News analysis

Serious youth violence: UK Home Office consults on statutory duty to tackle ‘national emergency’

Senior judges raise alarm bells over bullying

Domestic abuse: draft UK bill provisions underscored by Sally Challen retrial

Business and human rights: African mining pollution case could tighten law on parent company liability

Brazil’s president-elect appoints Car Wash judge in anti-corruption push

NDAs under fire as ‘weaponising’ mechanism to silence victims of sexual crimes

Climate partnerships bolster Paris Agreement despite US withdrawal

US election and Brexit: Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and electoral law concerns

Romania: Corruption contagion deepens as DNA under threat

Turbulent year tests International Criminal Court’s credibility

South China Sea ruling and its implications

Australian detention centres: ill-treatment ‘could be considered torture’ says UN rapporteur

Russian doping and corruption revelations prompt arbitration rush ahead of Rio Olympics

California and Canada introduce new medically assisted dying laws

Diversity in law firms: slow progress

Lawyers on the front line: Zuzana Caputova, ‘grassroots environmental hero’

The UK’s independent review of Sharia councils

Sports governance under scrutiny as Russian track and field banned from Rio

UK referendum on EU membership raises countless legal questions

Trio of war crimes convictions marks milestone for international justice

Brazilian impeachment triggers debate on need to reform process

Thailand: Pressure mounts for enforced disappearance laws

UK Anti-Corruption Summit sparks welcome debate but crucial questions remain unanswered

Ruggie report calls on FIFA to up its game on human rights ahead of Qatar World Cup

US Treasury tax reforms force Pfizer to rethink mega merger

UK counter-terrorism watchdog says European laws are up to scratch

Zika virus outbreak prompts focus on Latin American abortion laws

Cuba and sanctions: IBA and ONBC join forces to support transition to ‘new legal reality’

Iran sanctions: international law firm CMS makes early move

Clearer focus needed in the battle to disrupt ISIS funding