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Centre may repeal suicide bid as penal offence
"The IPC being a major criminal law, piecemeal amendment to the act may not be practical proposition. Therefore, the recommendation of the Law Commission in its 210 report for deletion of Section 309 of IPC will be given due consideration while
Updated: 09/22/2011 10:18A
Maldives Joins the International Criminal Court as 118th State Party
“It is vital that the momentum towards increasing respect for the rule of law and accountability for those responsible for the most serious crimes is seized by other states in the Asia-Pacific region, many of whom are close to joining the ICC,” he
Updated: 09/22/2011 10:00A
Proposed Changes To China Criminal Law: Are They Progressive?
Draft amendments to China's Criminal Procedure Law (CPL), the second major revision since 1979, have both progressive and regressive features. The proposed changes aim to bring the 32-year-old CPL in line with China's
Updated: 09/22/2011 09:55A
Centre to consider repealing suicide bid as penal offence
The IPC being a major criminal law, piecemeal amendment to the act may not be practical proposition. Therefore, the recommendation of the Law Commission in its 210 report for deletion of Section 309 of IPC will be given due consideration while
Updated: 09/22/2011 09:12A
Irwin Cotler: Mahmoud Ahmadinejad should be locked out of the US
He should be shunned like the criminal he is. Further, countries like the US and Canada should fulfill their responsibilities under international law — including the Genocide Convention — and refer the Iranian leaders' criminal incitement to genocide
Updated: 09/22/2011 09:01A
Centre to Consider Decriminalization of Suicide Bid
"The IPC being a major criminal law, piecemeal amendment to the act may not be practical proposition. Therefore, the recommendation of the Law Commission in its 210 report for deletion of Section 309 of IPC will be given due consideration while
Updated: 09/22/2011 08:49A
Britain's new law makes it harder but not impossible to prosecute war criminals
Clearly the ball is now in the court of British police officers who, despite the change in the law, still have the right to use their discretion to investigate criminal allegations. Nothing in the law allows or compels them to relinquish their duty to
Updated: 09/22/2011 08:43A
ICC membership expected to reform Maldivian judicial system
The Maldives has become the 118th country to adopt the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the world's first and only permanent international court
Updated: 09/22/2011 08:33A
Civil Asset Forfeiture: Policing for Profit
State, county, and municipal police get to bypass their state's law, and the Department of Justice pockets a 20% commission for merely processing the cases. Payments under the equitable sharing program have increased 75% over the past decade for
Updated: 09/22/2011 08:17A
EP and Council reached an agreement on the European Protection Order
The new draft agreement means that when it takes effect, the European Protection Order (EPO) would enable anyone protected under criminal law in one EU state to apply for the same protection if they move to another EU country.
Updated: 09/22/2011 08:11A
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