Human Rights Watch on Tuesday welcomed Australian police’s recent arrest of Ben Roberts-Smith, an Australian soldier accused of committing five counts of war crimes in Afghanistan between 2009 and 2012, as a step towards justice for victims. The arrest comes almost six years after the Independent Afghanistan Inquiry, or the Brereton Report, which detailed several The post Rights group praises Australia arrest of hailed war hero for crimes in Afghanistan appeared first on JURIST – News.

The UN Commission of Inquiry on Wednesday called for international accountability in the midst of the Iran war, which it says has led to an unprecedented increase in human rights violations against civilians residing in the Occupied Palestinian Territory. Stressing the severity of the situation in the region, with the rising death tolls as a The post UN Commission of Inquiry calls for more protection of Palestinians affected by the war in Iran appeared first on JURIST – News.

Panama Ports Company, S.A. (“PPC”), a subsidiary of the Hong Kong-based conglomerate CK Hutchison, commenced arbitration proceedings against Maersk A/S (“Maersk”) on Tuesday in the aftermath of the planned takeover by Maersk of PPC’s port terminals in Panama. The arbitration, occurring in London later this month, is to resolve a dispute involving a long-term contract, whose The post Hong Kong multinational commences arbitration proceedings against Maersk for breach of contract appeared first on JURIST – News.

Erick Valencia-Salazar, a California man who is said to have co-founded Mexico’s Cartel de Jalisco Nueva Generacion (CJNG), pleaded guilty on Tuesday to a federal narcotics conspiracy charge. Salazar was arrested in Tapalpa, in the Mexican state of Jalisco, in 2022 for conspiring to send thousands of kilograms of cocaine to the US on behalf The post California man pleads guilty to drug cartel conspiracy charge appeared first on JURIST – News.