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Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Criminal law and procedure - Japanese lawyers and scholars have stated that sentences for rapists have been overly lenient in Japan. ("Saiban-in saiban" sei hanzai kouhan, hand#333;ritsuka yori genkaku, ryand#333;kei sand#333;ba ni isseki ["Lay-Judge Trials" for Sex Crime Trials, (Sentences Are)...
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Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Constitutional law - Hasan Gerceker, the President of Turkey's Supreme Court, stated in an interview on March 22, 2010, that proposed amendments to the country's Constitution made public the same day threaten the separation of powers and...
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Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Human rights - On March 23, 2010, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) publicly praised the Republic of Korea (ROK) for granting citizenship to a recognized refugee, the first time the ROK had done so since adopting...
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Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
War crimes - In February 2010, the Government of Bangladesh announced that trials would be held for those accused of war crimes during the 1971 Bangladesh Liberation War. Prosecutors and investigators were to be appointed in March, with the...
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Posted: March 29th, 2010, 12:00pm MSD
Trafficking in persons - It was reported on March 18, 2010, that the South African Department of Justice recently put before the South African Parliament the Prevention and Combating of Trafficking in Persons Bill. (Sarah Hudleston, Tabling of Human Trafficking...