A Georgia jury found Colin Gray, father of Apalachee High School shooter Colt Gray, guilty of 29 charges tied to the shooting. Colt Gray killed four people and wounded another nine others in the ...

The US Treasury Department on Monday imposed sanctions on the Rwanda Defense Force (RDF) and four of its top military officials over their support, training, and fighting alongside M23 rebels in the ...

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) revived proceedings against four law firms on Tuesday, continuing its appeal of lower court decisions that invalidated President Donald Trump's executive orders ...

Victor Qiu is a JURIST Washington, D.C. correspondent and an attorney. The views expressed in this article are his own and in his personal capacity. Last week, I attended the oral argument for ...

A US federal judge ruled on Monday for the third time that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) cannot bar members of Congress from making unannounced visits to ICE detention facilities.

The Supreme Court heard arguments today in Hunter v. United States, a case about when people can be forced to yield their rights through a plea “agreement.” It’s a case that, for at least one of the ...

Myanmar state media announced that the acting president of the military junta in power granted amnesty to more than 10,000 prisoners to commemorate a national holiday, also marking the 64th ...

Human Rights Watch (HRW) on Sunday claimed that Australia's offshore processing and resettlement program is cost-inefficient and argued it potentially violates international law, advocating for an ...

Vietnam's Law on Artificial Intelligence (AI) came into into effect on Sunday, marking the first framework of its kind in Southeast Asia. The new law's content largely mirrors the European Union's ...

This op-ed was submitted to JURIST prior to the joint US-Israeli military strikes on Iran that began on February 28, 2026.

The United Nations Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan warned Friday that senior political and military leaders are driving South Sudan toward renewed full-scale war, citing ongoing aerial ...

The modern international order rests on a foundational promise: states must resolve disputes peacefully, and force may be used only as a last resort and only within the bounds of law. The US helped ...