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 Report on the Two International Human Rights Covenants is a governmental self-assessment of its compliance with UN international human rights standards—specifically the International Covenant The post Taiwan dispatch: national human rights review calls for death penalty moratorium appeared first on JURIST – News.

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 Tuesday, May 12, during the Africa Forward Summit, once again placed Kenya at the center of a difficult debate: how should The post Kenya dispatch: Nairobi’s anti-France protests spark debate over democracy, diplomacy appeared first on JURIST – News.

Sophia Kuhnke is a law student at Università Bocconi School of Law and a JURIST correspondent covering recent developments in Italy.  On Tuesday, May 12, the Bari Court of Appeal (Corte di Appello di Bari) in southern Italy delivered a ruling legally recognizing three parents for a four-year-old.  This case, serving as a landmark decision The post Italy dispatch: landmark ruling recognizes three legal parents for child born via foreign surrogacy appeared first on JURIST – News.

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 real and substantial risk” that Duterte could “abscond or obstruct justice.” In making their decision, the chamber summarized the Pre-Trial Chamber I Decision on the The post International Criminal Court orders ongoing detention of former Philippines president appeared first on JURIST – News.