Law

India Tightening Child Labour Laws

After one of the six males under trial for the rape and subsequent death of a 23-year-old woman was deemed an adolescent and therefore entitled to leniency, juvenile rights activists have found themselves pitted against irate members of the public demanding death sentences for all the perpetrators.

Switzerland Checks Mercenaries, Partially

By Ray Smith

The Swiss government has presented a draft law regulating the private military industry but critics argue the law is toothless.

Taiwan Verdict Exposes Death Penalty Dangers

By Dennis Engbarth

The end of Taiwan’s most controversial death penalty case this week has “punctured the myth that the judicial system never makes mistakes in death penalty cases,” Judicial Reform Foundation (JRF) executive director Lin Feng-cheng told IPS.