New rules for better management of petitions prohibit putting petitioners under any form of confinement.
Myanmar's parliament sessions are due to be reconvened later on Monday in Nay Pyi Taw with two separate sessions of the two Houses to take place first in the morning, while the session of the Union Parliament comprising both houses to be followed in the afternoon.
According to the agenda published on Monday for the Dec. 23-28 session of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), China's top legislature, a State Council motion includes abolition of reeducation through labor.
Chinese lawmakers will deliberate a motion to abolish the "laojiao" program, or reeducation through labor, at a bimonthly session next week.
Italy's Constitutional Court, one of the country's highest courts, on Wednesday ruled as "unconstitutional" the current voting law which was widely seen as making election results uncertain.
Americans' views of President Barack Obama's healthcare overhaul have taken a nosedive in recent weeks amid controversy over its poorly-functioning website, finds a Gallup poll released Thursday.
The unprecedented openness and transparency in the trial of Bo Xilai have been hailed both at home and abroad, the case also underscores the Party's resolve to push the rule of law in China.
Some 19 Fukushima residents and evacuees have accused the Japanese government for neglecting aid in implementing a law enacted last June to help those nuclear victims, local press reported Friday.
China's first guideline to prevent unjust or wrongful judgments will better safeguard judicial independence, build credibility for the judicial system and help to improve public trust.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on Thursday welcomed the passage of an election structure law in Afghanistan, calling it "a key step" towards vigorous structure for the presidential election next year.
China’s copyright authorities have backed Yang Jiang’s petition for halting an auction involving private letters of her and her late husband Qian Zhongshu Wednesday. It generates public discussions about China’s copyright law.
France will embrace its first gay wedding on Wednesday, less than two weeks after President Francois Hollande signed the law on gay marriage and adoption.
French President Francois Hollande signed the bill on gay marriage into law on Saturday after it was approved by the Constitutional Council on Friday, the president's office announced.
Cambodia's National Assembly on Thursday adopted a law on farmers' cooperatives in order to support government policies in bolstering the agricultural sector, particularly paddy production and milled rice exports.
China's top legislature adopted a new tourism law Thursday to address industry woes, protect tourists' interests and foster the industry's sustainable growth.
After lengthy and hot debate, France's legislators gave the green light to same-sex couples to marry and adopt children, the Socialists' strongest social reform that sparked series of violent protests and homophobic attacks.
Russia started an all-out advance Monday against smoking as President Vladimir Putin signed a law significantly restricting tobacco smokers.
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