Full Coverage: Law

29.03.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 29 (OneWorld) - Immigrant rights activists in Colorado have launched a week-long economic boycott, saying they want to show how big an impact immigrants have on the economy.

29.03.2007 The Civic Initiatives, in cooperation with the European Centre for Non-profit Law (ECNL) from Budapest, and under the auspices of the Civil Society Advocacy Initiative – CSAI programme implemented by the Institute for Sustainable Communities (ISC) prepares a Manual on Tax System for Civic Association in Serbia. The manual is financed by USAID.

29.03.2007 The Vojvodina Executive Council (the provincial government) adopted the Draft Law on Gender Equality, proposed by the Provincial Secretariat of Labour, Employment and Gender Equality.

28.03.2007 On the European Union's 50th anniversary, the Mjaft! Movement activists protested in front of the Albanian Parliament. The activists enclosed themselves in a space circumscribed with barbed wire, which symbolized the barrier between Albania and Europe, and they focused their attention on the lack of national ID cards.

22.03.2007 The YUCOM committee of human rights lawyers of Serbia won its first litigation against the state of Serbia in front of the European Court for Human Rights.

20.03.2007 Patenttisäännöt ovat osoittautuneet yhdeksi globalisaation akhilleenkantapääksi kansainvälisten lääkefirmojen pitäessä kiinni "oikeuksistaan" - huolimatta kasvavasta halpojen lääkkeiden tarpeesta. Paine muutoksiin kansainvälisissä patenttilaeissa on kuitenkin jatkuvasti kasvamassa.

20.03.2007 The Parliament of Montenegro decided to include the proposed Draft-Law on Protection of Households in the Energy Sector in its agenda of legislation to be debated. The Draft was prepared by the Network for Affirmation of the NGO Sector (MANS), and was supported by more than 7,000 citizens who signed the petition.

17.03.2007 SAN FRANCISCO, Mar 17 (OneWorld) - Politicians in Washington are debating the issue of immigration this week. Many Democrats want to create a guest worker program through which undocumented immigrants would be able to earn legalization over time. Conservative Republicans have their own ideas--from stepping up deportations, to building a fence along the U.S.-Mexican border, to punishing employers who hire undocumented workers.

15.03.2007 The CESI Education, Counselling and Research Centre, in partnership with the Open Media Group (OMG), starts the implementation of the National Campaign for Prevention of Gender-Based Violence. The campaign aims to raise youth awareness about this problem and prevent gender-based violence.

13.03.2007 Two activists of the MANS Network for Affirmation of NGO Sector, who collected signatures for a petition in Podgorica, were attacked by five persons whose identity remains unknown.

08.03.2007 The sigh after the announcement of the ruling by the International Court of Justice in the Hague, by Valentina Pellizzer, Executive Manageress of OWPSEE.

05.03.2007 Indian NGO Toxics Link has brought out a report Mumbai: Choking on E-Waste - A study on the status of e-waste in Mumbai that reveals that Mumbai is not just the leading generator of electronic waste in the country, but also exports a large part of it to adjoining areas and also to Delhi. It is a detailed report on the Electronic and Electrical Equipments (WEEE) in Mumbai.

05.03.2007 The Indian government has initiated the registration of plant varieties with the Protection of Plant Variety and FarmersÂ’ Rights Authority (PPV&FRA) to provide them globally-recognised protection against piracy. The government plans to register 12 varieties of crop that will provide protection to farmers and farm communities to evolve, preserve and refine crop varieties.