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Australia: Further Reform of Executive Remuneration Laws Proposed
Posted: February 28th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Corporations - On February 21, 2012, the Australian government announced that it would introduce further reforms aimed at strengthening Australia's legal framework related to executive remuneration. In particular, the reforms will include a requirement for listed companies "to ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Taiwan: Cabinet Submits 53 Priority Draft Proposals to the Legislature
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Legal systems - The Executive Yuan (Cabinet) of the Republic of China on Taiwan had 53 priority draft items of legislation to submit to the country's legislature for review, in advance of the new legislative session that opened on ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Kenya: Measure in Parliament to Stop Landlords from Auctioning Their Tenants' Property
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Property - Kenya's Parliament is gearing up to begin debate on the Land Bill 2012, which, among other objectives, seeks to drastically change the landlord-tenant relationship in the country. If enacted in its current form, the bill would ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Bulgaria: Ratification of Disabilities Convention
Posted: February 27th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Disability - On January 26, 2012, the Bulgarian National Assembly unanimously ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities. Bulgaria had signed the Convention on September 27, 2007, and the Optional Protocol on December ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Russian Federation: Gay Advocacy Among Minors Can Be Prohibited
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Human rights - On February 8, 2012, the Legislative Assembly of Saint Petersburg, Russia's second largest city and one of the constituent components of the Russian Federation, approved on a second reading a bill amending the Law of St. ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
European Union: Revision of Civil Protection Mechanism
Posted: February 24th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Disasters - On December 20, 2011, the European Commission came up with a proposal to reform the European Union Civil Protection Mechanism (CPM), established in 2001, "from the current ad-hoc co-ordination to a pre-planned and predictable system," in ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
China: Revision of Catalog of Industries for Foreign Investment
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Foreign investment - On December 24, 2011, China's National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Commerce of China jointly issued the revised Catalog of Industries for Guiding Foreign Investment (Waishang Touzi Chanye Zhidao Mulu (2011 ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Indonesia: Stricter Anti-Tobacco Rules Being Drafted
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Tobacco and smoking - On February 21, 2012, Bambang Sulistomo, an advisor to Indonesia's Health Ministry, announced the country would be going forward with stricter rules on tobacco sales and labeling. The plans have been under discussion since 2010 and ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Namibia: High Court Declares Anti-Corruption Act Provision Unconstitutional
Posted: February 23rd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Government ethics - On February 20, 2012, the High Court in Windhoek, Namibia found part of a provision in Namibia's Anti-Corruption Act (No. 8 of 2003, GOVERNMENT GAZETTE OF THE REPUBLIC OF NAMIBIA (Aug. 4, 2003), Anti-Corruption Commission ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Denmark: Health Records Proposal Leads to Controversy
Posted: February 21st, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Right of privacy - A new Danish executive order would permit local government officials to collect information about how an individual used health care services, in order to enhance public health planning. It is part of the 2011 revision of ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
North Korea: Foreign-Funded Business and Banking Laws Amended
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Foreign investment - The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) amended its law on registration of businesses that have foreign funding. The change came via a decree issued on December 21, 2011, by the Presidium of the Supreme ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Egypt: Judicial Authority Warns Parliament
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Legal systems - On February 8, 2012, it was reported that the Chief of the Supreme Judicial Council and President of the Court of Cassation in Egypt, Judge Husam el-Din al-Ghariani, had sent a letter to the Speaker of ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Malaysia / Saudi Arabia: Journalist Deported to Face Blasphemy Charges
Posted: February 17th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Freedom of the press - On February 9, 2012, the police in Malaysia detained a journalist from Saudi Arabia, Hamza Kashgari; on February 12 he was sent back to Saudi Arabia. Kashgari had landed at the international airport at Kuala Lumpur ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Hong Kong: Dispute over Policy on Influx of Mothers from China Giving Birth in Hong Kong
Posted: February 16th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Immigration - Leaders in Hong Kong have disagreed recently on how to handle the problem of expectant women from mainland China entering the city in an attempt to have their children born there, in order to qualify for ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Brazil: Federal Supreme Court Amends Women's Protection Law
Posted: February 15th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Women - On February 9, 2012, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court ruled unconstitutional article 16 of the Brazilian Women's Protection Law (Lei Maria da Penha, Lei No. 11,340 de 7 de Agosto de 2006,PLANALTO.GOV.BR), which required that ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Japan: Law on Making Local Areas Resistant to Tsunamis
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Disasters - When a major tsunami hit the country's east coast in March 2011, Japan had various laws concerning earthquakes, but there was no law that mainly addressed tsunami countermeasures. The largest non-ruling coalition (comprised of the ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Israel: Revised Rules on Compensation for Victims of Offenses
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - On February 7, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed an amendment to the Center for Collection of Fines, Fees, and Expenses Law, 5755-1995. The original Law authorizes the Minister of Justice to establish a center for ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Council of Europe: Public Persons and the Right to Privacy
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Right of privacy - On February 7, 2012, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) rendered a judgment in a case involving the right to privacy of public individuals and limitations on such a right. (Axel Springer Ag. v. ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Brazil: Federal Supreme Court Confirms Powers of National Council of Justice
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Judges - On February 8, 2012, in a very close, six-to-five decision, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court decided to keep the rules currently in force that standardize the methods for investigating judicial misconduct in the country. The rules ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
France: Paris Commercial Tribunal Found Google Maps Guilty of Unfair Competition
Posted: February 13th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Trade and commerce - On February 1, 2012, the Paris Commercial Tribunal found Google and its French subsidiary guilty of unfair competition. The plaintiff, the French cartography company Bottin Cartographes, claimed that Google was abusing the dominant position of its ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Uganda: Parliament Considering Petroleum Bill
Posted: February 10th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Mining and mineral resources - Normal 0 false false false ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Israel: Statute of Limitations for Sexual Harassment Suits
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Civil procedure - On January 30, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed an amendment to the Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law, 5758-1998). According to the 1998 Law, sexual harassment and any harm originating from a complaint or a suit ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
China: Human Rights Activist Li Tie Sentenced for Subversion
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - On January 18, 2012, the Intermediate People's Court in Wuhan (the capital of China's Hubei Province) sentenced writer and human rights activist Li Tie to ten years of imprisonment and deprivation of political rights for three ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Indonesia: Atheist to Be Charged with Blasphemy
Posted: February 9th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Religion - Alexander Aan, an Indonesian civil servant living in Pulau Punjung, in West Sumatra Province, posted the statement "God doesn't exist" on a Facebook page in January 2012. That page is no longer available online. The public ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Argentina: Bill Penalizes "Grooming" of Minors on the Internet
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Children - On November 2, 2011, the Senate of Argentina approved and sent to the Camara de Diputados (Chamber of Deputies) for further debate a bill that penalizes contact with minors through the Internet for sexual purposes, also ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Greece: Draft Bill on Fair and Speedy Trials
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Courts - On January 30, 2012, the Greek Ministry of Justice, Transparency, and Human Rights submitted to Parliament a bill designed to expedite the administration of justice and guarantee speedier and fairer trials for individuals. (Draft Bill ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Germany: Right-Wing Extremist Database Proposed
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Police - On January 18, 2012, the Federal Cabinet submitted a draft law to the German Parliament that proposes the creation of a database on right-wing extremists (Gesetzesentwurf der Bundesregierung, Rechtsextremismus-Datei-Gesetz, Bundesrat Drucksache 31/12 (Jan. 20, 2012), ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
China: Tightened Controls on Microblogging, Including Real Name Requirement
Posted: February 8th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Freedom of the press - On February 7, 2012, it was reported that China's four major microblogging (weibo) websites -- Sina.com, Sohu, NetEase, and Tencent -- will institute a real-name identification system on March 16, 2012. Current users who have not ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
European Union: ACTA Signed in Tokyo
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Intellectual property - st1:*{behavior:url(#ieooui) } On January 26, 2012, the European Union and 22 of its member countries signed the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA), a controversial pact designed to tighten international controls ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Haiti: Dictator Duvalier Only Facing Charges for Embezzlement of Public Funds
Posted: February 7th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - On January 30, 2012, investigating judge Carvandegrave;s Jean rendered an order sending former dictator Jean Claude Duvalier before the competent Haitian tribunal correctionnel for embezzlement of public funds. The offense carries a maximum sentence of five ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Greece / International Court of Justice: Judgment on Blocking Entry of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia into NATO
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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International law - On December 5, 2011, the International Court of Justice (ICJ), in The Hague, Netherlands, issued its judgment in a case concerning Greece's actions to block the entry of the Republic of Macedonia (hereafter referred to by ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Kyrgyz Republic (Kyrgyzstan): Assistance to Victims of Human Trafficking
Posted: February 6th, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Trafficking in persons - On November 21, 2011, the Kyrgyz President signed into law the amended version of the country's Law on Preventing and Countering Human Trafficking. (Law on Amendments to the Law on Preventing and Countering Human Trafficking ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
European Union: Treaty on Fiscal Compact
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Budget - On January 30, 2012, in the midst of Greece's desperate attempts to avert fiscal default, the European Union (EU) Members except the United Kingdom and the Czech Republic agreed on a new Treaty on ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Senegal: Court Permits Candidacy for Third Presidential Term
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Elections - On January 30, 2012, Senegal's Constitutional Court, the Conseil Constitutionel, determined that the current leader of the country, President Abdoulaye Wade, can run for a third term in office in the elections scheduled for February 26. ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Netherlands: Wearing of Face Coverings in Most Public Places to Be Banned
Posted: February 3rd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Women - On January 27, 2012, the Cabinet of the Netherlands reaffirmed an earlier decision and announced that a ban on burqas and other face coverings, which had been proposed in September, would proceed later in 2012. According ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Indonesia: Papuans Indicted for Treason
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Criminal law and procedure - On January 30, 2012, the district court at Jayapura, the capital of the Indonesian province of Papua, indicted five activists from the province on charges of treason. (Indonesian Court Indicts Papuan Activists for Treason, THE ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
France: Law on Denial of Recognized Genocide Crimes Challenged Before Constitutional Council
Posted: February 2nd, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Genocide - On January 23, 2012, the French Senate adopted, without any modifications, the draft law passed earlier by the National Assembly making a criminal offense "the denial or extreme minimization of one or several genocide crimes as ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Romania: Constitutional Court Holds Election Law Unconstitutional
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Elections - Romania's Constitutional Court, in a ruling delivered on January 25, 2012, held as unconstitutional a new law that permits local and parliamentary elections to be held at the same time. (Maureen Cosgrove, Romania Constitutional Court ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Egypt: Supreme Council of Armed Forces Approves Provisions Amending Presidential Election Law
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Elections - On January 21, Egypt's Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) issued Decree 12-2012, amending an array of provisions found in Law 174-2005 on presidential elections. The new Law grants political parties that are represented in ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide. -
Ethiopia: Journalists and Politician Sentenced on Terrorism Charges
Posted: February 1st, 2012, 8:00pm MSK
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Freedom of speech - On January 26, 2012, a court in Ethiopia sentenced five people to terms in prison varying from 14 years to, in one case, life, on charges of terrorism. They were convicted of taking part in a ... The Global Legal Monitor from the Law Library of Congress covers legal news and developments worldwide.