Restrictive Abortion Laws Violate Human Rights, According to Northern Ireland Court The High Court in Belfast ruled that Northern Ireland’s abortion laws, which only allow abortion when […]
Law Council Australia Hosts Business & Human Rights Symposium
Law Council Australia Hosts Business & Human Rights Symposium Law Council Of Australia Media Release MR #1554 1 December 2015 Recognising the critical need for industry […]
Homicide Cases In Pakistan Need Uniformity In Law
Homicide Cases In Pakistan Need Uniformity In Law Homicide in the Islamic Sharia law, forming part of penal law deals with a multifarious system, which is […]
Reflections On The Legality Of War Under Islam And International Law
Reflections On The Legality Of War Under Islam And International Law As a student of law one is constantly applying legal principles, rules and precedents to […]
Sex Change Allowed Under New Vietnam Law
Sex Change Allowed Under New Vietnam Law Vietnamese lawmakers passed a new law earlier this week which will allow transgender people the right to change their […]
Pakistani Man Sentenced to 40 years for Planned Al Qaeda Attack
Pakistani Man Sentenced to 40 years for Planned Al Qaeda Attack A Pakistani man has been sentenced to 40 years in prison for planning to bomb […]
Palestinian Poet Sentenced to Death by Saudi Court Over Apostasy
Palestinian Poet Sentenced to Death by Saudi Court Over Apostasy A Palestinian poet has been sentenced to death for apostasy, abandoning his Muslim faith, by a […]
Practice of Law in Middle East – Seminar at SAHSOL LUMS
Practice of Law in Middle East – Seminar at SAHSOL LUMS Shaikh Ahmad Hassan School of Law Under the Khalid Ishaq Distinguished Lectures Series Presents a Seminar […]
The Brazilian British Lawyers Exchange Programme
Final call for host firms to take part in the Brazilian British Lawyers Exchange Programme The Brazilian British Lawyers Exchange Programme for young lawyers is jointly […]
Law Firms Prove To Be LGBT Friendly, According to Survey
Law Firms Prove To Be LGBT Friendly, According to Survey The results of 2015 Corporate Equality Index show that law firms are the most represented industry […]
Obama Formally Appeals Block on The Immigration Policy to Supreme Court
Obama Formally Appeals Block on The Immigration Policy to Supreme Court The US Department of Justice has formally appealed to the Supreme Court to topple over […]
Canada Supreme Court Decides Alberta Not Required to Enact Laws in French
Canada Supreme Court Decides Alberta Not Required to Enact Laws in French Canada’s Supreme Court ruled last week that the constitution does not require the Alberta […]
Qisas and Diyat: Legal Reform To Ensure Murderers Get Away No More
Qisas and Diyat: Legal Reform To Ensure Murderers Get Away No More The government is set to reform the controversial blood money laws that allow murderers […]
Indian Supreme Court Orders Shift Of Crematorium To Protect The Taj Mahal
Indian Supreme Court Orders Shift Of Crematorium To Protect The Taj Mahal The Indian Supreme Court has ordered the government of the state of Uttar Pradesh […]
International Law Fellowship Programme 2016 in Hague, Netherlands
International Law Fellowship Programme 2016 in Hague, Netherlands Deadline: December 1, 2015 Location: Hague, Netherlands. Dates: 27 June – 5 August Description The United Nations International […]
French Parliament Votes to Extend State of Emergency
French Parliament Votes to Extend State of Emergency The French National Assembly voted to extend the state of emergency for another three months. The state of emergency expands […]
Bill Approved by US House Suspends Syrian Refugee Program
Bill Approved by US House Suspends Syrian Refugee Program The US House of Representatives voted 289-137 to suspend the plan of allowing Syrian and Iraqi refugees […]