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Crimes against nature: UN agency puts environmental legislation under scrutiny

“Stronger legislation can help deter potential and repeat offenders and expand the range of investigative tools and resources for law enforcement to stop crimes that affect the environment,” said Angela Me, Chief of Research and Analysis at the UN Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), presenting the report. Launched in Vienna, ‘The Landscape of Criminalization’…

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Legislation is the right of the elected parliament of the people, they will not give this right to anyone, Azam Nazir Tarar

Legislation is the right of the elected parliament of the people, they will not give this right to anyone, Azam Nazir Tarar

Photo: File Prime Minister of Law Nazir Tarar has said that legislation is the right of the elected parliament of the people, we will not give the right of legislation to anyone else, no court has this right. While holding a press conference in Islamabad, the Law Minister enacted legislation on Supreme Court Practice and…

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UN rights experts condemn Uganda’s ‘egregious’ anti-LGBT legislation

UN rights experts condemn Uganda’s ‘egregious’ anti-LGBT legislation

“The imposition of the death penalty based on such legislation is per se an arbitrary killing and a breach of article 6 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR),” the experts said, noting that Ugandan politicians had been made aware of this on previous occasions in recent years.  The harsh anti-LGBT laws approved by a majority…

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