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Kenya: High Court Orders Government to Compensate Torture Victims
Posted: July 26th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Human rights - On July 21, 2010, Kenya's High Court awarded 21 individuals KES40 million (about US$490,496), to be paid by the Kenyan government as compensation for torture they suffered at the hands of state security officers during the... -
France: French Supreme Court Recognizes Same-Sex Couple Adoption Judgment Rendered by U.S. Court
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Adoption - On July 8, 2010, the Cour de Cassation, France's Supreme Court for civil and criminal matters, ruled that a judgment rendered by the Superior Court of the County of Dekalb, Georgia, authorizing the adoption of a... -
Somalia: Counterterrorism Law Proposed in Puntland Regional State
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Terrorism - It was reported on July 17, 2010, that the Puntland Council of Ministers unanimously approved a new anti-terrorism law, which, if enacted by the state's parliament, will establish a special court to try terrorism suspects and... -
Namibia: Namibian Laws Soon to Be Available Online
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Legal systems - It was reported on July 19, 2010, that Namibia has embarked on a comprehensive new undertaking, the E-Laws Project, to make all its laws available through a web interface which, upon completion, is expected to improve... -
Israel: Establishment of Museum for Knesset
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Legislative power - On July 6, 2010, Israel's Knesset (Parliament) passed a law to establish a museum for the Knesset in Jerusalem, in the building that had housed the first five Knessets from 1950 to 1966, before the parliamentary... -
Uganda: Parliament Insists on Judicial Oversight in Final Version of Wiretapping Bill
Posted: July 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Communications and electronic information - It was reported on July 15, 2010, that in the wake of a terrorist attack on July 11 in Kampala that claimed 74 civilian lives, the Ugandan Parliament passed into law the Regulation of Interception of... -
Bangladesh: Religious Edicts Declared Illegal
Posted: July 22nd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Religion - On July 8, 2010, the High Court of Bangladesh issued a ruling declaring all kinds of extrajudicial punishments illegal, including those imposed on the basis of religious edicts (fatwas). The ruling was in response to three... -
Israel: Controversial Conversion Bill
Posted: July 21st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Religion - A bill to regulate conversions to Judaism, proposed by Knesset (Israel's Parliament) Member David Rotem, recently passed a first reading in the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee. According to the Knesset rules of procedure, once... -
Indonesia / Vanuatu: Vanuatu Parliament Passes Resolution on West Papua Independence
Posted: July 21st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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National independence - On June 21, 2010, it was reported that the Vanuatu Parliament had unanimously passed a motion to raise questions with the United Nations regarding the status of West Papua, which is currently a province of Indonesia.... -
Cambodia: Case Against Legislator Criticized
Posted: July 16th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Human rights - On July 13, 2010, the Cambodian Centre for Human Rights (CCHR) released a report on the August 2009 case before the Phnom Penh Municipal Court against opposition legislator Mu Sochua. The analysis described the defamation case... -
Iran: Nuclear Protection Achievement Bill Adopted into Law to Retaliate Against Foreign Sanctions
Posted: July 16th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Sanctions - It was reported on July 8, 2010, that in order to protect the country's national interests, the Majlis (Iran's Parliament) had adopted a law to retaliate against foreign unilateral sanctions and in response to a United... -
Japan: Waste Disposal and Cleaning Law Amendment
Posted: July 14th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Environment - Japan's legislature, the Diet, passed an amendment of the Waste Disposal and Cleaning Law (Law No. 137 of 1970) in May 2010 (Law No. 34 of 2010). The amendment will be effective within one year and... -
Italy / United Nations: Wiretapping Bill Criticized
Posted: July 14th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Communications and electronic information - On July 13, 2010, Frank La Rue, United Nations Special Rapporteur on freedom of expression, criticized a draft Italian law on wiretapping. The proposed law covers surveillance and eavesdropping in criminal investigations, but some observers are... -
International Criminal Court: Trial of Congolese Leader to Continue
Posted: July 14th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Human rights - On July 12, 2010, Judge Erkki Kourula and Judge Ekaterina Trendafilova of the International Criminal Court (ICC) turned down a request by Germain Katanga, a militia leader from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), to... -
Australia: New Consumer Credit Laws in Force
Posted: July 14th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Banks and financial institutions - New national consumer credit laws came into force in Australia on July 1, 2010. The reforms are intended to "improve credit and loan transactions, make financial institutions more responsible and to reduce red-tape for lenders and... -
Venezuela: Twitter Users Arrested on Charges of Spreading Rumors
Posted: July 14th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Freedom of speech - Two individuals charged with "the dissemination over the social network Twitter of false rumors for the purpose of destabilizing the national banking system...and causing runs on banks," were arrested on July 8, 2010, in Ciudad Bolivar,... -
Moldova: Referendum on Constitutional Amendments
Posted: July 13th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Constitutional law - On July 6, 2010, the Constitutional Court of Moldova approved the constitutionality of the parliamentary decision to conduct a nation-wide referendum in order to pass amendments to the country's Constitution. The parliamentary action was aimed at... -
China: Business Tax Exemptions
Posted: July 13th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Taxation - On June 28, 20210, China's State Administration of Taxation issued a ruling exempting certain proceeds from business taxation. The exempted proceeds are those earned through providing overseas, immobile telecommunications network resources, including circuits, submarine cables, and... -
European Court of Human Rights: Extradition Cases of Alleged International Terrorists Declared Admissible
Posted: July 9th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Terrorism - On July 8, 2010, the European Court of Human Rights, which is located in Strasbourg, France, declared as admissible the case of four applicants who were indicted by the United States as alleged international terrorists (Babar... -
European Union: Draft Proposal Imposes Strict Control on Banker Bonuses
Posted: July 9th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Banks and financial institutions - The European Parliament and the Member States of the European Union reached a political agreement on June 30, 2010, on draft legislation that imposes limits on bankers' bonuses and links them to their banks' overall performance.... -
European Union: New Labeling Rules and EU Organic Logo Adopted
Posted: July 9th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Consumer protection - July 1, 2010, marked the entrance into force of new rules adopted by the European Union on organic food labeling, along with the mandatory display of a new organic logo, the "Euro-leaf." The new logo, which... -
Denmark: Student Grant Rules to Be Changed
Posted: July 9th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Education - It was reported on July 8, 2010, that Denmark's government is planning to amend rules on state grants to students to limit the number of years in which a student can qualify for the funding. By... -
Guinea: Two New Laws Decriminalize Media Offenses, Set Up New Media Regulatory Body
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Freedom of the press - On June 28, 2010, it was reported that two new media laws have been published in Guinea's government gazette. One law decriminalizes press offenses; the other creates a new media regulatory agency. General S;kouba Konat;, the... -
Sri Lanka: Protest Staged Against Proposed Constitutional Amendments
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Constitutional law - On July 6, 2010, members of the largest opposition party in Sri Lanka's legislature, the United National Party (UNP), held a demonstration against the constitutional amendments proposed by the current administration. The protest was staged on... -
Cape Verde: Council of Ministers Approves Bills Creating an International Business Center and Other Incentive Measures
Posted: July 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Commerce and industry - On June 17, 2010, the Council of Ministers of Cape Verde approved the drafts of three bills granting legislative authorization to the government for the creation of the International Business Center of Cape Verde, creating a... -
Israel: Prevention of Sexual Harassment by Health Providers and by Religious Clerics
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Human rights - On July 5, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed a law amending the 1998 Prevention of Sexual Harassment Law. The original law stated that its objective was "to prohibit sexual harassment in order to protect the... -
France: Bill Prohibiting Cluster Munitions Passed by National Assembly
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Weapons - On July 6, 2010, the French National Assembly adopted a bill that prohibits the use of cluster munitions; the vote was unanimous. The bill had been approved previously by the Senate, also by a unanimous vote.... -
United Nations: Report on Human Trafficking in Europe
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Trafficking in persons - The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) released a document on June 29, 2010, on the problem of human trafficking in Europe, entitled Trafficking of Persons to Europe for Sexual Exploitation. The report is... -
Ireland: EU Divorce Plan Rejected
Posted: July 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Family - Ireland has declined to take part in a European Union plan for enhanced cooperation in divorce cases. The proposed scheme has been agreed upon by 14 Member States implementing, for the first time, rules contained in... -
China: New Law on Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Natural resources - On June 25, 2010, China's National People's Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) adopted the Law of the People's Republic of China on the Protection of Oil and Natural Gas Pipelines, in six chapters and 61 articles. The... -
Israel: Nutritional Information on Sugar
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Health and safety - On June 28, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed a law authorizing the Minister of Health to issue regulations requiring the labeling of nutritional information about sugars in pre-packaged food. The further information on sugar content,... -
Israel: Egg Donation
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Health and safety - On June 7, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed a comprehensive law regulating the donation of eggs to women who wish to give birth, but are otherwise unable to do so, and the use of unused... -
Israel: Electronic Signature
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Communications and electronic information - On June 28, 2010, the Knesset (Israel's Parliament) passed a law amending the 2001 Electronic Signature Law. The original law was designed to facilitate the issuance by the state of electronically signed documents. The new law... -
Finland: Legal Right to Broadband for All Citizens
Posted: July 6th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Communications and electronic information - On July 1, 2010, all Finnish citizens will have a legal right to access a 1 Mbps (megabit per second) broadband connection, reportedly making Finland the first country to accord such a right. The government has... -
European Union: Belgium Assumes European Union Presidency
Posted: July 2nd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Politics and government - July 1, 2010, marks the beginning of Belgium's assumption, for the next six months, of the rotating Presidency of the European Union, taking over that office from Spain. Belgium, one of the original six founding members... -
Iran: House of Representatives Approves First Reading of Bill on "Enjoining Doing Right and Forbidding Doing Wrong"
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Administrative law - The trend in Iranian legislation under the current government is to return to Quranic roots and interpret religious norms through legislation. Thus, for example, according to article 8 of the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of... -
Netherlands: Pilot Program to Receive and Accommodate Trafficking Victims
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Trafficking in persons - The Dutch Ministry of Justice, together with the Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport, officially launched a pilot program on June 23, 2010, for the reception and accommodation of human trafficking victims, by opening 50 new... -
United Nations: Talks on International Mercury Treaty Begin
Posted: July 1st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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International law - On June 11, 2010, the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee (INC) on mercury of the United Nations Environment Program (UNEP) completed its first round of talks on creating an international treaty to restrict the sale and use of... -
American Samoa: Constitutional Convention to Consider Unicameral Legislature
Posted: June 30th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Constitutional law - American Samoa is an unorganized territory of the United States that has a population of approximately 66,000 people and falls under the Administration of the Office of Insular Affairs in the Department of the Interior. (Central... -
World Intellectual Property Organization: Nonbinding Recommendations for Improvement of Patent Cooperation Treaty
Posted: June 30th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Intellectual property - Members of the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), at a meeting of the WIPO Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT) Working Group held on June 14-18, 2010, endorsed nonbinding recommendations to improve the Treaty's functioning that are set... -
Kenya: Parliament Passes Law Authorizing Government to Set Prices of Essential Goods
Posted: June 30th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Trade and commerce - On June 23, 2010, the Kenyan Parliament passed the Price Control (Essential Goods) Bill, 2009, which, if signed into law by the President, will authorize the Minister of Finance to set prices of essential goods and... -
Uganda: Courts to Get Authority to Issue Warrants Under Phone-Tapping Bill
Posted: June 30th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Criminal law and procedure - It was reported on June 24, 2010, that the Members of the Ugandan Parliament Sessional Committee on Information and Communications Technology (ICT)made a recommendation that the authority to issue warrants under the Regulation of Interception of... -
Egypt: New Family Law for Christians to Be Drafted Following Contentious Court Decision
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Family - On June 13, 2010, the Ministry of Justice of Egypt established a committee to compose a draft law regulating marriage and divorce for Christians. The purpose of this initiative is to help alleviate the anger expressed... -
Denmark: Workers Permitted to Carry Knives in Public
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Weapons - Under a new rule issued by the Crown Prosecutor of Denmark, Jandoslash;rgen Steen Sandoslash;rensen, an existing ban on possession of knives in public has been relaxed. Employees who need knives for their work will be permitted... -
Pakistan: YouTube Banned, Other Sites Restricted
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Freedom of speech - On June 23, 2010, after being presented at a hearing with evidence of the reappearance of website content on the Prophet Muhammad and the Koran, a Pakistani court re-imposed a ban on the video-sharing network YouTube... -
European Court of Justice: Price Caps Established by EU Roaming Regulation Declared Valid
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Communications and electronic information - On June 8, 2010, the Court of Justice of the European Union issued a judgment on the validity of the Roaming Regulation adopted by the EU in 2007. The Regulation established limits on the wholesale and... -
Russian Federation: Chief Justice Insists on Obligatory Role of Judicial Precedents
Posted: June 29th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Courts - On May 18, 2010, in a speech at the annual meeting of the Council of Judges, Russia's highest professional body for the country's judges, the Chief Justice of the Russian Supreme Court, Viacheslav Lebedev, stated that... -
Germany: Landmark Euthanasia Ruling
Posted: June 28th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Death and dying - The Second Criminal Division of the Federal Court of Justice (FCJ), Germany's highest civil court, ruled on June 25, 2010, that in certain cases it is not a criminal offense to terminate the life support system... -
European Union: Denial of Entry to Head of State Ruled Not a Matter of EU Law
Posted: June 28th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Immigration - On June 24, 2010, the European Commission issued a reasoned opinion in the infringement proceedings initiated by Hungary against Slovakia for denying the Hungarian President entry into its territory. The events that gave rise to the... -
European Union / United States: Memorandum on Cooperation in Civil Aviation Research and Development
Posted: June 28th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Aviation - On June 18, 2010, the European Commission and the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) signed a memorandum of cooperation in the areas of civil aviation research and development and on interoperability between the EU and U.S.... -
Thailand: NGOs Press for End of Emergency
Posted: June 25th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Human rights - On June 22, 2010, 55 non-governmental organizations (NGOs) issued a statement asking that the Thai government end the state of emergency that has been in place in the country since April 2010. In addition, the groups... -
Romania: Tax Ordinance Adopted
Posted: June 25th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Taxation - On June 23, 2010, Romania published an Emergency Ordinance designed to combat tax evasion and improve the collection of taxes (Ordinance No. 54, Official Gazette No. 421). Its provisions come into force at various times between... -
Finland: Stricter Bribery Provisions for MPs
Posted: June 24th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Criminal law and procedure - It was reported on June 10, 2010, that the Finnish government has proposed an amendment to Finland's Criminal Code that would unify the bribery provisions applicable to MPs and civil servants. At present MPs are not... -
Taiwan: Corporate Income Tax Reduced to 17%
Posted: June 24th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Taxation - On June 15, 2010, an amendment to Taiwan's Income Tax Act was published that reduced the corporate income tax rate from 20% to 17%. (Text of the amendment [in Chinese], 6927 TSUNG-T'UNG... -
Bangladesh: Access to Facebook Temporarily Blocked
Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Communications and electronic information - It was reported on May 20, 2010, that the Government of Bangladesh temporarily blocked access to the social media website Facebook. The Bangladesh Telecommunication Regulatory Commission said it blocked the site because of the posting of... -
Bangladesh: Bangladesh-Burma Maritime Dispute
Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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International law - A delimitation case concerning the maritime boundary between Bangladesh and Burma in the Bay of Bengal has been filed with the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea (ITLOS). The dispute between the two countries... -
Switzerland: Parliament Passes Agreement with United States on UBS
Posted: June 23rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Banks and financial institutions - On June 15, 2010, the National Council, Switzerland's lower house of parliament, reversed its initial, June 8 rejection of the deal and approved an agreement with the United States to settle tax evasion lawsuits lodged by... -
Russian Federation: Names of All Persons Sentenced by Courts Will Be Published
Posted: June 21st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Courts - The Federal Law of the Russian Federation on Information Related to the Activities of the Federal Judiciary (Information on Judiciary Law) will enter into force on July 1, 2010. The Law provides for publication of all... -
International Labour Organization: Global Labor Standard on HIV/AIDS Adopted
Posted: June 21st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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AIDS - On June 17, 2010, the International Labour Organization (ILO), the United Nations body devoted to labor issues, adopted a standard on HIV and AIDS. The action came during the ILO annual meeting and is the first... -
Iran: Council of Ministers Members to Be Fined If Late to Meetings
Posted: June 21st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Government employees - President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has issued an order that the members of his Council of Ministers must be fined 1,000 tomans (about US$1) for every minute they are late in attending the meetings of the... -
Iran: Role of Mahr in Two Cases
Posted: June 21st, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Family - Under Islamic law, one of the requirements of a marriage contract is that the man has to make a gift of money or property to the woman; this gift is called mahr. This condition is incorporated... -
European Union / Iceland: Opening of Accession Negotiations
Posted: June 18th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Government organization - Iceland's application to join the European Union, formally submitted on July 27, 2009, is moving the country a step closer to eventually joining the European Union as a full member. The European Council concluded on June... -
European Union: Draft SWIFT Agreement Faces Intense Scrutiny from European Parliament
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Terrorism - On June 15, 2010, the European Parliament (EP) having rejected a previous draft agreement in February 2010 between the European Union and the United States on bank data transfer to combat terrorism, strongly criticized the second... -
Iceland: Same-Sex Marriage Approved
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Family - The Althingi, Iceland's parliament, on June 11, 2010, unanimously approved same-sex marriages. The new concept of marriage as being neutral on gender-orientation will replace the existing practice of registered partnerships for gay couples, which has... -
Italy: Court Strikes Down Harsher Penalties for Illegal Immigrants
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Immigration - On June 10, 2010, Italy's Constitutional Court held unconstitutional a law that had imposed stricter penalties for illegal immigrants if they were convicted of other crimes while in the country. The ruling, which will be... -
India: Compensation System for Nuclear Accidents
Posted: June 17th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Energy - The Civil Liability for Nuclear Damage Bill, 2010, introduced in India's Parliament on May 7, 2010, aims to establish a compensation system for nuclear accidents. India is required to enact legislation on such compensation to fully... -
South Africa: Requirements for Energy Efficiency in New Buildings Proposed
Posted: June 16th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Environment - On June 11, 2010, Dr. Rob Davies, Minister of Trade and Industry of South Africa, published for public comment a proposed sub-regulation to the National Building Regulations and Building Standards Act to make new buildings energy... -
Israel: Court Rules Against Guaranteed Income for Students at Religious Institutes
Posted: June 16th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Education - On June 14, 2010, Israel's High Court of Justice issued a ruling that ends the payment of a guaranteed income to certain students. The group affected is married men enrolled at advanced religious studies institutes. In... -
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: War Crimes Conviction for Seven Serbs
Posted: June 16th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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War crimes - On June 10, 2010, two former Bosnian Serb officers were given sentences of life in prison by the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), for crimes of genocide, extermination, murder, and persecution). Vujadin Popovic... -
Rwanda: Bills on Banning Smoking and Legalizing Medical Marijuana
Posted: June 15th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Health and safety - On June 7, 2010, Dr. Richard Sezibera the Minister of Health, introduced a bill on banning smoking in public places to the Rwandan Parliament for floor action. (Edwin Musoni, Anti-Smoking Bill Goes to Parliament, THE NEW... -
Zambia: Penal Code Provision Criticized for Restricting Freedom of Expression
Posted: June 15th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Freedom of the press - On June 8, 2010, Pansy Tlakula, the African Union's special rapporteur on freedom of expression and access to information in Africa, urged the Zambian government to repeal section 116(1)(d) of the Zambian Penal Code. Tlakula called... -
United States: Washington State Supreme Court Upholds Library's Internet Filtering Policy
Posted: June 15th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Freedom of speech - The Supreme Court of Washington, in a ruling issued on May 6, 2010, has held that a library district does not violate the state's constitutional right of free speech by filtering Internet content on its public... -
Pakistan: Amendment to Constitution Reduces Presidential Power
Posted: June 15th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Constitutional law - Pakistan has amended its Constitution in a manner that shifts power from the President to the Parliament. A bill enacting the Eighteenth Amendment to the Constitution passed the National Assembly on April 8, 2010, and the... -
European Union: Banks to Be Made to Pay for Failures
Posted: June 14th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Banks and financial institutions - On May 26, 2010, the European Commission adopted a communication that outlines its key proposal to impose a new tax on banks within the European Union, to ensure that EU citizens will not be required to... -
Norway: Moratorium on Oil Drilling
Posted: June 14th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Natural resources - It was reported on June 8, 2010, that Norway's Minister of Petroleum and Energy, Terje Riis-Johansen, has announced that, in connection with its 21st licensing round, currently underway, Norway "will not allow any deepwater oil and... -
Iran: Two Women Imprisoned on Charges of Apostasy Freed
Posted: June 11th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Criminal law and procedure - It was reported on May 22, 2010, that two Iranian women, 31-year-old Marziah Amiri and 28-year-old Maryam Rustam-poor, who had spent 14 months in Evin prison on charges of apostasy and revolt against national security, were... -
European Union: Finance Ministers Endorse Review of Domestic Budgets of EU Members
Posted: June 11th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Budget - On June 8, 2010, the finance ministers of the European Union, in an effort to prevent the economic crises encountered by Greece and other EU Members, endorsed a proposal to review each other's national budgets and... -
Albania: New Tax on Use of State-Owned Land
Posted: June 11th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Taxation - Albania's Parliament adopted a law on April 22, 2010, that initiates a tax for the use of state-owned land for construction (Law No. 10270, On the Right of Privatization of Used State-Owned Land and the Tax... -
Chad: Repressive Print Media Bill Rejected by Parliament
Posted: June 11th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Freedom of the press - It was reported on June 8, 2010, that Chad's parliament, the National Assembly, adopted a bill on broadcast media during its last session but rejected a print media bill. The print media bill, submitted to it... -
Georgia / Russian Federation: Separatist Regions of Georgia Conclude Military Agreements with Russia
Posted: June 10th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Military - On May 5, 2010, the parliament of South Ossetia, a disputed region within Georgia that declared its independence from Georgia in 1990, ratified the Treaty on Military Cooperation with Russia, which was signed in Moscow on... -
Macau: Press and Broadcasting Laws to Be Revised
Posted: June 10th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Press - On June 3, 2010, the government of Macau announced that the 20-year old Press Law and Broadcasting Law of the Macau Special Administrative Region (SAR) would be revised in the next few years. (Law No. 7,... -
Taiwan: Labor Union Law Amended, Giving Teachers Right to Unionize
Posted: June 10th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Labor - On June 1, 2010, the Legislative Yuan of the Republic of China (or Taiwan) approved amendments to Taiwan's Labor Union Law that, in conjunction with the 2008 amended Collective Bargaining Agreement Law and 2009 amended Settlement... -
Australia / Japan: Legality of Scientific Whaling Program Challenged in International Court
Posted: June 10th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Environment - On June 1, 2010, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) released information on the proceedings instituted by Australia against Japan for alleged breaches of international obligations concerning whaling. (Press Release, ICJ, Australia Institutes Proceedings Against Japan... -
Ukraine: New Law on Foreign and Domestic Policy
Posted: June 10th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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National security - On June 2, 2010, President Viktor Yanukovich of Ukraine submitted to the Verkhovna Rada (legislature) the Bill on Basic Principles of Foreign and Domestic Policy ( President of Ukraine official website, [www.president.gov.ua] (last visited June... -
India: First Convictions in Bhopal Case
Posted: June 9th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Criminal law and procedure - On June 7, 2010, a court in India convicted seven men of "death by negligence" in the 1984 Bhopal chemical disaster. These were the first convictions related to the event that killed nearly 19,000 people; 50,000... -
Japan: Law to Promote More Use of Natural Wood Materials for Public Buildings
Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Natural resources - Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, and Fishery (MAFF) drafted a bill to promote the use of wood in public buildings. The bill was approved by the Cabinet submitted to the Diet, and then became a law... -
Russian Federation: New Requirements for Labor Migrants
Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Immigration - On May 7, 2010, the State Duma of the Russian Federation (lower house of the legislature) finalized amendments to the Federal Law on the Legal Status of Foreign Individuals in the Russian Federation and to related... -
European Union: Draft Regulation on Import, Export, and Transit of Firearms for Civilian Use
Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Firearms - On May 31, 2010, the European Commission came up with a proposal for a regulation on establishing procedural rules for the export, import, and transit of firearms and their parts, essential components, and ammunition intended for... -
European Union: Recent Measures to Improve Housing for Roma
Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Public welfare - On May 20, 2010, the European Parliament endorsed the European Commission's proposal of July 2009 that allows the European Structural Funds (ESF) to be used to ameliorate the housing conditions of marginalized communities. The amendment explicitly... -
European Union: Plan to Regulate Credit-Rating Agencies Announced
Posted: June 8th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Banks and financial institutions - On June 2, 2010, the European Commission, in an effort to improve transparency and to ensure closer supervision and control of the functioning of credit-rating agencies at the European Union level, unveiled its plans to amend... -
Taiwan: Draft Bill on Research Involving Human Subjects
Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Health and safety - On June 3, 2010, Taiwan's Executive Yuan (Cabinet) approved a draft bill that would require those who conduct research on humans to obtain the informed written consent of their subjects. The impetus for accelerated formulation of... -
Senegal: Adoption of Gender Parity Law
Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Women - The Senegalese Parliament recently adopted a new law requiring all political parties to introduce absolute gender parity in electoral lists for all elected representation, national or local. Lists that do not comply with the law will... -
France: Draft Law Prohibiting Wearing of Face-Concealing Clothing in Public Spaces
Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Women - On May 19, 2010, the French Council of Ministers endorsed a draft law, prepared by the Ministry of Justice, that would prohibit the wearing of clothing that covers the face in public spaces (Projet de loi... -
Indonesia / Norway: Deforestation Agreement
Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Environment - Indonesia and Norway have established a partnership through which Norway will grant the equivalent of US$1 billion in aid to Indonesia for forest preservation and climate control. Indonesia had said in 2009 that it plans to... -
Liberia: Proposal to Increase Women's Participation in Politics
Posted: June 7th, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Women - On May 27, 2010, a bill entitled the Gender Equity in Politics Act 2010, which seeks to increase the involvement of women in Liberia's political process, was proposed to the country's legislature for floor action (Liberia's... -
Namibia: Government Sued for Sterilizing Women on Account of their HIV Status
Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Health and safety - It was reported on June 2, 2010, that six women represented by the Legal Assistance Centre (LAC), a local public-interest law firm, are suing the Namibian government for allegedly sterilizing them without their consent on account... -
China: Evidence Obtained by Torture to Be Excluded
Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Criminal law and procedure - It was reported in the SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST on May 31, 2010, that two new sets of guidelines have been issued by China that limit the use of evidence obtained by torture. The Assessment... -
Angola: Parliament Approves Money Laundering Law
Posted: June 3rd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Money laundering - On May 27, 2010, the Angolan Parliament unanimously approved a law to fight money laundering and terrorism financing. The law has 60 articles and, in regard to criminal responsibility of persons, includes punishments of up to... -
Netherlands: Court Authorizes Extradition of Terror Suspect
Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Terrorism - On May 31, 2010, the Court of Rotterdam, in the Netherlands, authorized the extradition to the United States of a terrorism suspect from Somalia. The suspect, Mohamud Said Omar, had been arrested in the Dutch refugee... -
International Criminal Court: Call for Nations to Join ICC
Posted: June 2nd, 2010, 12:00pm EDT
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Criminal law and procedure - On May 28, 2010, three days before the opening in Kampala, Uganda, of the first review conference on the International Criminal Court (ICC), United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued a statement on the need for the...