The High Court of Malawi sitting as a Constitutional Court has declared as unconstitutional Section 200 of the Penal Code ...

In light of cases involving violence outside of marriage, such as in cohabitation or romantic relationships, victims can ...

The Singapore Parliament voted on Nov 29 to repeal Section 377A of the Penal Code, a colonial-era law which criminalises gay sex between men. Same-sex marriage in Taiwan has been legalised on May ...

There was a strong and urgent demand for amendment of the Penal Code with adequate provisions and deterrent penalties that could have the effect of arresting the increasing incidence of sexual abuse ...

The Malaysian Bar Council has discussed in detail the effects of sections 377A and 377B of the penal code with views that the law is discriminatory.

Iran’s Islamic Penal Code, which went into effect in 1991, reflects the ruling clerics’ interpretation of Sharia law, based on the Jafari or Twelver Shia school of jurisprudence.

The August 2012 report, Codifying Repression: An Assessment of Iran’s New Penal Code, incorrectly stated on page 31 of the printed English version and page 24 of the printed Persian version that ...