A group of UN human rights experts said Monday that the detention of two Supreme Court judges in the Maldives is an attack on the independence of the judiciary and undermines the court’s ability to work freely and effectively. The arrests follow the Supreme Court’s decision to nullify the sentences against nine opposition figures, including [...]

A German consumer group said Monday that the Berlin Regional Court ruled that Facebook’s use of personal data was illegal because it did not adequately secure the informed consent of its users. The Federation of German Consumers Organisation (vzbv) , which brought the suit, stated that Facebook’s default settings and some of its terms of [...]

Australia and Peru signed a new trade agreement Monday that will allow for greater access to beef, sugar, almonds and dairy products being sold within Peru. The trade agreement was finalized last November and will go into affect 60 days it is ratified by the Congress of Peru and the Parliament of Australia. The trade [...]

Asma Jahangir , a leading human rights activist and lawyer in Pakistan, died Sunday after suffering from cardiac arrest in her hometown city of Lahore at the age of 66. Jahangir dedicated decades of her life towards the pursuit of bringing about human rights changes within the Pakistani government and military, co-founding the Human Rights [...]

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein on Monday expressed concern over the continuing casualties in Yemen. According to Zeid, “The upsurge in fighting in the south-western Governorate of Taizz is of particular concern. Civilians are under fire on all sides, as Houthi and affiliated forces carry out sniper attacks and indiscriminate [...]

Here’s the international legal news we covered this week: The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. UN Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein urged the government of Papua New Guinea on Friday to provide greater enforcement of [...]

Here’s the domestic legal news we covered this week: Dozens of attorneys with the Legal Aid Society and Bronx Defenders on Thursday held a protest outside of the Bronx Criminal Court after one of their clients were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside of the state courthouse. Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine [...]

Dozens of attorneys with the Legal Aid Society and Bronx Defenders on Thursday held a protest outside of the Bronx Criminal Court after one of their clients were arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents outside of the state courthouse. The defendant, Aboubacar Dembele, 27, had showed up at the Bronx Criminal Court House [...]

The Supreme Court of Ireland formally ruled in a unanimous decision on Friday that the complete employment ban on asylum seekers was unconstitutional. Chief Justice Frank Clark said the ban is no longer a part of the law. The legislature has four months to create a work permit for asylum seekers. The plaintiff was a [...]

JURIST Guest Columnist Steve Koslovsky discusses how more judicial elections harm judicial independence… Remember Rose Bird? Back in 1986, Chief Justice Rose E. Bird, who was the first female Chief on the California Supreme Court, became the first Chief Justice removed from office. In a campaign organized largely by California conservatives and funded by business [...]