Thailand 2024: Constitutional Court Rules against the Proposal to Reform Lèse-Majesté Law
The Constitutional Court of Thailand ruled that the opposition Move Forward Party’s efforts to change section 112 of the criminal code, which punishes a person who insults or defames the king or the royal family, violated Thailand’s Constitution. It also ordered Move Forward to stop all attempts at instituting any change.
Elon Musk X v X Social media
The “X Corp”. is being challenged in a legal law suit in a trademark infringement case. The plaintiff, is an ad agency,“X Social Media”, focused on mass-tort litigation. The lawsuit was that the "X Social Media" set up since 2016 and owns a federal trademark has invested millions and more in advertising to reach potential clients.
China: Copyright protection for AI-generated works
In November 2023, the Beijing Internet Court in China in a judgement of a landmark case of AI generated image a copyright infringement case, answers the important questions of (1) whether AI-generated works are protectable by copyright, and (2) if yes, who owns the copyright.
Australia: Family Law reforms 2024
Best interests of the child applies throughout the case considering factors such as cultural background, family or domestic violence concerns taking importance to safetiness of the child.
Social Media ‘X’ under aggressive censorship in Brazil
Elon Musk threatens to disobey the Brazilian Supreme court which intends to ban certain accounts on the social Media platform ‘X’ challenging it to be an aggressive censorship. The Attorney General Jorge Messias mentioned that it is urgent to regulate social media network that violates the rule of law and that which fails to comply court orders.
Scotland
Public Order Act 1986 was passed in Great Britain to stream line the criminal law against race, colour, nationality and such crimes. Punishment against this is seven years. The Hate crime and public order (Scotland) Act 2021 creates new areas of crimes such as against disability, religion, sexual orientation, transgender identity or intersex, variations in sex characteristics etc.
Titanic law leverages Baltimore accident ‘24
The Limitation of Liability Act of 1851 is a United States federal law that allows shipowners to limit their liability to the value of the vessel after an accident, as well as any pending freight. It was enacted to encourage investment in the maritime industry by providing a degree of financial protection for shipowners during the olden days.
Thailand approves Marriage equality bill, 2024
Thailand's parliament approves a marriage equality bill on Wednesday, a landmark step that moves one of Asia's most liberal countries closer to becoming its third territory to legalise same-sex unions. It becomes the first in South east Asia to guarantee marriage rights for gay and lesbian couples.
Russia terms ‘LGBT’ movement as ‘extremists’
The Russian Supreme court has ruled “international LGBT movement” as an extremist organization. The supreme court also declared the rainbow flag a forbidden. The Supreme Court ruling also allows the arbitrary prosecution of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer people along with anyone who defends their rights or expresses solidarity with them.
EPA pulls tighter stand on the Auto Emission Rules 2024
Soot pollution is one of the most dangerous forms of air pollution and is linked to a range of serious and potentially deadly illnesses, including asthma and heart attacks. The United States EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) finalized new, tighter standards on PM2.5 air pollution, also known as soot.
Russia- Cryptocurrency legalized in international trade
On July 30th, the Government of Russia passed 2 laws to legalize the virtual currency mining and pave way for the Central bank to use crypto currency for international payments.
French law proposes: All sex without “consent” to be rape
On 8 March, on the International Women’s Day, during a meet with the members of the feminist association Choisir la cause des femmes, founded by Gisèle Halimi, an activist on access to abortion in France, the President Macron promised that the notion of consent will be enshrined in the French law.
New social media law for 2024 Olympic athletes
The International Olympic Committee has released its official social media Guidelines legal compliance for the brands and sponsors, to access the Paris Olympic Games 2024 and the winter youth Olympic Games, Gangwon 2024. The new rules have been set for the athletes, the Olympic and Non- Olympic partners.
EU: Protecting the environment through criminal law
The European Council formally adopted a directive on the protection of the environment through criminal law. The law will improve the investigation and prosecution of environmental crime offences, which will replace the previous laws of 2008, and this applies to only offences committed within European Union.
Malaysia Federal Court: Freedom of choice in Education
Federal court upholds the constitutionality of vernacular schools in a case filed by two NGOs, the Islamic Education Development Council (Mappim) and Confederation of Malaysian Writers Association (Gapena) for a leave petition at the Federal Court of Malaysia.
China:Certification for matchmakers and Regulation of Brideprices
The escalation of bride prices and the commission of the match makers are on extreme high rates in parts of China.
Inheritance against the deceased wishes, unconstitutional - Korean Court
The constitutional court of korea strikes down laws of inheritance that reserve a portion of the deceased person’s estate for the surviving family members.
Amendment in Korean Civil Act prohibiting intrafamily marriage
According to the Korean Civil code, Art 809 and Art 815, it prohibits marriage between blood relatives i.e., they are not allowed to marry third cousins -- their grandparents' cousins' grandchildren or closer relatives.
Kenya Regulates TikTok
The popular social media platform TikTok was demanded to adhere to the privacy policies and regulations and user verification laws. The concerns were that the social media was used for unwarranted usage for propogating misinformation, fraudulent contents propaganda, and abusive sexual content.
UK - Rwanda Asylum partnership Treaty
On 14 April 2022, the UK Government announced a new Migration and Economic Development Partnership (MEDP) with the Government of Rwanda, later re-named as the UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership. The two governments subsequently signed the UK-Rwanda Asylum Partnership Treaty on 5 December 2023, and the UK Government published the Safety of Rwanda (Asylum and Immigration) Bill on 6 December 2023. The Safety of Rwanda Act was passed into law by Parliament on 23 April 2024.
