"No girl can get used to becoming a mother without having the natural development in their bodies and minds," she said.

Lynn Fitch is the attorney general of Mississippi. The American Law Institute last month chose to unravel decades of progress that prosecutors, law enforcement, and victims’ advocates have made in the ...

AB 461 becomes law on January 1, 2026, and repeals Section 270.1 of the California Penal Code.

WITH A STRONG majority, Slovak legislators passed a revised Penal Code that toughens sentences for dangerous criminals and decreases the age of criminal responsibility from 15 to 14 years old. WITH A ...

(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 ...

Bill, which seeks to ban corporal punishment, President Anura Kumara Dissanayake said today the government will not enact in ...

Haitian President Jovenel Moise's new penal code, which legalizes abortion and lowers the legal age for consensual sex to 15, has drawn the ire of lawmakers. Former Senator Jean Renel Senatus said the ...

(New York) - The Cambodian government's use of its new penal code against a man who shared web articles with his co-workers is a huge step backward for free expression in Cambodia, Human Rights Watch ...

Amendments to the Penal Code and other legislation have been proposed to further rationalise Singapore's criminal laws, ...

Sarvajana Balaya’ leader and Member of Parliament Dilith Jayaweera says he is glad that President Anura Kumara Dissanayake has heeded their consistent critique of a policy measure that would have “irr ...

The proposal to make stalking a crime was mooted in 2019 with the setting up of the Anti-Stalking Committee. Stalkers may face imprisonment for up to three years when stalking becomes an offence under ...

On 3 April 2019, the new Brunei penal code, the Syariah Penal Code Order 2013, came fully into force. It has paved the way for the implementation of draconian punishments for various offences and for ...