News and Events

This is a bi monthly legal news issue
UPDATES FROM THE UN
* UN Creates New Structure for Promoting Women¡¦s Rights
* Security Council Adopts Indicators for Implementation of SCR 1325
* SRVAW presents her report on Reparations to Women Who Are Subjects of Violence in Peace and Post Conflict
* The Independent Expert on Cultural Rights Presents her First Report
*Kishore Singh Appointed New SR on Right to Education
INTERNATIONAL LEVAL DEVELOPMENTS
Asia
* Timor-Leste Passes Law on Domestic Violence
* ASEAN sets up Commission for Promotion and Protection of Rights of Women and Children
Beyond Asia
* European Court of Human Rights calls Attention to Gender Based Violence
* President of Portugal Ratifies Law Allowing Same Sex Marriages
* Nicaragua Institutes a Fund to Provide Credit to Rural Women to Own Property
* Gender Equality Law adopted in Georgia
* Parliament of Lesotho Enacts Law Guaranteeing Free and Compulsory Education for all Children
* Malawian Court Sentences Gay Couple; who are later pardoned as a result of international pressure
NATIONAL
* Supreme Court Restricts Use of Narco Analysis for Investigation
* Bhopal Judgment: Abysmally Late, Abysmally Little
* Delhi High Court Orders Compensation in Two Cases of Maternal Mortality
* Supreme Court Issues Notice on Honour Killings
* BJP MLA Sentenced to 7 years RI for Kandhamal Riots
RESOURCES
* Commonwealth Games: Whose Wealth? Whose Commons?: Housing and Land Right Network
* Women in the Middle East and North Africa: Agents of Change: Fatima Sadiqi, Moha Ennaji
* Irregular Migration, Migrant Smuggling, Human Rights: International Council on Human Rights Policy
EVENTS
* Saheli organizes protest meeting against honour killings
* TARSHI re-launches hotline on sexuality and reproductive health related issues
* Anhad organizes nationwide campaign ¡¥Reservation Express¡¦
* Ist anniversary of the High Court judgment decriminalizing section 377 celebrated
* International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia (IDAHO) commemorated in Delhi
* Child Rights Groups hold consultations to discuss legislation on sexual offences against children


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