Administrative law - Since the oldest man on Tokyo's resident record was found on July 29, 2010, to have been dead for more than 30 years, municipal governments throughout Japan have been checking on the whereabouts of centenarians in...
Criminal law and procedure - On August 23, 2010, a proposed amendment to the Criminal Law of the People's Republic of China was presented to the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress (NPC). The proposal, if adopted,, would reduce the...
Health and safety - On July 6, 2010, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof) issued a decision that permits pre-implantation testing to screen for serious genetic defects (Docket No. 5 StR 386/09, [juris.bundesgerichtshof.de] The decision interprets section 1(1)...
Criminal law and procedure - The Act on the Use and Protection of DNA Identification Information came into force on July 26, 2010, and its Enforcement Decree took effect on August 13, 2010. It appears that the new law has already...
Health and safety - On August 26, 2010, Maithripala Sirisena, Sri Lanka's Minister of Health, announced a plan to amend that country's laws so that the free medical facilities that are provided to all citizens will no longer be available...