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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 […]

Child Marriage Banned in Guatemala Guatemala has raised the minimum age for marriage to 18. However, women’s rights campaigners claim that implementing the law would prove […]

Tunisian Women Now Allowed to Travel With Their Children Without Father’s Permission Tunisia’s parliament adopted a new law on November 10, 2015, that will allow women […]

Saudi Arabia Introduces New Law, Fines Female Workers Who Don’t Cover Heads Saudi Arabia’s Ministry of Labour has recently introduced a new law which fines a […]

Data Retention Laws Take Effect in Australia The Telecommunications (Interception and Access) Amendment (Data Retention) Act 2015 in Australia,  requires companies to keep records and information. […]

The Safeguard Measures (Amendment) Act, 2015 Proposed and Moved By: Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan (Engineer; Minister of Commerce) Status: Passed by The National Assembly Summary: The Safeguard […]

The National Tariff Commission Act, 2015 (NTC) Proposed and Moved By: Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan (Engineer; Minister of Commerce) Status: Passed by The National Assembly Summary: Of […]

The Countervailing Duties Ordinance, 2015  Proposed and Moved By: Mr. Khurram Dastgir Khan (Engineer; Minister of Commerce) Status: Passed by The National Assembly Summary: As a result […]

The Anti-Discriminatory Law issued following a decree by President Sheikh Khalifa, seeks to criminalize any act that promotes religious hatred and/or which insults religion through any form of […]