The World Health Organization (WHO) and the African Medicines Agency (AMA) signed the Framework Agreement for Collaboration on Friday, which aims to strengthen regulatory systems and improve access ...

The Ontario Superior Court of Justice barred the Waterloo region from removing encampments on Thursday. The court held that the region's site-specific bylaw is not only discriminatory but also ...

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) warned Thursday that journalists covering the FIFA World Cup 2026 may face hostility from the authorities. The warning comes with a travel advisory and ...

Samsung Electronics’ labor union held off on launching a planned 18-day strike Wednesday after reaching a last-minute, tentative wage deal with the company management, alleviating immediate concerns ...

Taiwan concluded its three-day Review Meeting on the Two International Human Rights Covenants on May 15, followed by a press conference. The death penalty emerged as a primary focus. Taiwan’s Review ...

A panel of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit on Friday ruled that California’s restrictions on openly carrying firearms in the state’s more populous counties violate the Second Amendment.

The Federal Court of Australia fined X (formerly Twitter) aooroximately $465,000 USD in a decision on Thursday. The fine stems from the company's failure to disclose information to Australia's ...

Two Washington, DC police officers who served during the 2021 US Capitol Attack sued the Trump Administration on Wednesday to challenge the legality of the Department of Justice's (DOJ) new $1.7 ...

A group of top human rights organizations issued a joint public letter on Wednesday ahead of the highly anticipated EU/China conference, urging the Members of the European Parliament to put human ...

A pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Friday ordered that former Philippines president Rodrigo Duterte remain in custody in The Hague. The judges found that 'there is a ...

Griffins Abuora is a Kenya School of Law student based in Kisumu, where he reports on legal, policy, and human rights developments in Kenya for JURIST. The arrest of five activists in Nairobi on May ...

Amnesty International demanded the removal of Rapid Support Forces (RSF) Commander 'Abu Lulu' on Tuesday, citing war crime allegations. Amnesty International’s Regional Director for East Africa, ...