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Tax Exemption for Officers of Foreign Company Headquarters (October 25, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On September 26, 2012,
Topic: Taxation
Jurisdiction: Jamaica
Congress Considering a Bill to Decriminalize Abortion (October 25, 2012) by Graciela Rodriguez-Ferrand
On September 25, 2012,
Topic: Abortion
Jurisdiction: Uruguay
Appellate Court Rules Kenyan Courts Do Have Jurisdiction over Offenses Committed on High Seas (October 25, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 18, 2012, the Kenyan Court of Appeal ruled that Kenyan courts have jurisdiction over cases involving persons suspected of ...
Topic: Piracy
Jurisdiction: Kenya
New Province, Autonomous Regions Planned (October 24, 2012) by Constance Johnson
Topic: Administrative law
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
Seven Death Sentences Upheld (October 23, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On October 19, 2012, the Gambia Supreme Court upheld the treason convictions of seven men, including the former Chief of Defense ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Gambia
Supreme Court Ruling on Mobile Phones and Tumors (October 23, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 18, 2012, it was reported that
Topic: Health and safety
Jurisdiction: Italy
Parliamentary Committee on Organized Crime and Money Laundering (October 19, 2012) by Theresa Papademetriou
In March 2012, the European Parliament established a Special Committee on Organized Crime, Corruption, and Money Laundering (COCCML) with the mandate ...
Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: European Union
Proposed Criminal Law Amendment to Include Internet in Public Space, Public Act Definition (October 19, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On September 12, 2012,
Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: Norway
Final Trial Opens (October 19, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On October 16, 2012, the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) began its last trial. Goran Hadzic is the ...
Topic: War crimes
Jurisdiction: International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
Joint Venture Capital Investment Agreement (October 19, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On October 3, 2012, the Republic of China (on Taiwan) (ROC) and New Zealand initialed letters of agreement on the Strategic ...
Topic: Investments
Jurisdiction: New Zealand / Taiwan
Plan to Distribute Overdose Kits (October 18, 2012) by Constance Johnson
The Danish government announced this month that it will distribute overdose kits to drug users in the capital city,
Topic: Narcotics and drug abuse
Jurisdiction: Denmark
Revision of Law on Private Limited Companies (October 17, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
The private limited company (besloten vennootschap met beperkte aansprakelijkheid, or B.V.), which is similar to the American limited liability ...
Topic: Corporations
Jurisdiction: Netherlands
Supreme People's Court Releases New Guiding Cases (October 17, 2012) by Laney Zhang
On September 18, 2012,
Topic: Courts
Jurisdiction: China
UN Calls for Halt of Executions (October 16, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On October 12, 2012, three U.N.Special Rapporteurs, Ahmed Shaheed, Christof Heyns, and Juan E. Méndez, whose focus is on Iran, extrajudicial ...
Topic: Capital punishment
Jurisdiction: Iran
Talks on an Agreement to Strengthen Nuclear Cooperation (October 16, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On October 12, 2012, in
Topic: Energy
Jurisdiction: India / Sri Lanka
Landmark Case Ends Patriarchal Inheritance System (October 16, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin and Constance Johnson
On October 12, 2012, the High Court of Botswana issued a landmark decision on women's inheritance rights, for the first time ...
Topic: Women
Jurisdiction: Botswana
Individual Access to Constitutional Court (October 12, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin
On September 24, 2012, the day that new provisions allowing access by individuals to Turkey's Constitutional Court came into effect, seven ...
Topic: Constitutional law
Jurisdiction: Turkey
Support for Single Working Parents (October 12, 2012) by Sayuri Umeda
Near the end of its regular session in September 2012, the Diet (Japan's parliament) enacted the Act on Special Measures to ...
Topic: Labor
Jurisdiction: Japan
New Semi-Private Company to Run Air Traffic Services (October 12, 2012) by Constance Johnson
Topic: Aviation
Jurisdiction: Indonesia
Court Awards Settlement to Detainees (October 10, 2012) by Constance Johnson
On October 2, 2012, a High Court of Malaysia awarded damages to three opposition politicians and two activists who had been ...
Topic: Criminal law and procedure
Jurisdiction: Malaysia
Last updated: October 25, 2012
