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Nepal: : Legislature Passes Constitutional Amendment
Posted: January 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Constitutional law - On January 28, 2010, Nepal's legislature passed the seventh amendment to the country's interim constitution. The amendment, which passed with a two-thirds majority, will permit the president, vice president, prime minister, and other high-ranking officials to... -
Philippines: Supreme Court Stops Commission on Elections by Issuing TRO in Favor of LGBT Party
Posted: January 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Elections - On January 12, 2010, the Supreme Court of the Philippines issued a Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) to stop the Commission on Elections (COMELEC) from barring Ang Ladlad a political group representing lesbian, gay, bisexual, and... -
Switzerland: Court Decision Denies Release of UBS Bank Records to the IRS
Posted: January 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Banks and financial institutions - On January 21, 2010, the Swiss Administrative Court rescinded a decision of the Swiss Federal Tax Administration that would have released Swiss banking records to the U.S. Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (Bundesverwaltungsgericht, docket number A-7789/2009, Jan.... -
Japan: Child Pornography Law Amendment Discussed
Posted: January 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Child pornography - "Japan is one of the world's biggest suppliers of child pornography and the second biggest consumer after the U.S." (Justin McCurry, Japan to Outlaw Possession of Child Porn, GUARDIAN, Mar. 10, 2008, available at [www.guardian.co.uk] -
Russian Federation: New Restrictions For Controlled Substances
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Narcotics and drug abuse - On December 31, 2009, the Government of the Russian Federation issued two regulations which extend the list of narcotic and psychotropic substances and establish a new procedure for their storage and preservation. (Regulations of the Russian... -
Argentina: Emergency Decrees on President of the Central Bank, Payment of External Debt
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Constitutional law - On December 14, 2009, Argentina's President Cristina Kirchner issued an emergency Decree (Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia [Emergency Decree or DNU] 2010/2009, BOLETIN OFICIAL (B.O.), Dec. 15, 2009, available at [www.infoleg.gov.ar] creating the Fondo... -
Denmark: Supreme Court Upholds Controversial Immigration Law
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Immigration - In January 2010, Denmark's Supreme Court issued a decision in an immigration case that retains a controversial rule. Since 2002, immigrants to Denmark that become naturalized citizens must have lived in the country for 28 years... -
Philippines: Executive Order Creates a Committee to Strengthen Church and State Relations
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Government organization - On November 23, 2009, an Executive Order (EO) "Creating the Church-Police-Military-Liaison Committee [CPMLC] to Formulate and Implement a Comprehensive Program to Establish Strong Partnership Between the State and the Church on Matters Concerning Peace and Order... -
European Court of Human Rights / France: Registration in French National Sex Offender Database Does Not Violate Rights
Posted: January 27th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Human rights - On December 17, 2009, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) found that registration in the French national sex offender database did not violate article 7, andsect;1 (no criminal penalty without a law) and article 8... -
Denmark: Criminal Age May Be Lowered
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - Denmark's parliament began hearings on January 12, 2010, on a bill that would lower the age of criminal responsibility to 14. At present, it appears that the government has a majority likely to vote for the... -
Bangladesh / India: Three Treaties to be Ratified
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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International law - The Bangladesh Secretary on Home Affairs and the Commerce Secretary of India have signed three treaties, on mutual legal assistance in criminal matters, exchanging prisoners, and combating international terrorism. These treaties are expected to be ratified... -
United States: Montana Supreme Court Holds State Law Permits Physician Assistance of Suicides by Terminally Ill Patients
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Death and dying - The Montana Supreme Court has held that Montana law allows a physician to aid the suicide of terminally ill patient. With this decision, Montana joins Oregon and Washington as states that allow the physician-assisted suicide of... -
United States: Ohio Supreme Court Holds Warrantless Search of Cell Phone Violates United States Constitution
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - The Ohio Supreme Court has held that the warrantless police search of a cell phone violates the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. Ohio municipal police convinced a woman to call appellant Antwaun Smith... -
United Kingdom: Anti-Terrorism Detention Provisions Called Into Question
Posted: January 26th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Terrorism - The United Kingdom's rocky road with its anti-terrorism legislation has continued with the High Court ruling that in the case of two individuals subject to "control orders" orders that impose conditions similar to house arrest... -
Sri Lanka: Anti-Corruption Law Planned
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Government ethics - According to a statement by Dilan Perera, a Member of the Sri Lankan parliament and the Justice Minister, the country's President, Mahinda Rajapaksa, is planning to propose a new Act to counter waste, corruption, and other... -
United Kingdom: British National Party Member Arrested on Suspicion of Terrorism
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Terrorism - A member of the British National Party, a far right political party, has been jailed for 11 years after pleading guilty to 22 offenses, including collecting information useful for terrorism and possessing explosives and firearms.... -
Belgium: New Obligation to Report Payments to Tax Havens
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Taxation - As of the first of this year, Belgian companies and the permanent establishments in Belgium of foreign companies are required to include on their tax returns information about certain payments to tax havens. The reporting threshold... -
United States: President Obama Signs Executive Order Streamlining Declassification of Government Information
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Freedom of information - On December 29, 2009, President Barack Obama issued an executive order intended to allow researchers to gain access more quickly to formerly classified national security information. Executive Order 13,526, "Classified National Security Information," makes... -
France: New Law on Protection of Journalistic Sources
Posted: January 25th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Freedom of the press - The French Parliament adopted Law 2010-1 of January 4, 2010, on the Protection of Journalistic Sources. (Loi 2010-1 du 4 janvier 2010 relative andagrave; la protection du secret des sources des journalistes, legifrance, [www.legifrance.gouv.fr] (File:... -
Tanzania: New Bill To Regulate Political Parties' Finances
Posted: January 22nd, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Elections - It was reported on January 17, 2010, that the Tanzanian government hass been preparing to propose a bill, The Election Expenses Act, 2009, to regulate the funding of political parties. (Bill to Control Funding of Dar... -
United States: Federal Court Says Police Use of Taser Can Constitute Excessive Force
Posted: January 22nd, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Police - A federal appeals court has held that police use of a taser gun on a criminal suspect can constitute an unconstitutionally excessive use of force in some circumstances. Appellant Brian McPherson, a police officer for... -
France: Ratification of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities
Posted: January 22nd, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Handicapped - On December 31, 2009, the French Parliament adopted Law 2009-1791 of December 31, 2009, ratifying the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. The Convention was signed on March 30, 2007, and entered into... -
New Zealand: "Three-Strikes" Law To Be Introduced
Posted: January 22nd, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - On January 19, 2010, New Zealand's National Party government announced that it had reached an agreement with one of its coalition partners on a policy that will make repeat violent offenders ineligible for parole if they... -
France: Compensation of Victims of French Nuclear Testing
Posted: January 22nd, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Weapons - The French Parliament recently adopted Law 2010-2 of January 5, 2010, on the compensation of victims of French nuclear testing (Loi 2010-5 du 5 janvier 2010 relative andagrave; la reconnaissance et andagrave; l'indemnisation des victimes des... -
Iran: Women Free on Bail After National Security Charges Dropped
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - Two women were arrested in Tehran, Iran, on March 5, 2009, on charges of acting against the national security of the country. Marziah Amirizadeh, who was 30 years old, and Maryan Rostam Poor, 27, were taken... -
Austria: Privacy Rights of Crime Victim Outweigh Freedom of the Press
Posted: January 20th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Freedom of the press - In a recently published decision of September 29, 2009, the Austrian Supreme Court (Oberster Gerichtshof) held that a crime victim's right to privacy disallows the press to mention her name when reporting on her case, even... -
Israel: Broadcasting Emergency Announcements in Various Languages
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Emergency communications - On January 11, 2010, the Knesset passed an amendment to the Broadcasting Authority, 5725-1965 Law, requiring the broadcasting of emergency announcements related to public health and security in Arabic, Russian, and Amharic, in addition to the... -
Israel: Encouragement of Organ Donation
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Transplantation of organs and tissues - On January 4, 2010, the Knesset passed an amendment to the Public Health Law, 5754-1994. According to the amendment, a person who donates an organ during his lifetime to another Israeli resident in accordance with the... -
Switzerland: New Law Encourages Multilingual Culture
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Languages - On January 1, 2010, a new Swiss law went into effect that aims at preserving the multilingual culture of Switzerland. (Bundesgesetz uber die Landessprachen und die Verstandigung zwischen den Sprachgemeinschaften (Federal Act on the National Languages),... -
Mozambique: New Law Lifts Restrictions on Establishment and Operation of Casinos
Posted: January 19th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Gambling - It was reported on January 11, 2009, that Armando Guebuza, the President of Mozambique, signed into law an amendment to the 1994 gambling law. (Guebuza Promulgates Casino Bill, AGENCIA DE INFORMACAO DE MOCAMBIQUE, Jan. 11, 2010,... -
United Nations: Mandate of Tribunals on Rwanda and Balkans War Crimes Extended
Posted: January 15th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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War crimes - On December 16, 2009, the United Nations Security Council extended until the end of 2012 the mandates of the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY, in the Hague) and for Rwanda (ICTR, in Arusha,... -
Australia: New South Wales Government Responds to Report on Same-Sex Adoption Laws
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Adoption - On January 6, 2009, the government of New South Wales (NSW), Australia, released a letter in response to a parliamentary report that had recommended changing the law to allow same-sex couples to adopt children. In the... -
Canada: Harmonized Sales Tax for British Columbia and Ontario
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Taxation - Recently, the governments of two Canadian provinces, British Columbia and Ontario, agreed to replace their provincial sales tax with a Harmonized Sales Tax (HST) to be collected by the federal government. In order for the HST... -
Aruba / Belize: Advisories on Online Gaming
Posted: January 14th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Gambling - Belize's Ministry of Economic Development, Commerce, Industry, and Consumer Protection recently issued an advisory to warn that it has discovered that a number of online gaming companies are claiming that they hold online gaming licenses, but... -
Canada: Supreme Court Expands Libel Defenses
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Freedom of the press - In late December 2009, the Supreme Court of Canada issued two decisions that widen the defenses available to communicators in defamation cases that are based upon material published on matters of public importance, by establishing a... -
Madagascar: Budget Promulgated with New Tax Rates
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Taxation - On December 31, 2009, Madagascar's 2010 budget was promulgated as Ordinance No. 2009-14. It includes information on direct and indirect taxation rates. The rate for corporate income, personal income, income from movable capital, and capital gains... -
Nigeria: National Assembly to Consider Anti-Terrorism Bill
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Terrorism - Reportedly motivated by the United States' measure that put Nigeria on the terrorist watch list, the Nigerian National Assembly is gearing up to conduct a second reading of an anti-terrorism bill, "An Act to Provide for... -
Portugal: Gay Marriage Approved by Parliament
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Family - On January 8, 2010, the Portuguese Parliament approved a proposal for a law that authorizes persons of the same sex to get married. The proposal was designed to remove the definition stating that marriage is between... -
Indonesia: Cyber Crime Bill
Posted: January 13th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Communications and electronic information - It was reported on December 25, 2010, that a new bill on cyber crimes, the "Tipiti bill," has high priority on the Indonesian House of Representative's 2010 National Legislation Program. In the view of the country's... -
China: New Procurement Rules for Innovative Products
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Government finance - On October 30, 2009, the Ministry of Science and Technology (MOST), the Ministry of Finance (MOF), and the National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC) issued a joint circular, with... -
Austria: Treaties on Exchange of Tax Information
Posted: January 12th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Taxation - On December 18, 2009, the Federal Council (Bundesrat), the chamber representing the states in the Austrian legislature, approved the resolutions of the National Council (Nationalrat, representative chamber of the Austrian legislature) that ratified agreement-amending protocols or... -
Ireland: New Prohibition on Blasphemy
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Religion - On January 1, 2010, new provisions contained in the Defamation Act, 2009 of the Republic of Ireland, on prohibiting the making of blasphemous statements, came into effect. The relevant section of the new law states that... -
Kenya: New Anti-Money Laundering Law Enacted
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Money laundering - On January 1, 2009, the DAILY NATION reported that Kenyan President Mwai Kibaki had signed into law The Proceeds of Crime and Anti-Money Laundering Bill, which was passed by the country's parliament in December. (Peter Leftie,... -
Switzerland: Federal Administrative Court Chastises Financial Markets Authority for Releasing UBS Records to IRS
Posted: January 8th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Banks and financial institutions - On January 5, 2010, the Federal Administrative Court issued a judgment in which it held that the Swiss Financial Markets Supervisory Authority (Eidgenssische Finanzmarktaufsicht, FINMA)had acted unlawfully on February 18, 2009, when it ordered UBS AG,... -
France: Draft Law on Regulating Banking and Finance
Posted: January 6th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Banks and financial institutions - On December 16, 2009, at a Council of Ministers meeting, Christine Lagarde, French Minister of Economy and Finances, unveiled a draft law on regulating banking and finance aimed at implementing, at the national level, the decision... -
Spain: Lower House of Legislature Votes on Abortion Reform Bill
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Abortion - A joint session of Spain#N OFICIAL DE LAS... -
Malaysia: Court Rules Catholic Magazine Can Use the Word "Allah"
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Religion - On December 31, 2009, the High Court of Malaysia ruled that a Christian publication has a constitutional right to use the word "Allah" to refer to God. (Catholic Magazine Herald Can Use Word "Allah," BERNAMA (Malaysia),... -
France: Tax on Bankers' Bonuses
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Banks and financial institutions - On December 16, 2009, following a Council of Ministers meeting, Christine Lagarde, the French Minister of Economy and Finances, announced that any bonuses above 27,500 (about US$39,345) paid to bankers for the year 2009 will be... -
France: Google Infringes Copyright Law in Scanning Excerpts of Books Without Authorization
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Intellectual property - On December 18, 2009, the Paris Tribunal de Grande Instance (Court of General Competence) ruled that Google has infringed French copyright law by digitalizing and publishing online excerpts of French books without the authorization of the... -
France: Constitutional Council Invalidates Carbon Tax
Posted: January 5th, 2010, 12:00pm MSK
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Environment - On December 29, 2009, France's Constitutional Council, which ensures the constitutionality of laws prior to their promulgation by the President of the Republic, invalidated the carbon tax set forth in article 7 of the draft 2010...