JURIST

DECEMBER 27, 2023

India’s president assented Monday to three new post-colonial criminal law reform bills, paving the way for their enactment. The objective of these bills is to revamp the criminal justice system in India, which has long been governed by laws inherited from British rule.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Krasner noted in his press statement that the “civil action neither precludes nor requires potential future action under Pennsylvania criminal law.” Accordingly, Krasner invites the court to issue an injunction to restrain the petition. The petition invites people to sign on in support of the First and Second Amendments.

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JURIST

JANUARY 19, 2024

Slovak President Zuzana Čaputová urged lawmakers on Thursday to reconsider Prime Minister Robert Fico’s proposal to reform Slovakia’s criminal law and dissolve the Special Prosecutor’s Office. It was also worried that the reforms would endanger the rule of law in Slovakia.

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JURIST

MARCH 11, 2025

” Additionally, the experts stressed that the dissolution of the Special Prosecutor’s Office as part of Fico’s criminal law reforms, which could undermine the effectiveness of investigations and endanger the rule of law in Slovakia, has triggered worries about weakening accountability mechanisms.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 11, 2024

The European Parliament in January adopted a resolution questioning Slovakia’s ability to fight corruption and protect the EU budget should the criminal law reforms be adopted. The post Slovakia parliament approves criminal law reform amid public protests and EU concerns appeared first on JURIST - News.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 25, 2024

” The Criminal Law (Suicide) Act 1993 decriminalized suicide in Ireland but assisting another person’s suicide–through aiding, abetting, counseling or procuring–remains a criminal offense with a maximum penalty of 14 years in prison.

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JURIST

JULY 1, 2024

The decades-old Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC), which provided the procedural framework for the administration of criminal law, has been replaced by the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. Lastly, the Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam (BSA), 2023 took place of the Indian Evidence Act, 1872.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Born in Ecuador and raised in New York City, Elisa holds an Associate Degree in Paralegal Studies and a Bachelors Degree in Criminal Justice. Elisas legal career began at a criminal law firm, progressing from intern to senior paralegal.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 25, 2022

President of Pakistan, Dr Arif Alvi Friday approved the Criminal Laws (Amendment) Bill 2022 (‘The Bill’) which abolishes colonial law regarding the criminalisation of attempting suicide.

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JURIST

JUNE 23, 2021

The member states must then secure a two-thirds majority to fully adopt the draft law before each individual nation ratifies and can enforce the law. “Ecocide” would be the first new crime to be adopted into international criminal law since 1945.

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JURIST

APRIL 2, 2021

In this regard, the court took the opportunity to provide general guidance on issues of fact hearing, controlling and coercive behaviour, the use of Scott Schedules, and relevance of criminal law concepts.

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JURIST

JUNE 29, 2022

Since 1882, therefore, Congress has been specifically aware that state criminal laws apply to some extent in Indian country. On the Court’s account, Congress foolishly extended federal criminal law to tribal lands on a mistaken assumption that only tribal law would otherwise apply.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2023

Baerbock delivered the remarks in a speech titled “Strengthening International Law in times of crisis” at the Hague Academy of International Law. Making her case for the tribunal, Baerbock said loopholes in international criminal law allowed Russia to escape the jurisdiction of the International Criminal Court (ICC).

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JURIST

DECEMBER 3, 2024

The office is extending the application of the criminal laws against slavery by lowering the threshold to which before the act of enslavement is proven. Sellers , establishing networks with our national and international partners in accountability and reviewing our charging practices across various situations.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 11, 2020

It will be presented in two parts, the Maharashtra Shakti Criminal Law Act, 2020 and the Special Court and Machinery for Implementation of Maharashtra Shakti Criminal Law, 2020. The Act will go before the Maharashtra legislature for vote this winter.

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JURIST

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Russia initiated a full-scale military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, which has been alleged to be a violation of the UN Charter and international criminal law. Similarly, last month, more than 200 Ukrainian POWs were sentenced to lengthy sentences, some even receiving life in prison.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The US conceded that such a task was not required, but that the “utter absence” of support highlighted courts’ resistance to interpret criminal law in a way that supported Taylor’s claims. Justice Amy Coney Barrett asked whether Taylor needed to have supportive caselaw to win.

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JURIST

DECEMBER 28, 2023

.” This report emerges amidst a global discourse on government use of spyware and in the context of the Digital Personal Data Protection Act , 2023 and recently enacted criminal laws aimed at reform, which have been criticized for increasing state surveillance and being ambiguous.

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JURIST

JANUARY 17, 2025

In 2003, the UN reported that “numerous problems arise” due to parallel institutions: In criminal law the most serious problem is the risk of double jeopardy. However, parallel institutions have not been unilaterally successful in reducing tension between Serbs and Albanians within Kosovo.

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JURIST

JANUARY 4, 2024

China has implemented stringent laws penalizing commercial corruption, especially after President Xi Jinping promised in 2017 to “root out” corruption from the country.

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JURIST

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

By 1999, trials of Article 300 cases —for those accused of organizing and using superstitious sects, secret societies [] and religious organizations to undermine the law—soared, largely due to the ban on Falun Gong.

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 17, 2023

SOUTHWESTERN LAW SCHOOL in Los Angeles invites applications for the following positions: Multiple full-time entry-level and lateral tenure/tenure-track positions. Our primary curricular needs include Business Associations, Civil Procedure, Criminal Law/Criminal Procedure, Evidence, and Property.

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JURIST

AUGUST 23, 2021

The reversal of the court’s decision is likely to lead to a reinstatement of the death penalty in Malawi, with the practice now being a possible criminal sanction under current Criminal law in Malawi.

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JURIST

OCTOBER 21, 2023

In noting that criminal law could not be used to enforce notions of social morality, it observed that the Trial Court and the High Court had gravely erred in convicting the woman largely on the basis of the fact that she lived alone, had been deserted by her husband and was pregnant.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2021

The court found that such comments “infringed on the reputation and honor of heroes and martyrs,” making Ziming guilty of “slandering heroes and martyrs” under China’s new criminal law provision that bans such behavior.

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JURIST

JUNE 17, 2024

Allegedly, this violated Article 105, Section 2, of the Criminal Law of the People’s Republic of China, as they ignored national laws and used rumors and slander to incite subversion of state power and overthrow the socialist system.

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JURIST

JUNE 26, 2021

The main legal question before the Court concerned the relationship of criminal law with the rights to freedom of expression and freedom of peaceful assembly, as covered by Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights respectively.

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JURIST

AUGUST 14, 2023

.” This variant would make individuals criminally liable when critical information is passed on to entities that a person “ should and could have assumed is involved in the activities of a foreign intelligence service.”

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JURIST

JANUARY 3, 2023

The announcement came from the Mykolaiv Regional Prosecutor’s Office, which also launched criminal proceedings for violating Ukrainian criminal law prohibiting cruel treatment of persons during war. Prosecutors said their investigation revealed that Russians seized control of local residents’ houses in Oleksandrivka.

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JURIST

JANUARY 31, 2022

Pursuant to Egypt’s criminal law, death sentences are referred to the Grand Mufti, Egypt’s top religious authority, before the court confirms the verdict. .” The group had plotted an attack on the police and sought to destroy power lines and transformers as part of a larger plan to overthrow the government.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 23, 2024

The father of a 14-year-old accused of killing four people in a mass shooting pleaded not guilty to all charges on Thursday. Colin Gray waived his arraignment, entered a not-guilty plea, and demanded a jury trial.

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JURIST

AUGUST 11, 2023

The three bills would significantly shift Indian criminal law away from British colonial-era laws. The bill would comprehensively overhaul India’s criminal laws, with changes such as capital punishment for mob lynching and stricter penalties.

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JURIST

MARCH 17, 2022

Noting the inaction of Belarusian national systems in addressing these violations, the High Commissioner stated that State organs warranted further assessment from the perspective of relevant international criminal law.

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JURIST

NOVEMBER 12, 2023

The scrutiny primarily centered on the Turkish government’s conduct towards legal practitioners specializing in criminal law and human rights. The joint statement followed the conclusion of a fact-finding mission conducted within the nation.

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EvidenceProf Blog

AUGUST 22, 2024

New England Law | Boston invites applications from candidates for assistant professor positions to begin in the fall 2025 semester.We seek to hire individuals who are interested in teaching foundational courses, particularly Civil Procedure, Criminal Law, Property, and Torts, and.

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JURIST

JUNE 3, 2024

Under Article 110 of the Chinese Criminal Law , a person convicted of espionage could be subject to life imprisonment. Zhou eventually agreed and began working for MI6. The Ministry said that the case is still under further investigation but did not say if the couple would be charged.

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JURIST

APRIL 12, 2021

Navy Captain named Kirk Waits presided over the commission before becoming the Deputy Director of the Navy Office of the Judge Advocate General Criminal Law Division of the Department of Defense. A commission was formed in 2014 to handle his case and try him for war crimes and conspiring to commit terrorist attacks.

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