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Most Viewed Global Legal Monitor Articles of 2017

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

At the beginning of every year, many of us take a moment or two to assess the previous year and make resolutions for the next one.  Here at the Law Library of Congress, we are no different; we review our products and make plans to improve them.  This includes the Global Legal Monitor (GLM), an …

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Where is Blasphemy Criminalized Around the World?

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

We recently published a report that surveys laws criminalizing blasphemy, defaming religion, harming religious feelings and other similar acts in seventy-seven jurisdictions around the world.  The report includes a map showing the different regions of the world covered in the report. Reports such as this one, which survey a geographically, economically, and politically diverse group of countries, …

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Our Detailed Report Covers the Refugee Laws of Twenty-Two Countries

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

Previously on this blog we have published articles related to developments in the refugee laws of particular countries in response to the current refugee crisis.  For example, Elin wrote two posts on the refugee laws of Denmark and Sweden, and Theresa wrote a post on the European Union’s approach to the crisis.  There are also …

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What Countries Criminalize Religious Conversion? Our New Report Examines this Question

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

A recent case in Sudan in which Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, a citizen who was at the time expecting her second child, was convicted of apostasy (renunciation of a religious faith) and adultery and sentenced to 100 lashes and death by hanging has led to condemnation around the world.  Her conviction was due to her leaving …

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Global Legal Monitor: Recent Highlights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

I am always impressed by breadth of issues and number of jurisdictions covered every day in the Global Legal Monitor (GLM).  Just in the stretch of the last four months, including February through May 2014, 157 articles were published, covering recent developments in various countries and areas of law. Here is the list of the …

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The Law Library Marks Humans Rights Day with a Discussion of Refugee Rights

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

This post was co-authored with Constance A. Johnson, a senior legal information analyst at the Law Library of Congress.  Connie is chair of the Law Library’s planning committee for Human Rights Day and has previously blogged about Law Relating to Refugee Rights – Global Legal Collection Highlights, Law and Longitude, Water Rights at Star Island, and our Guide on Legal …

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Ethiopian Emperors and Slavery

Posted by: Hanibal Goitom

Slavery in the Ethiopian region is of “great antiquity.”  (Pankhurst, 1964, p. 202.)  Historical inscriptions going as far back as 1495 B.C. point to the subjugation of people from the Land of Punt into slavery.  (Encyclopedia Aethiopica, p. 673.)  There are also sources indicating the export of slaves from the Aksumite Kingdom (100–940 AD), a …