LETTER | I believe our Penal Code needs to be updated to reflect current times, where outdated laws need to be amended or abolished as our Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and ...

In January 2012 the Guardian Council, an unelected body of 12 religious jurists charged with vetting all legislation to ensure its compatibility with Iran’s constitution and shari’a, or Islamic law, ...

Despite international condemnation, Brunei enacted new Islamic criminal laws Wednesday, including harsh anti-LGBT measures that make gay sex punishable by stoning to death. The implementation of the ...

(Amman) – Jordan should strengthen proposed amendments to its 1960 penal code to better protect human rights, Human Rights Watch said in a letter to Prime Minister Abdullah Ensour released today. The ...

In early August, President Luis Abinader promulgated the Dominican Republic’s new penal code, a law that replaces legislation more than a century old and will come into effect in August 2026. The ...