Full Coverage: Law

31.08.2007 The Supreme Court of India dismissed review petitions by a number of state governments as having no merit. In doing this, the Court has upheld its directives handed down in the judgment delivered in a case last year (2006) where the Court ordered governments to comply with a set of 7 directives laying down practical mechanisms to kick-start reform.

31.08.2007 August 30 marks the International Day of the Disappeared; it an annual commemoration to draw attention for those who have been subjected to forced disappearances. The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has shown concern for the rising number of missing people in the country.

30.08.2007 The killing of two Indonesian domestic workers by their employers in Saudi Arabia highlights the Saudi government’s ongoing failure to hold employers accountable for serious abuses. The brutal beatings by these employers also left two other Indonesian domestic workers critically injured.

29.08.2007 NEW YORK, Aug 29 (OneWorld) - The White House is coming under increasing pressure from a number of Congressional leaders and rights watchdog groups to replace Attorney General Alberto Gonzales with someone who can restore faith in the U.S. justice system.

29.08.2007 Pakistan's Supreme Court has demanded the government to explain its decision to send troops into the controversial Red Mosque in Islamabad last month where more than 100 people were killed when security forces stormed the mosque to flush out Islamic militants.

29.08.2007 Nepalin valmistellessa luonnosta uudeksi perustuslaiksi ryhmä dalittitoimittajia on perustanut verkkolehden valottamaan dalittiyhteisöön kohdistavaa syrjintää. Verkkolehti opastaa myös dalitteja oikeuksiensa puolustamisessa.

29.08.2007 Pengakuan Direktur Utama Garuda Indonesia Indra Setiawan tentang keterlibatan Badan Intelijen Negara (BIN) dalam konspirasi pembunuhan Munir patut dipuji. Untuk itu Kepada BIN Syamsir Siregar didesak agar secara aktif mengungkap sekaligus menindak anggota BIN yang terlibat dalam pembunuhan Munir.

28.08.2007 Ikatan Keluarga Orang Hilang (IKOHI) menggelar rangkaian kegiatan untuk mengenang keluarga mereka yang telah menjadi korban penghilangan paksa. Hal itu dilakukan sebagai upaya korban melawan ‘lupa’ seperti yang diinginkan para pelanggar HAM.

23.08.2007 BUENOS AIRES, Aug 23 (IPS) - Shocked by the release on parole of former Chilean secret police agent Enrique Arancibia, who was sentenced to life in prison for the 1974 murders of Chilean General Carlos Prats and his wife, the attorney representing the Chilean state in that trial told IPS he was considering legal action to get the measure overturned.

06.08.2007 L'Alta corte di Chennai ha emesso una sentenza storica che preserva la legge indiana sui brevetti e dà torto alla multinazionale farmaceutica svizzera Novartis che voleva far dichiarare illegittima la normativa che consente alle industrie indiane di produrre copie a basso costo equivalenti generici e di qualità dei farmaci essenziali e salva-vita finanziariamente accessibili per i Paesi in via di sviluppo. "Questa sentenza è un grosso sollievo per milioni di pazienti e medici che operano nei Paesi più poveri e che dipendono interamente in larga misura da farmaci prodotti in India" - commenta Medici Senza Frontiere in Italia. "Chiediamo a tutte le multinazionali farmaceutiche e ai Paesi ricchi di rispettare la legislazione indiana e di smettere di spingere affinché i Paesi in via di sviluppo adottino regimi ancora più restrittivi in materia di brevetti sui farmaci".

06.08.2007 South Indian state, Karnataka proposes to introduce a legislation to regulate disposal of over 7,000 tonne of e-waste annually.

06.08.2007 The 'Stop Child Labour - School is the best place to work' campaign has prepared a draft report 'Proposed Action Plan to Combat Child Labour - 15 Recommendations for Companies'. The campaign is inviting comments from companies as well as from stakeholders to assist them in combating child labour effectively.

03.08.2007 In the years following the ratification of the extremely controversial USA PATRIOT Act, other countries across the world, including the Philippines and El Salvador, have introduced equally contentious counter-terrorism statutes that have had serious implications on civil rights, say advocates.