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• Switzerland: Parliament Takes Significant Step Toward Adopting Paid Paternity Leave

  2 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 166

  (July 3, 2019) On June 20, 2019, the Swiss Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung), the Swiss parliament, took a significant step toward adopting...

• International Labor Organization: Convention to Combat Workplace Violence and Harassment Adopted

  3 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 246

  (June 28, 2019) On June 21, 2019, the International Labor Organization announced that it had adopted a new convention aimed at combating violence...

• China: New Waste-Sorting Rules to Take Effect in Shanghai

  3 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 241

  (June 27, 2019) On July 1, 2019, the Shanghai Household Waste Management Regulation will take effect. Passed by the Shanghai Municipal...

• Russia: President Signs Law Allowing Adoption of Children by People with Particular Diseases

  3 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 188

  (June 26, 2019) On May 29, 2019, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed into law a bill that allows courts to use discretion in approving...

• Germany: Regulation to Allow Use of E-scooters on Public Roads Enacted

  3 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 225

  (June 25, 2019) On June 14, 2019, a regulation was published in Germany’s Federal Law Gazette that allows the use of light electric...

• Russian Federation: Experimental E-voting to Be Conducted in Moscow City Duma Elections

  4 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 225

  (June 24, 2019) On May 29, 2019, the President of the Russian Federation signed a federal law allowing experimental distance electronic voting in...

• Lebanon: Government Undertakes National Anticorruption Campaign

  4 weeks ago Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 138

  (June 24, 2019) On March 13, 2019, in a response to media and social network reports of ongoing major corruption investigations of judges and...

• Israel: Blogger Accused of Defaming and Insulting Public Servants via Internet Released After Two Years in Prison Pending Trial

  21-6-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 141

  (June 21, 2019) On May 2, 2019, Israel’s Supreme Court ordered the release from prison of a blogger (the appellant) pending trial under...

• New Zealand: Court Orders Minister of Justice to Reconsider Extradition Request from China

  20-6-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 193

  (June 20, 2019) On June 11, 2019, the New Zealand Court of Appeal released its judgment ( Kim v Minister of Justice [2019] NZCA 209 ) on an...

• Sweden: Supreme Administrative Court Defines Compensation for Care Received in Another EU Member State

  19-6-2019 Crypto and Laws Library of Congress 199

  (June 19, 2019) On May 31, 2019, the Swedish Supreme Administrative Court issued a judgment that determined when Swedish patients may be...