Sexual Assault in the US Coast Guard: A Coverup and a Call for Justice
Sexual assault in the US Armed Forces is a very real and prescient issue for all service members. In April 2023, the US Department of Defense (DoD) reported that in 2022 there had been “a roughly 1% increase in overall reports of sexual assaults” with all the service branches having seen an increase in reported [...]
It is a dangerous time to be a judge in America. Retired Wisconsin judge John Roemer was killed at his home in June 2022. That same month, US Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh narrowly avoided a kidnapping and possible assassination attempt. These incidents follow in the wake of an assassination attempt on U.S. District Court [...]
Mexico Supreme Court says minor rape victims can access abortions without parental consent
Mexico’s Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation Tuesday ruled that minors who are victims of rape can access abortions without their parents’ consent or without filing a report. In a 10-1 decision, the court rejected claims brought by the Aguascalientes and Baja California state governments which contended that the ‘Official Mexican Standard for family, [...]
Americans were shocked by Wednesday’s storming of the US Capitol by the Proud Boys and other rightwing mobs and militia. International observers and some U.S. politicians began referring to the country as a “banana republic” – a derogatory statement referring to banana-producing countries in Central America with histories of unstable and corrupt governments. Latin Americans [...]
Cap-and-Trade Could Fill Gaps in Governor Wolf's Climate Change Executive Order
The news on the climate crisis has been bad lately and getting worse. In the face of President Trump’s continued denial and his administration’s diligent efforts to roll back every shred of progress made by the Obama administration and to prop up an ailing coal industry, the warnings from the scientific community have only become [...]
JURIST Guest Columnist Chris Jones-Pauly discusses the misunderstandings regarding the indigenous laws of South Sudan in the context of transitional justice. In December 2013 South Sudan exploded into civil war, three years after the South's secession. The initial protagonists are...
JURIST Guest Columnist Kaimipono Wenger of Thomas Jefferson School of Law, discusses the rise of anti-LGBT bills in a number of conservative states and opposite reactions to these bills and the fundamental question: do LGBT rights create burdens on religion,...
The European Commission (EC) announced Wednesday that it has begun the first assessment of the Rule of Law in Poland, a member state, concerning the EU policy of Media Freedom and Pluralism materials] as well...
UN rights expert warns Cambodia's political polarization reaching breaking point
The UN Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in Cambodia, Rhona Smith, warned Monday that the increasing polarization of the political parties in Cambodia is reaching a breaking point. Smith is concerned about the possible...
The United Kingdom Supreme Court ruled Thursday in favor of The Guardian , deciding that the UK newspaper may publish a series of letters between Prince Charles and high government officials. The court determined...
