This installment of my Global Legal Monitor (GLM) Highlights post combines June and July GLM articles. The articles published in the two months addressed a wide range of legal subjects: Banks and financial institutions; Communications and electronic information; Criminal law and procedure; Education; Immigration; Labor; and Nationality and citizenship. Below is a list of the top five articles for both months in the order of their popularity:
Top June Articles
- China: New Visa System Proposed, Public Opinions Being Solicited
- India: Criminal Law Amendment Bill on Rape Adopted
- China: Maternity Leave Extended from 90 Days to 98 Days
- U.N. Human Rights Council: First Resolution on Internet Free Speech
- South Korea: Permanent Dual Nationality Allowed after 60 Years
Top July Articles
- China: New Visa System Proposed, Public Opinions Being Solicited
- China: Maternity Leave Extended from 90 Days to 98 Days
- European Union: Proposal on Deposit Guarantee Scheme
- Australia: Former Student Wins Negligence Case Against School for Bullying
- South Korea: Permanent Dual Nationality Allowed after 60 Years
In these two months, GLM published 48 articles on various areas of law. Although all of them were interesting, I thought I would take this opportunity, as I always do, to highlight three articles that I found particularly gripping. The first describes a recent measure in Cambodia aimed at making denial of Khmer Rouge regime’s atrocities, which are said to have claimed the lives of 1.7 million people, an offense punishable by up to two years in prison. The second discusses a recent measure in Latvia, which makes intentional exposure of a child (anyone under the age of 18) to secondhand smoke a form of child abuse. It makes smoking in the presence of a dependent child a felony; whereas if the child in question is not related to the smoker, the offense is a misdemeanor. The third outlines a measure in Rwanda to amend the country’s refugee law for the purpose of providing refugees additional key protections. It introduces the principle of non-refoulement, a protection from expulsion of refugees to a country where their lives would be in danger. It also immunizes refugees from prosecution for illegal entry into or presence in Rwanda.
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