Dr. Mohamed Gomaa is a PhD candidate at the Faculty of Law, University of Hamburg, and a JURIST Correspondent covering Egypt. In a milestone legislative move, the Egyptian Cabinet has officially ...

The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled Monday that a Trump administration policy banning transgender troops from military service illegal. In a split decision, the court ...

More than 30 UN special rapporteurs and human rights experts welcomed on Friday a General Assembly resolution that reaffirms ...

A three-judge panel of a federal court in Birmingham on Tuesday barred Alabama from using its Republican-drawn congressional ...

The Permanent People's Tribunal (PPT) on Missing and Disappeared Indigenous Children and Unmarked Graves in Canada released their preliminary statement on Sunday, finding that acts committed by ...

Ghana’s parliament on Friday approved a controversial new bill that criminalizes the so-called “promotion” of LGBTQ activity. The Human Sexual Rights and Family Values bill imposes prison terms of up ...

The Federal Court of Australia has admitted a UN special rapporteur on human rights and environment as an intervenor in a judicial review case on a liquefied natural gas (LNG) operation site, ...

New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed legislation Friday that limits where and how Immigrations and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents can enforce immigration law. The new legislation also prohibits ...

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk on Friday urged countries and tech companies to establish effective regulation of online platforms to better protect children. The appeal comes with ...

Amnesty International on Wednesday released a report alleging that tea workers on private estates in Sri Lanka are being subjected to conditions that 'may amount to forced labour,' calling on the ...

A United Arab Emirates (UAE)-based company reportedly hired and transited hundreds of Colombian private military contractors to Sudan in support of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Human Rights Watch ...

A man with an unpleasant voice was reciting the Qur’an loudly. A wise-hearted passerby said to him, “What salary do you receive?” He replied, “None.” The man said, “Then why do you give yourself so ...