News Brief, News Roundup
by Eric Surber
Judicature International (2023) | An online-only publicationPICTURED ABOVE: THE TWO TOWERS OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF JUSTICE IN LUXEMBOURG (ISTOCK) Poland 🇵🇱 The European Union’s highest court invalidated parts of Poland’s judicial overhaul legislation, restricting access to billions of […]
In Conversation
by Paul W. Grimm, Kim Scheppele, Harold Hongju Koh, Paul Stephan and Oleksandra Matviichuk
Judicature International (2023) | An online-only publicationInternational tribunals frequently adjudicate disputes between nation-states, but enforcement can be limited or in some cases nonexistent — especially in the face of a rogue authoritarian aggressor. […]
Briefs
Duke Law School welcomed Judge Tayeba Parsa of Afghanistan as the first Bolch Judicial Institute Rule of Law Judicial Fellow in May. Judge Parsa was among 250 women judges in Afghanistan. […]
Briefs
by Susan Glazebrook and Sosan Bakshi
Vol. 107 No. 1 (2023) | Toward Fairer, Quicker, Cheaper LitigationThe International Association of Women Judges (IAWJ) received the 2023 Bolch Prize for the Rule of Law during a ceremony in March. […]
News Roundup, News Brief
ICC issues arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin, widespread protests in Israel against plan to increase control over the judiciary, and more.
News Roundup, News Brief
Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Roza Otunbayeva, the head of the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), met with de facto Taliban minister of justice Abdul Hakim Sharai and urged him to renew the licenses […]
Feature
Research shows that a strong rule of law fosters innumerable societal benefits, including improved living conditions and citizen wellbeing, more robust law enforcement, and economic growth. Another important but perhaps […]
A Finer Point
Natasha Ramras is an Oregon/Washington painter who uses acrylic and oil to capture the beauty of the Pacific Northwest in her landscapes and the salient issues of the day in her contemporary works. […]
News Roundup, News Brief
Guatemala 🇬🇹 Volker Türk, the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, called on Guatemalan authorities to take steps to protect justice officials who have been persecuted for fighting corruption and impunity in […]
News Roundup, News Brief
Afghanistan 🇦🇫 Afghanistan’s supreme leader, Haibatullah Akhundzada, issued an order directing judges to fully enforce sharia law. A Taliban spokesperson tweeted that Akhundzada ordered judges to implement hudud and qisas — aspects of […]
