Israel: Commemoration of the Ethiopian Jewish Heritage
(Apr. 23, 2012) On March 21, 2012, the Knesset (Israel's parliament) passed the Center of Ethiopian Jewish Heritage Law, 5762-2012 (the Law). According to the Law, the Center will include a research...
View ArticleSweden: Country Police’s Roma Database Deemed Illegal
(Nov. 19, 2013) The Swedish Commission on Security and Integrity Protection (ISN) has found the compilation of a digital database of individuals with Roma background to be illegal. (Press Release, ISN,...
View ArticleBurundi: New Land Law Raises Controversy
(Jan. 27, 2014) Burundi recently issued a decree on the structure of the National Commission on Land and Other Assets (CNTB), increasing its authority; the move has been criticized by members of one...
View ArticleSri Lanka: Constitutional Amendment to Be Implemented
(Jan. 23, 2015) Sri Lanka’s Prime Minister, Ranil Wickramasinghe, stated on January 21, 2015, that the country will implement the 13th amendment of its Constitution. The amendment has been long...
View ArticleBurundi: Court Permits Third Bid for Presidency
(May 7, 2015) On May 5, 2015, the Constitutional Court of Burundi decided that the country’s president, Pierre Nkurunziza, could run for a third term; six of the seven judges signed the decision....
View ArticleBrazil: National Council of Justice Sets Quota for Blacks
(June 15, 2015) The Brazilian National Council of Justice issued a resolution on June 9, 2015, that establishes that 20% of the available positions in public exams designed to select people to enter...
View ArticleUnited Arab Emirates: New Law Banning Discrimination
(July 22, 2015) On July 20, 2015, the United Arab Emirates (UAE) issued a law prohibiting discrimination on the basis of religion or ethnic identity. The law also bans discrimination on the grounds of...
View ArticleCanada: Supreme Court Rejects Appeal of Pakistani Canadian Pilot in...
(July 30, 2015) On July 23, 2015, the Supreme Court of Canada rejected the appeal of a Pakistani Canadian pilot in a discrimination case filed against Bombardier, an aerospace company. (Quebec...
View ArticleAustralia: Police Response to Aboriginal Death in Custody and Ensuing Riot...
(Dec. 9, 2016) On December 5, 2016, the Federal Court of Australia found in favor of an Aboriginal community from Palm Island, Queensland, in a class action case involving claims that officers of the...
View ArticleBurma: Investigation into Alleged Police Crimes Planned
(Feb. 22, 2017) On February 8, 2017, officials in Burma (also known as Myanmar), announced that there would be an investigation of alleged police actions, and possible serious crimes, against the...
View ArticleAustria: Expropriation of Hitler’s Birthplace Held Constitutional
(Sept. 8, 2017) On June 30, 2017, the Austrian Constitutional Court (Verfassungsgerichtshof Österreich, VfGH) held that the expropriation by law of the house in which Adolf Hitler was born was...
View ArticleChina: Revised Regulations on Religious Affairs
(Nov. 9, 2017) On September 7, 2017, China’s State Council released a revised version of the Religious Affairs Regulations (Regulations), which will take effect on February 1, 2018; the Standing...
View ArticleSingapore: Bans on Two Clerics and Certain Books
(Nov. 9, 2017) It was reported on October 30, 2017, that Singapore has banned two foreign Islamic religious leaders from preaching during cruises and has prohibited the circulation of four foreign...
View ArticleCanada: Quebec Court Ruling Prolongs Stay of Uncovered-Face Provision
(July 27, 2018) On June 28, 2018, the Superior Court of Quebec ruled to stay the operation of section 10 of An Act to Foster Adherence to State Religious Neutrality and, in Particular, to Provide a...
View ArticleNew Zealand: Decision on Scope of Crown/Maori Relations Portfolio and...
(Sept. 25, 2018) On September 18, 2018, the New Zealand government announced that the Cabinet had agreed to the final scope of the Crown/Maori Relations ministerial portfolio and to establish a new...
View ArticleIndia: Tripura State Hopes to Follow Assam in Establishing National Register...
(Nov. 5, 2018) The working president of the Congress Party in the Indian state of Tripura, Pradyot Debbarman, filed a petition before India’s Supreme Court on October 24, 2018, requesting that a...
View ArticleNew Zealand: Bill Pardoning Māori Prophet Convicted in 1916 Passed
(Jan. 2, 2020) On December 18, 2019, the New Zealand Parliament passed historic legislation that pardons Rua Kēnana, a pacifist religious prophet from the Tuhoe iwi (tribe) who was convicted in August...
View ArticleAustralia: High Court Rules that Aboriginal People Cannot be Deported
(Feb. 26, 2020) On February 11, 2020, the High Court of Australia (Australia’s highest court) handed down a decision in the case of Love v Commonwealth of Australia [2020] HCA 3 (“Decision”). In the...
View ArticleAustralia: Bill Recognizing Indigenous Adoption Practices Passed in Queensland
(Sept. 15, 2020) On September 8, 2020, the Queensland Parliament passed the Meriba Omasker Kaziw Kazipa (Torres Strait Islander Traditional Child Rearing Practice) Act 2020, which legally recognizes...
View ArticleFinland: Supreme Court Orders Dissolution of Neo-Nazi Association that...
(Oct. 16, 2020) On September 22, 2020, the Finnish Supreme Court ordered the dissolution of Nordiska Motståndsrörelsen (NMR) (Nordic Resistance Movement), an unregistered neo-Nazi association. The...
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