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Tortue in Nepal: Difficult to Get Justice
Q: The proposed new criminal code would criminalize torture. According to your experience, which conditions should be met to make for this criminalization to lead to the eradication of torture in Nepal? The new penal code is pending before the
Updated: 06/28/2011 12:13A
Canada leads fight against human trafficking, but flaws remain, says U.S. report
The US State Department's 2011 Traffic In Persons (TIP) report lists Canada as a Tier 1 country — ranking it among the 32 countries the department considers fully compliant with the minimum standards for elimination of trafficking.
Updated: 06/27/2011 11:55P
Victoria gets acting DPP
Attorney-General Robert Clark has announced that John Champion SC will fill the role until a permanent appointment is made. Mr Champion has more than 33 years experience as a barrister across all aspects of criminal law as both a defence and
Updated: 06/27/2011 11:38P
Sellers tread a fine legal line but safety is a major issue
Under Section 287 of the Criminal Code, distributors, producers or exhibitors of obscene materials, or those who assist with advertising them, face fines of up to 6000 baht and/or jail terms up to three years. Defining "obscene" is not easy,
Updated: 06/27/2011 09:53P
Four Lawyers Arrested on Fabricated Charges in China
A lawyer from Nanning told the Business Herald that some Nanning attorneys have been privately discussing the matter of refusing to defend criminal cases in the future. Chen Youxi, director of the Zhejiang based Capital Equity Legal Group,
Updated: 06/27/2011 09:35P
Judge Blocks Georgia Imigration Law
Section 8 attempts an end-run – not around federal criminal law – but around federal statutes defining the role of state and local officers in immigration enforcement….[B]oth the United States government and several foreign nations have expressed
Updated: 06/27/2011 08:45P
New legislation to facilitate mega-trials
Bill C-2, the Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act, proposed amendments to the Criminal Code to better manage complex and drawn-out trials involving organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking and white-collar crime. The increasing complexity of the
Updated: 06/27/2011 08:12P
New legislation to facilitate mega-trials in Canada
Bill C-2, the Fair and Efficient Criminal Trials Act, proposed amendments to the Criminal Code to better manage complex and drawn-out trials involving organized crime, terrorism, drug trafficking and white-collar crime. The increasing complexity of the
Updated: 06/27/2011 08:07P
Judge Blocks Georgia Immigration Law
ATLANTA – A federal judge issued an order Monday blocking enforcement of parts of Georgia's harsh new immigration law, which is set to take effect July 1. US District Judge Thomas Thrash blocked the sections of the law that would permit law enforcement
Updated: 06/27/2011 07:26P
International bribery crackdown
under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, we've got the UK introducing a brand new and very, very extensive bribery act and Australia has now for some 15 years had an extensive criminal code to deal with the bribery of foreign officials offshore.
Updated: 06/27/2011 07:20P
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