Detailed analysis shows code criminalises freedom of expression, homosexuality and abortion, and provides no protection for those targeted in crimes of ‘honour’ Draft code allows child offenders to be ...

WITH A STRONG majority, Slovak legislators passed a revised Penal Code that toughens sentences for dangerous criminals and decreases the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 14 years old. WITH A ...

Bill (to amend Chapter 19) that is to be taken up for the Second Reading debate in Parliament yesterday (24) has received the ...

MADRID, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Spain's upper house of parliament on Thursday passed reforms to the penal code affecting crimes for which several Catalan leaders were convicted after their 2017 bid for the ...

Peter Dimba, chairman of the Legal Affairs Committee in Parliament, has called for a thorough revision of the Penal Code, citing its numerous inconsistencies with the current Constitution. Peter Dimba ...

A three-judge bench dismissed their arguments which stated that the penal code was not vague as had been alleged and it does indeed disclose an offence. The LGBTQ lobby groups appealed the decision ...

Kacem El Ghazzali, representing the Center for Inquiry (CFI) at the UN Human Rights Council’s 60th session, condemned Morocco ...