Moldova: Legislators to Be Fined for Being AWOL
(Apr. 2, 2012) In October 2011, according to an initiative of the ruling coalition, the Parliament of Moldova amended its own Rules of Internal Procedure (Reglament) and established that legislators...
View ArticleKuwait: Supreme Constitutional Court Dissolves Parliament
(June 28, 2012) On June 25, 2012, the Kuwaiti Cabinet resigned after the Supreme Constitutional Court dissolved the current parliament and reinstated the previous one. (The Kuwaiti Cabinet Resigns...
View ArticleLibya: Parliamentary Elections Held; Assembly to Draft Laws During Transition
(July 13, 2012) On July 8, 2012, despite the violence plaguing cities in eastern Libya, the country's Supreme Electoral Commission announced that it will begin publishing the results of the...
View ArticleLibya: Newly Elected Constituent Assembly Appoints a Chairman
(Aug. 20, 2012) On August 10, 2012, members of the elected Constituent Assembly voted to make Mohammed Al Moqrif its new Chairman. Al Moqrif announced that the Assembly will select cabinet members for...
View ArticleRussia: Expansion of Right of Legislative Initiation Considered
(Feb. 13, 2013) On January 14, 2013, the legislative assembly of the province of Astrakhan in southern Russia submitted a proposal to the State Duma (lower house of the legislature) on expansion of the...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Queen’s Speech for 2013
(May 20, 2013) The Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland recently laid her annual speech before Parliament for 2013. The speech sets out the government’ legislative agenda...
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Government Considering Role of Monarchy in Consent to...
(Sept. 17, 2013) The United Kingdom’s government has recently announced an inquiry into the impact of the Queen’s and the Prince’s consent on the legislative process. (New Inquiry – The Impact of...
View ArticleBangladesh: Sixteenth Amendment to Constitution Empowers Parliament to...
(Nov 10, 2014) Bangladesh Act No XIII of 2014 amended the Constitution of Bangladesh, empowering Parliament to impeach Supreme Court judges. (Sadiat Mannan, Parliament and Judiciary: Striking a...
View ArticleBrazil: National Council of Justice Sets Quota for Blacks
(June 15, 2015) The Brazilian National Council of Justice issued a resolution on June 9, 2015, that establishes that 20% of the available positions in public exams designed to select people to enter...
View ArticleChina: Law on Legislation Amended
(July 8, 2015) On March 15, 2015, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) adopted for the first time amendments to the Law on Legislation, which was originally promulgated in 2000. The Law regulates...
View ArticleEgypt: Repeal of Maritime Demarcation Agreement with Saudi Arabia
(June 23, 2016) On June 21, 2016, the Egyptian Administrative Court rendered a decision nullifying the recent maritime agreement reached between Saudi Arabia and Egypt. The agreement, which was drawn...
View ArticleIsrael: Laws Authorize Expulsion of Lawmakers Engaged in Incitement to Racism...
(July 21, 2016) On July 20, 2016, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed the Basic Law: the Knesset (Amendments No. 44) (BLK), and the Knesset Law (Amendment No. 43) (KL), both dated 5776-2016....
View ArticleUnited Kingdom: Brexit – High Court Rules Parliamentary Consent Required
(Nov. 16, 2016) In the latest development in the United Kingdom’s path of withdrawal from membership from the European Union, the High Court of England and Wales issued a ruling on November 3, 2016, on...
View ArticleSouth Korea: President May Be Impeached
(Dec. 2, 2016) An impeachment motion against South Korean President Park Geun-hye has now been delayed and it is not certain whether it will be brought against her in, and passed by, the National...
View ArticleIran: Charter on Citizens’ Rights Signed
(Feb. 28, 2017) With the aim of “recovering and promoting citizens’ rights,” Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, under his constitutional authority to “determine the program and policies of the...
View ArticleSouth Africa: Notice of Withdrawal from the Rome Statute Revoked
(Mar. 10, 2017) On March 7, 2017, the South African government revoked the notice of withdrawal from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (the Rome Statute) that it had submitted to...
View ArticleMongolia: Constitutional Reform Discussed
(May 10, 2017) On April 29 and 30, 2017, Mongolia held a “deliberative polling” event to discuss constitutional reform. Although no decisions were made, several recommendations were issued, including a...
View ArticleNigeria: President Vetoes Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill
(Apr. 4, 2018) On March 13, 2018, Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari, citing a number of concerns, vetoed the Electoral Act (Amendment) Bill, a proposal aimed at making changes to the 2010 Electoral...
View ArticleSudan: Interim Constitutional Declaration Signed
(Oct. 9, 2019) On August 4, 2019, Sudanese media announced that the Transitional Military Council and an opposition movement known as the Coalition of Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) would...
View ArticleUkraine: Law on Impeachment of President Adopted
(Nov. 7, 2019) On September 26, 2019, the Law on the Special Procedure for Removing the President of Ukraine from Office (Impeachment Law) entered into force. The Law defines legal procedures for...
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