Crypto and Laws

• Germany: Act to Protect Cultural Property Passed

  21-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 318

  (July 19, 2016) On June 23, 2016, the German Bundestag (parliament) adopted a revised Act to Protect Cultural Property which protects certain...

• Russia: Strengthening of Punishment for Extremism

  21-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 212

  (July 18, 2016) On July 6, 2016, the President of the Russian Federation signed into law the recently adopted Federal Law No. 375 on Amending the...

• New Zealand: New Foreign Trust Disclosure Rules to be Developed Following Release of Panama Papers

  21-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 196

  On July 13, 2016, the New Zealand government released its response to recommendations that resulted from a review of the country’s foreign...

• Russia: New Electronic Surveillance Rules

  21-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 223

  (July 18, 2016) On July 6, 2016, the President of the Russian Federation signed the recently adopted Federal Law No. 374 on Amending the Federal...

• Ivory Coast: UN Report Criticizes Handling of Rape Cases

  15-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 248

  (July 15, 2016) The United Nations Operation in the Ivory Coast (UNOCI), together with the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCHR),...

• New Zealand: Government Consulting on Proposed Patent Term Extension Regulations

  15-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 255

  (July 15, 2016) On July 11, 2016, the New Zealand Minister of Commerce and Consumer Affairs, Paul Goldsmith, announced the release of a...

• Israel: New Comprehensive Counterterrorism Legislation Adopted

  15-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 247

  (July 15, 2016) On June 15, 2016, the Knesset (Israel’s parliament) passed the Combatting Terrorism Law, 5776-2016.  ( Combatting...

• Japan: Emperor Akihito Announces Intention to Abdicate

  14-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 208

  (July 14, 2016) It was reported on July 13, 2016, that Emperor Akihito of Japan intends to abdicate the throne in favor of his first son, Crown...

• Netherlands: New Minimum Wage

  14-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 245

  (July 14, 2016) The gross minimum wage for full-time workers age 23 and older in the Netherlands increased to €1,537.20 (about US$1,698) per...

• Russia: New Law Regulates Missionary Work

  14-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 302

  (July 14, 2016) On July 6, 2016, the President of the Russian Federation signed the recently adopted Federal Law No. 374 on Amending the Federal...

• France/European Court of Human Rights: Intercepted Conversation with Client Admissible Against Attorney

  14-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 244

  (July 13, 2016) On June 16, 2016, the European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) issued a judgment validating the interception, transcription, and use...

• Australia: New South Wales Government Announces Greyhound Racing Ban

  12-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 460

  On July 7, 2016, the New South Wales premier, Mike Baird , announced that a state ban on greyhound racing would come into effect on July 1, 2017,...

• Kenya: Information Communication Technology Law Proposed

  12-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 523

  (July 11, 2016) On June 6, 2016, Aden Duale, the Majority Leader of the National Assembly, one house of Kenya’s bicameral legislature,...

• ILO/UNHCR: Agreement Signed to Benefit Refugees

  9-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 293

  (July 8, 2016) On July 1, 2016, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR)...

• Netherlands: Online Marriage Notification

  9-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 236

  (July 8, 2016) As of July 1, 2016, the Netherlands has instituted the option for spouses- and partners-to-be of digitally notifying the civil...

• Italy: Legislation to Combat Corruption and Promote Transparency

  7-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 235

  (July 6, 2016) On June 23, 2016, new legislation on the fight against corruption and the promotion of transparency entered into effect in Italy. (...

• Germany: Court Recognizes Co-Mothers of Child

  7-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 228

  (July 6, 2016) On June 15, 2016, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, BGH) published a decision issued on April 20 in which it...

• Indonesia: Tax Amnesty Passed

  7-7-2016 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 244

  (July 6, 2016) On June 28, 2016, Indonesia’s House of Representatives adopted a tax amnesty bill. The amnesty was described by Bambang...