said that it would open an office in Venezuela to aid its investigation of allegations of crimes against humanity in the country. The announcement follows the end of a second visit to the South American nation by ICC prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan. He was previously [...]
A court in northern Argentina Friday convicted former Catholic Bishop Gustavo Zanchetta of sexually abusing two former seminarians at St. John XXIII Seminary. Zanchetta was sentenced to four and a half years in prison for committing “simple, continued and aggravated sexual abuse.” The court also ordered for his DNA to be included in the national [...]
Colombia’s Constitutional Court has decriminalized abortion up to 24 weeks, continuing a trend that has been spreading across traditionally conservative Catholic Latin American countries. The court had considered two cases over the past several months. One was brought by lawyer Andrés Mateo Sánchez Molina, and the other was brought by Causa Justa, a coalition of [...]
Italian parliament votes to enshrine environmental protections in constitution
The Italian Parliament voted Tuesday to include the protection of animals and the environment in the nation’s constitution. Prior to the amendment, Article Nine protected the “natural landscape and the historical and artistic heritage of the Nation.” Now, the Article includes a mandate to protect the environment, biodiversity, ecosystems, and animals “in the interest of [...]
Law students from the University of Ottawa are filing dispatches for JURIST on the “Freedom Convoy” protest in Canada’s capital that has paralyzed the city for over a week. Here, 1L Elaine Tam reports. I’m filing this dispatch from the epicentre of a siege. My home lies within a few hundred metres of Parliament Hill, [...]
Introduction: “Climate Change Crisis as a Child Crisis” On October 11, the UN Child Rights Committee (the Committee) ruled on a historic communications procedure brought forward by 16 children (plaintiffs) against Argentina, Brazil, France, Germany and Turkey for failing to prevent and mitigate the consequences of climate change (Nos. 104-108/2019). Although the State parties have [...]
