Full Coverage: Law

31.01.2007 The Foundation Open Society Institute Macedonian (FOSIM) and the Ministry of the Interior signed an agreement for cooperation, which obligates FOSIM to supply technical assistance of total value of 40,000 EUR to the Ministry.

26.01.2007 After prolonged attempts to get the truth about what happened to their children killed while serving in the Army, in suspect circumstances, from the Army and other state institutions, their parents established the “Parents in Black” Association, as an organized attempt to get to the truth.

25.01.2007 NEW YORK, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - Government leaders across the world must stop using anti-terror laws as a tool to suppress opposition movements and deprive ordinary citizens of their due civil and human rights, say international civil society groups attending the World Social Forum in Kenya this week.

25.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 24 (OneWorld) - At least 186 antiwar protests in the United States have been monitored by the Pentagon's domestic surveillance program, according to documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), which also found that the Defense Department collected more than 2,800 reports involving Americans in a single anti-terrorism database.

24.01.2007 Provoked by the recent events surrounding the removal of Jadranka Cigelj from the position of the head of the AssociationsÂ’ Bureau, the security checks on the members of the Civil Society Development Council and the mutual blame-game between Cigelj and the Vice-President of the Government, 15 Croatian NGOs wrote and open letter to the Government.

22.01.2007 The Humanitarian Law Centre addressed Boris Tadic, Serbian President, to warn him about the situation concerning Lakic Djorovic, lieutenant colonel of Serbian Army, who is exposed to abuse, humiliation and threats to his own life and the safety of his family ever since 2000, when he first talked publicly about war-crimes in Kosovo, and of which he knew due to his position as military prosecution officer in Pristina.

17.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 17 (OneWorld) - Tribal Bushmen began returning to their ancestral lands inside Botswana's largest game reserve this weekend, despite what their supporters describe as a heavy police presence and attempts to persuade them to stay in relocation camps.

17.01.2007 Awaiting the Parliamentary Elections, scheduled to take place on January 21, the Gay-Straight Alliance and the Anti-Trafficking Centre organized a debate on the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination and regulations on status of sexual minorities. Only the representatives of the Democratic Party, the LDP-GSS-SDU-LSV Coalition and G17 Plus answered the invitation and appeared at the event.

09.01.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Jan 8 (OneWorld) - An international delegation arrived in Cuba this week to call for the closure of the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay. The protest is part of the January 11 International Day to Shut Down Guantanamo, during which many groups in the United States and abroad are expected to rally thousands of human rights activists.

04.01.2007 Based on its perception of what appears to be women’s unquestionable ‘victimhood’ in all situations, the commission has recommended a slew of changes in laws related to adultery and live-in relationships. But the reality is often confounding and not as self-evident as Ms Girija Vyas makes it out to be...