Australia - Uber to pay hefty compensation to taxi drivers 2024
The Supreme court of Victoria on 18 March 2024, directed the Rideshare company Uber to pay $271.8 million to Australian taxi drivers who have suffered financially since the ride share giant’s entry into the market since its inception on 2009. Uber, headquartered in San Francisco and founded in 2009, operates in over 70 countries and more than 10,000 cities worldwide.
Sweden joins NATO,2024
Sweden joined NATO in Washington on the 7th of March 2024, a historic moment, two years after Russia's invasion of Ukraine. Sweden was forced to rethink its national security policy. It concluded that the support for the alliance was the Scandinavian nation's best guarantee of safety.
Malaysia’s Federal court invalidates sections of Islamic laws
In a landmark decision by the Federal court of the Malaysia with the majority decision nullified 18 provisions under the Kelantan Shariah Criminal code. Malaysia is a Federal nation having a dual-track legal system, with both government laws and Shariah laws wherein Sharia laws applies to Muslims handled by the Federal court and all other offences are handled by the civil courts.
France New Abortion Law 2024
Abortion was felony with sentencing up- to 20 years in prison in France. The law was liberalised by the Veil act 1975. In 1975, La Loi Veil was passed, decriminalizing abortion in France. The law was introduced by the presiding Health Minister Simone Veil, under the French President, Valéry Giscard d'Estaing, who was in term from the year 1974 to 1981. Simon veil was a Nazi concentration camp survivor.
Myanmar New Military Service Law 2024
Myanmar’s military enforces for the first time a 2010 conscription law that subjects all young men and women aged 18-35 and women 18-27 to serve military for at least two years and medical field professionals aged up to 45 are to serve for 3 years. The junta issued the notification of the effectiveness of the People Military Service law starting from February 10, 2024. The law was authored by a previous junta in 2010 but was never brought into force.
China’s New Patriotic Law
China adopts the new Patriotic Education Law aiming at promoting the spirit of patriotism in the country. It inculcates the history, culture, the ideology of the politics, national unity and ethnic solidarity, national security of the country. The law takes effect from January 1, 2024.
Nz Takes Flight with Modernized Aviation Act
New Zealand's skies officially entered a new era on April 5th, 2023, with the implementation of the Civil Aviation Act 2023. This comprehensive overhaul of the nation's aviation regulations replaces the outdated Acts of 1990 and 1966, paving the way for a safer, more modern, and future-proofed civil aviation system.
Turkey's Top Court Drops the Hammer, No More Forced Surnames for Wives
In a landmark decision, Turkey's highest court, the Constitutional Court, has invalidated a controversial provision requiring married women to adopt their husband's surname. This move, hailed by women's rights advocates as a major victory for gender equality, marks a significant shift in the country's social and legal landscape.
Investing in Turkey's Future New Laws Reshape Real Estate Opportunities
The Turkish real estate market, long a magnet for foreign buyers and domestic investors alike, has undergone a significant transformation in recent months. A series of new laws, effective as of October 16, 2023, have reshaped the landscape, impacting everything from residency requirements to property valuations.
Procedural Reforms in Dutch Criminal Code
The Netherlands has taken a significant step towards modernizing its criminal justice system by introducing a comprehensive overhaul of its Criminal Code, the first such update in over a century. This landmark legislation, which came into effect on January 1, 2023, aims to address contemporary societal challenges and enhance the effectiveness of law enforcement.
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).
