Full Coverage: Law

30.06.2005 L’adoption de la Loi C-38, qui accorde le droit au mariage à tous les gays et lesbiennes du Canada, est une victoire pour les droits de la personne, selon le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (SCFP). « C’est une victoire pour les droits de la personne dans l’ensemble du Canada, un pas en avant pour les droits égaux des gays et des lesbiennes de tout le pays », affirme le président national du SCFP, Paul Moist, au sujet de l’adoption hier du projet de loi C-38 par les députés du Parlement.

30.06.2005 On grounds that he promoted hatred, genocide, and crimes against humanity, a Canadian court voted unanimously to expel Leon Mugesera, forcing him to stand trial in Rwanda. Jean de Dieu Mucyo, Rwanda's chief prosecutor, said the decision was a major step in efforts to deport others implicated in the genocide that killed nearly a million people.

29.06.2005 While the Ten Commandments ruling grabbed the headlines, Monday's Supreme Court decision that police are not required to enforce restraining orders will likely affect the lives of many more Americans--especially vulnerable women and children. Jessica Gonzales brought the case after Colorado police failed to respond to five calls reporting violations by her estranged husband, who then abducted and killed her three children.

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27.06.2005 People in the UK are pumping out one million tonnes of climate changing gases every year by leaving appliances on standby. Urgent government rules are needed as part of the battle to combat global warming, says Friends of the Earth.

25.06.2005 The Government of Macedonia, at its session of Wednesday, June 22, adopted the Draft-Law on Pursuit of Broadcasting Activity, and will submit it to the Parliament for the adoption procedure.

24.06.2005 It was a significant day in the history of the women's movement. Following ten years of persistent efforts, the Protection from Domestic Violence Bill, 2004 received the Indian cabinet's approval for introduction in the Parliament on June 23, 2005.

24.06.2005 The PATRIOT Act became law a month after 9/11, giving the government sweeping surveillance powers and largely disregarding many civil liberties previously taken for granted. Repeatedly challenged as unconstitutional, several provisions are set to expire this year, but Congress may reauthorize and even expand the PATRIOT Act.

23.06.2005 Organisée par Solidarité sans frontières, un réseau montréalais de comités autonomes de migrant-es, de réfugié-es, d’immigrant-es et d'allié-es, la marche Personne n'est illégal! sur Ottawa a lieu du du 19 au 25 juin 2005.

23.06.2005 Developing better co-operation between police services in the Balkans to fight transnational organized crime and illegal trade in drugs was the aim of a conference that ended in Belgrade today, organized by OSCE and Serbian Ministry of the Interior.

22.06.2005 At the press conference held today in Podgorica, MANS presented the latest initiative it submitted to the Constitutional Court of Montenegro, requesting assessment of legality of the Decision on Founding and Competences of the Privatization Council of Montenegro.

20.06.2005 Les membres de l'IFEX attirent l'attention sur le Code pénal algérien, que les autorités invoquent pour incarcérer les journalistes qui couvrent d'un ?il critique le gouvernement et les forces armées. Au cours de la dernière semaine, au moins quatre d'entre eux ont été reconnus coupables de diffamation pénale et trois se sont vu infliger des peines d'emprisonnement. Il y a encore des centaines d'autres affaires pendantes contre les journalistes.

20.06.2005 Ottawa – Selon le Syndicat canadien de la fonction publique (SCFP), le gouvernement fédéral doit mettre fin à des années de discrimination en contrecarrant les tactiques des conservateurs visant à faire reporter l’adoption de la loi autorisant le mariage des couples de même sexe.
« Depuis plus de deux ans, ce dossier fait l’objet de discussions et de débats dans toutes les régions du Canada. Huit tribunaux canadiens ont déjà statué que l’exclusion des lesbiennes et des homosexuels du droit au mariage civil est une pratique discriminatoire. Aucun parlementaire n’est sans opinion sur le sujet. Le moment est donc venu de passer au vote », de déclarer le président national du SCFP, Paul Moist.

20.06.2005 Thomas Griffith's senate confirmation Wednesday marks the second time within a week that a controversial nominee was appointed to the second most important court in the nation. Janice Rogers Brown was recently confirmed despite opposition from nearly 150 national organizations. A third nominee, Terrence Boyle, is expected to be confirmed soon, although his decisions are repeatedly reversed because of legal mistakes, says the Leadership Conference on Civil Rights.

16.06.2005 Though the dangers of asbestos have been known since the early 1900s, the material--which kills nearly 10,000 Americans each year--is still not banned in the U.S. New legislation introduced by Sen. Arlen Specter would limit the liability of companies who knowingly poisoned their workers. Moving Ideas wants you to take action to ensure asbestos victims are protected, not the companies that poisoned them.

15.06.2005 As high-speed Internet access becomes as standard as electricity and water, who is left behind? A new bill in Congress would prevent cities and communities from providing low-cost, universal Internet access--largely because the giant cable and phone companies don't want that kind of competition. Find out more, and check out an award-winning short film on the digital divide from the Media That Matters Film Festival.

15.06.2005 A week after the International Criminal Court (ICC) opened an investigation into Darfur's war crimes, the Sudanese Government has opened its own court to try war criminals. As threats continue against those who expose human rights violations, Amnesty International calls the court a governmental tactic to avoid ICC prosecution.

14.06.2005 WASHINGTON, D.C., Jun 14 (OneWorld) - U.S. employers have fired or otherwise retaliated against more than 10,000 workers so far this year for demonstrating support for a union, according to labor rights advocates.

14.06.2005 A group of fifty Kosovan lawyers who participated in the first law education programme organized by the OSCE Mission in Kosovo for members of the Kosovo Chamber of Advocates, will tomorrow receive their final certificates.

14.06.2005 The Green Forum, a network of about 30 environmental NGOs, and GONG joined the Croatian Trade Unions in the opposition to the changes in the Law on Public Gathering, announced by the Government of Croatia. Green Forum and GONG believe that the Law is just an additional obstacle to the communication between the citizens and the Government.