Challenges Yet Facing The International Environmental Agreements
Paris Climate agreement is an international agreement between countries to create policies and legislations to mitigate and adapt to climate change thus participating in bringing about betterment in climate to sustain life.
Belarus Air Travel Crisis
The Council of the European Union decided to intensify the existing restrictive measure regarding the situation in Belarus by imposing a ban on the overflight of the airspace of EU and on the access by all kinds of Belarusian carriers to EU airports.
Thailand’s bill on voluntary chemical castration for sex offenders
Thailand government passes the bill, it will join a small group of countries that use chemical castration. Those countries are-- Poland, Estonia, Russia and South Korea, plus some American states.
Protection of human rights defenders in Mongolia
Mongolia adopts new law for human rights defenders, the first of its kind in Asia. This encourages other countries in the same milestone to make laws aiming to protect and encourage their fighters defending human rights.
New Drugs, Medical Devices and Cosmetics Bill 2022
The ministry of Health and Family welfare ( MoHFW) released a draft of New drugs and medical devices and Cosmetics Bill 2022, to keep pace with changing needs, time and technology. The existing Drugs and cosmetics Act, 1940, is a pre-independence legislation enacted by the Central Legislative Assembly.
Privacy laws
After Roe v. Wade was overturned by the Supreme Court last month, privacy laws wereinitiated over raised concerns that personal data could be used as evidence that a user sought an abortion.
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French Constitutional Court confirms ticket touting ban is legal
France’s constitutional court (Constitutional Council) has ruled that the country’s 2012 anti-ticket touting laws are compliant with the French constitution, knocking back secondary platform Viagogo’s efforts to have the law ruled unconstitutional on the basis they are “disproportionate breach of freedom of enterprise” – a move backed by rival platform, Ticketbis, owned by eBay’s StubHub.
What are crypto-assets, cryptocurrencies, tokens and stable coins?
Crypto-assets are digital assets that can be used as a means of exchange or for investments. Unlike traditional banking, there is no need for a central register - they are based on distributed ledger technology that enables transactions to be recorded securely by a network of computers.
Preserving Marine life
The United Nations Oceans Conference (UNOC) concluded on July 1, 2022, in Lisbon after a full five days of discussions and events focused on achieving a shared goal: U.N. Sustainable Development Goal No. 14 (SDG14), which aims to protect life below water.
Kenya’s new cybercrime law
The country has been targeted by hackers in several major attacks since the advancement of internet and its usage by its citizens. Even though The Kenya Information Communication Act and penal code already exists that regulates and criminalizes such cybercrimes, the Computer and Cyber Crime Act has superseded the already existing act.
Lesotho People Living with HIV have the same rights to life as others
On 25 October 2022, the High Court of Lesotho in the case of MK v Director of Public Prosecutions and Others issued a judgment on a constitutional challenge to certain sections of the Sexual Offences Act that impose mandatory HIV testing on persons accused of sexual offences, and subsequently impose a death sentence on persons convicted of sexual offences solely based on their HIV-positive status.
Cyprus- New Work – Life Balance Law 2023
The purpose of the law is to align Cyprus Law with EU Directives on work-life balance for parents and carers. The Directive, and hence the Law, lays down the minimum requirements designed and intended for achieving equality between men and women with regard to labour market opportunities and treatment at work.
Bolivia - Mother Earth Law
The Mother Earth Law is a piece of legislation that epitomizes Bolivia's dedication to sustainable development, respecting the balance between human life and the natural environment, and prioritizing the rights and knowledge of the country's majority indigenous population.
New Zealand - World’s First Law Banning Tobacco
On 13th December 2022, New Zealand, passed a law banning smoking for the lifetime of its future generations. New Zealanders born on and after 1st January 2009 cannot buy cigarettes as a part of a package of anti-smoking laws.
Luxembourg’s Integration Act
Around 47% of Luxembourg’s population are non-nationals, in addition to more than 200,000 cross-border workers who commute in the country. The share of foreigners is higher in some communes than in others, with Luxembourg City standing out with a non-national population of more than 70%.
Croatian Laws Changes in 2023
Retired workers can use part of the family pension of a deceased spouse or common-law partner in the amount of 27% of the corresponding part of the family pension for one member if : Part of the family pension can be used by another family member if other family members use it due to a complete loss of working capacity or as a child with the status of a disabled person.
Mali’s Proposed New Constitution 2023
The proposed new Constitution is a key element of the vast reform project it initiated to ensure a return to civilian rule, following an election that will be held in February 2024. A revised draft of the document was handed to the country’s transitional president, Colonel Assimi Goita. In the new draft of the constitution, the head of state, will "determine the policies of the nation, and not the government.
Korean Age System
South Koreans do not just one age, but three – an “International Age,” a “Korean Age” and a “Calendar Age”. But to end confusion, the country’s parliament has decreed that from June 2023 all official documents must use the standard “international age”.
U.S - FDA Requisites No Animal Testing – 2023
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) no longer requires new drugs to be tested on animals before being approved. The agency now has the option to approve drugs that are tested in only non-animal studies, including those that use lab-grown tissues or computer models, before being tested in clinical trials with humans. Previously, the FDA typically required drugs be tested in one rodent and one non rodent species, before they were moved into human trials. But more than 90% of drugs that pass initial animal being unsafe or ineffective in humans.
The Medicrime Convention
The Council of Europe drafted a convention which constitutes, for the first time, a binding international instrument in the criminal law field on counterfeiting of medical products and similar crimes involving threats to public health (MEDICRIME Convention).
