Full Coverage: Law

31.07.2006 NEW YORK, Jul 31 (OneWorld) - Setting aside their criticisms of Republican policies for a moment, leading rights advocacy groups say they fully appreciate President George W. Bush for refusing to bury a 41-year-old law that protects minorities' rights to vote.

26.07.2006 The Indian Cabinet has approved key amendments to the landmark Right to Information that will restrict citizens’ access to ‘notings’ made by government officials on all files except those related to social and development projects. Angry activists say that such a measure will “take the life out of the law.”

24.07.2006 The Pakistani government is seriously thinking of amending the Hudood ordinances - laws that govern and define behaviour for women and impose harsh penalties if violated - after a television channel had a debate on the controversial laws.

21.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 20 (OneWorld) - An Afghan government proposal to re-establish the notorious Department for the Promotion of Virtue and Prevention of Vice has raised concerns among U.S. human rights advocates.

20.07.2006 The Zagreb University Senate decided to seek Constitutional CourtÂ’s opinion on the legality of Article 53 from the Law on Rights of Croatian Homeland War Veterans and their Families, which states that veterans and their offspring, as well as children of victims of war, have the right to direct admission in secondary and higher education schools, under the condition that they have passed the minimal points required in admission exams and comply to requirements of the abilities test.

17.07.2006 After debating for several weeks about the touchy subject of immigration reform, the United States Senate approved the Comprehensive Immigration Reform Act of 2006 (S. 2611) on May 25.

14.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 13 (OneWorld) - A judge in Spain has issued arrest warrants for eight former Guatemalan officials, including a former president, Efrain Rios Montt for crimes committed during what is known by many as the Guatemalan Genocide.

12.07.2006 SAN FRANCISCO, Jul 12 (OneWorld) - Iraq will ask the United Nations to end immunity from local law for U.S. troops, the country's human rights minister said on Monday, as the military named five soldiers charged in a rape-murder case that has outraged Iraqis.

11.07.2006 UNITED NATIONS, July 11 (OneWorld) - Following the collapse of diplomatic talks at a recent world conference on small arms, many governments and international civil society groups who want to see a global crackdown on the multibillion-dollar illegal business in guns are now looking to the United Nations General Assembly for help.

03.07.2006 NEW YORK, July 2 (OneWorld) - The U.S. Supreme Court ruling against the Bush administration's use of military tribunals has prompted fresh calls for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay prison camp and other secret prisons run by the U.S. military.