First Lady Raquel Arbaje, along with her daughters Graciela, Esther, and Adriana, is among more than 1,000 individuals who ...

The Singapore Parliament voted on Nov 29 to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, a colonial-era law which criminalises gay sex between men. Same-sex marriage in Taiwan has been legalised on May ...

The president of the Chamber of Deputies, Pacheco also re-entered the bill for rentals, seeking its approval in the extraordinary legislation period. The bill had passed in the Chamber of Deputies but ...

SB 1421 Disclosure Expanded: Investigatory Reports on Officer Shootings Must Be Released ...

This mainly serves those who are transgender. Thus the most important “gift” that Najib can give the rakyat is the next step to repeal sections 377A and 377B of the penal code.

SINGAPORE – The first major review of the Penal Code in more than a decade has yielded calls for sweeping changes — 169 to be exact — with a key focus on beefing up laws on sexual and abuse ...

When S. 365 of the Penal Code dealing with the offence of carnal intercourse against the order of nature (anal sex and oral sex) with any man or woman and S. 365A dealing with the offence of gross ...

| | VI. The Penal Code In 2003, Libyan authorities announced efforts to amend the country’s penal code, which came into effect in 1953 and had undergone only partial revisions since that time.

Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, which went into effect in 1991, reflects the ruling clerics’ interpretation of Sharia law, based on the Jafari or Twelver Shia school of jurisprudence.