Editors’ note: Amid surging violence between Hamas and Israeli forces, JURIST is seeking perspectives from around the world. Neither this nor other interviews and commentaries related to the ongoing conflict constitute JURIST editorial policy, nor do they necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team. Jeffrey Sachs is renowned for his innovative approaches to combating [...]
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Law students from the European Union are reporting for JURIST on law-related events in and affecting the European Union and its member states. Jacky-Long Mouthuy is a law student at Maastricht University. He files this dispatch from Maastricht, Netherlands. Yesterday, November 2, was the UN’s International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists. Ahead [...]
Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday signed a bill that withdraws Russia as a signatory to the global nuclear test ban treaty. The Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty (CTBT) is an international treaty aimed at banning all nuclear explosions on the Earth’s surface, in the atmosphere, underwater and underground. It was adopted by the United [...]
New Jersey governor used public expense account to spend $12,000 at stadium events
New Jersey governor Phil Murphy used his public, taxpayer-funded expense account to spend almost $12,000 at events at MetLife Stadium in northern New Jersey, including a Taylor Swift concert, according to records reviewed by POLITICO this week. The expenses started accumulating when Murphy took office in 2018, but have not grown since 2019. POLITICO obtained [...]
Perspectives From Palestine: 'Palestinians Have the Right to Resist Israel's Occupation'
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 in this series constitute JURIST editorial policy, nor do they necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team. This commentary is a compilation of views offered [...]
Insights From Israel: 'Saying Israel Made Gaza an Open-Air Prison Is a Smokescreen for Antisemitism'
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 in this series constitute JURIST editorial policy, nor do they necessarily reflect the opinions of the editorial team. This commentary was drafted by an Israeli law [...]
War Crimes in the Israel-Hamas Conflict: A Case for the International Criminal Tribunal
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 [...]
US Senator Bob Menendez pleads not guilty to acting as a foreign agent of Egypt
US Senator Bob Menendez (D-NJ) pleaded not guilty before US District Judge Sidney Stein on Monday on charges that he allegedly conspired to act as a foreign agent of Egypt. The allegations were set forth two weeks ago in an indictment alleging that Menendez accepted “hundreds of thousands of dollars of bribes” in exchange for [...]
The UK Commons Foreign Affairs Committee (FAC) published a report Thursday finding that the FCDO failed to protect UK national Matthew Hedges from torture in United Arab Emirates. This comes following a similar Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman’s verdict issued on August 3. The Foreign Affairs Committee’s report draws on the findings of the Parliamentary [...]
Israel to allow humanitarian aid to Gaza as more than 12,000 Palestinians injured
The Israeli Prime Minister’s Office announced Wednesday it would allow food, water, and medicine from Egypt for civilians living in the Gaza Strip. The office emphasized the government will stop any attempt to bring supplies to Hamas, in light of the rocket attack by Hamas on October 7 which killed more than 100 Israeli citizens. [...]