Full Coverage: Law

31.05.2007 NEW YORK, May 31 (OneWorld) - U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law Congress' plan for continued war funding last Friday -- and with it, an attached proposal to raise the federal minimum wage from its current level of $5.15 to $7.25 per hour in 2009.

30.05.2007

30.05.2007 The bangle industry of southern Pakistan employs almost a million people including many children. They work in appalling conditions, are exposed to toxic chemicals and yet earn meager wages.

30.05.2007 There was no significant progress or changes in protection of children rights in Serbia, concludes the Children Rights Centre in its Report on Status of Children Rights for 2006.

30.05.2007 During last weekÂ’s debate in the Sabor (Croatian Parliament) on the report submitted by Gender Equality Ombudsperson, Karmela Caparin, an MP from the ruling HDZ (Croatian Democratic Community), said that there is more discrimination in labour and employment now, compared to previous years. In her view, the main cause for such regression is the insufficient public visibility of the work done by the Ombudsperson. The Croatian Women Network reacted strongly to that statement, but also to the debate in general.

29.05.2007 In June 2007, the Ministry of Local Self-Government will start a series of presentations of the Law on Equal Regional Development in the eight statistical regions in Macedonia.

23.05.2007 On May 18, the Croatian Sabor (the Parliament) adopted the Law on Volunteering that regulates the status of all legal and physical persons involved in organized volunteering.

21.05.2007 World Bank President Paul Wolfowitz will resign on June 30. Critics see his removal as a reluctant damage control exercise by the bank. WolfowitzÂ’s recent drive toward good governance has been panned as a PR scheme to restore credibility after years of support to corrupt regimes and unsuccessful neo-liberal policies.

14.05.2007 Amnesty International India is launching an international report and holding a panel discussion on ‘Freedom from Fear: Investment in Human Dignity and Security’ at the south Indian city of Thiruvananthapuram on May 23, 2007.

14.05.2007 The Humanitarian Voluntary Association of the Roma “Mesecina” from Gostivar accused the Macedonian state of discriminatory approach to the case of the Trajan Bekirov, a Romani adolescent whose death and the responsibility for it remain unsolved a full year after Bekirov was killed in a raid by the special police unit “Alfa”.

08.05.2007 Indian Supreme Court lawyer Rakesh Shukla cites the case of mental cruelty in a married life in the context of a recent judgement of the apex court, which clarifies the concept of ‘mental cruelty’ in matrimonial law. At the same time he expresses doubt of its feasibility in a country like India where there is much gender inequality.

03.05.2007 The Narodna Skupstina (PeopleÂ’s Parliament) of the Republic of Srpska adopted, on October 24, 2000, the Law on Labour (Official Journal of RS, No. 38, November 8, 2000). What attracted attention were the provisions on workersÂ’ council in Articles 109-111. The Law provides that all employees with more than 15 full-time employees, the workers can establish their own council to represent themselves and protect their rights.

03.05.2007 Albanian judges, prosecutors and police officers took part in seminars in the last two weeks on assisting victims of domestic violence. They were organized by the OSCE Presence in Albania, the Council of Europe and the Albanian School of Magistrates, and focused on the Law on Domestic Violence, which will enter into force in June.

01.05.2007 The Pakistan Human Rights Watch, in a letter, alleged that the government had consistently muzzled the media in Balochistan, tribal areas and "Pakistan administered Kashmir", and urged President Musharraf to take corrective action.