Legislatures worldwide grapple with the right to dieOn April 1, 2002, the Netherlands’ euthanasia legislation entered into force. We would like to commemorate the anniversary with a discussion of the legal status of euthanasia and assisted suicide in various countries that have legalized such end-of-life choices, as well as those whose courts and legislatures have continued to struggle with the decision to do so.09:00 01.04.2012
Attorney-client privilege breach alarms lawyersThe Wall Street Journal report about Deputy PM Igor Shuvalov’s income and his affiliation with various financial groups has taken an unexpected turn.17:43 30.03.2012
Medvedev discusses anticorruption effortsWhile discussing the anticorruption activities implemented in recent years, President Dmitry Medvedev said the government's efforts have borne fruit. Russia has managed to develop a legal framework for combating corruption.17:00 29.03.2012
Drug addicts given last chanceDrug abuse in Russia may become a full-fledged crime resulting in a custodial sentence. The only way for drug addicts to avoid jail will be by agreeing to undergo a course of rehabilitation.15:45 27.03.2012
Holy case: Hindu text under prosecutor's pressureThe situation surrounding the Russian version of “Bhagavad Gita”, a sacred text of Hindus, has evoked an international uproar. The Prosecutor’s Office in Siberia seeks to declare the book and its commentary extremist.16:23 22.03.2012
Third foreigner ordered to death challenges sentence in Supreme Court of DPRBriton Aiden Aslin, who had been ordered to death along with two other foreign citizens in the Donetsk People’s Republic, challenged his sentence.11:17 05.07.2022
Russia’s State Duma backs creation of extremist materials databaseThe lower house of parliament, the State Duma, adopted a bill to create a specialized information database of extremist materials in a final third reading on Tuesday.13:24 05.07.2022
Number of appeals to Russian children's ombudsman increased by 2% in 2021The number of appeals to the Commissioner for Children's Rights in Russia Maria Lvova-Belova turned out to be by 2% more in 2021 as compared with the same period of the preceding year.12:09 01.07.2022