The UN Subcommittee on the Prevention of Torture (SPT) expressed concern Friday after visiting Peru, where it observed serious issues such as prison overcrowding, lengthy pretrial detention, and a ...

Drawn from colonial penal codes, criminal defamation laws are routinely used to silence critics. Despite regional rulings from the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court and the ...

Article 3 of the draft decree-law that amends certain provisions of the Penal Code promulgated by Law No. 16/1960 stipulates the following: A new clause (No. 8) titled “Debtor’s Evasion of Payment,” ...

The Irish language is set to be used in court in Northern Ireland due to the repeal of a law that is almost 300 years old. A proposal to allow the use of Irish in court was contained in the New ...

Indian penal law does not recognise necrophilia as an offence, SC affirms. By Utkarsh Anand, New Delhi. Feb 05, 2025 06:02 AM IST . Share Via. Copy Link.

Rep. Jones' law is directed at the Texas penal code, which currently states: "A person commits an offense if he engages in deviate sexual intercourse with another individual of the same sex." ...

As a general rule, the Estonian state can prosecute individuals and companies for acts committed within its territory. The law includes certain exceptions, allowing Estonia's Penal Code to apply to ...

The government proposes amendments to penal laws including death penalty and life imprisonment for rape and murder cases. Learn about the latest developments in the legal system.

Critics have called the new laws superficial and lamented their speedy implementation, lack of due process, and bypassing of certain law-making processes. “These laws in many aspects have the ...