China: National Supervision Commission Granted Power to Make Supervision...
(Jan. 10, 2020) On October 26, 2019, China’s National People’s Congress Standing Committee (NPCSC) issued a decision to grant the country’s highest supervisory organ, the National Supervision...
View ArticleAustralia: High Court Rules that Aboriginal People Cannot be Deported
(Feb. 26, 2020) On February 11, 2020, the High Court of Australia (Australia’s highest court) handed down a decision in the case of Love v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 3 (“Decision”). In the...
View ArticleIsrael: Supreme Court Rules Coronavirus Pandemic Does Not Justify Delay in...
(Mar. 26, 2020) On March 23, 2020, the Supreme Court, by an extended panel of five justices, ordered the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) speaker to convene the Knesset plenum to appoint a new Knesset...
View ArticleIsrael: Supreme Court Removes Knesset Speaker and Orders Knesset to Schedule...
(Mar. 27, 2020) In an unprecedented decision on March 25, 2020, at 8:00 p.m. Israel time, the Supreme Court, by an extended panel of five justices, revoked the powers of the outgoing speaker of the...
View ArticleUnited States: Supreme Court Rules Victims of State-Sponsored Terrorism May...
(June 2, 2020) On May 18, 2020, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously held that the Republic of Sudan could be held liable for $4.3 billion in punitive damages related to state-sponsored acts of terrorism...
View ArticleRussian Federation: Newly Adopted Constitutional Amendments Change...
(July 15, 2020) On July 3, 2020, Russian Federation President Vladimir Putin signed Decree No. 445 “On the Official Publication of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, as Amended.” The president...
View ArticleArgentina: Congress Passes New Law Requiring Congressional Approval for...
(Mar. 11, 2021) On March 3, 2021, Argentina’s Congress passed Law 27612 on Public Debt Sustainability, which provides that financing agreements with any international organization must be approved by...
View ArticleChina: National Database of Laws and Regulations Launched
(Apr. 26, 2021) On February 24, 2021, China’s National People’s Congress (NPC) launched an official database of Chinese laws and regulations, the National Database of Laws and Regulations (see NPC...
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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