New Taliban criminal code allows husbands and fathers to physically punish women and children if injuries are not visibly severe. Women seeking justice must appear in court with a male guardian, while ...

Observing that different High Courts had held earlier that ‘forest officials are not police officers within the meaning of the Criminal Procedure Code’, Justice J. Sreenivas Rao of Telangana High ...

Accurate scrutiny should begin with precision about what the law actually says, how it functions legally, and where interpretation begins to exceed text. Recent reporting on the Taliban’s January 2026 ...

The reinstatement of slavery in Afghanistan removes all doubt that the Taliban intend to subject Afghanistan to a hideously regressive form of government. On January 4, 2026, the Taliban quietly ...

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, triggering widespread ...

In January 2026, the Taliban implemented a new Criminal Procedure Code that serves less as a judicial framework and more as a mechanism for total ideological and social control. Signed by Mullah ...

The Taliban has formally entrenched a class-based justice system in Afghanistan under a newly enacted Criminal Procedure Code signed by its supreme leader, Hibatullah Akhundzada, a move that has ...

Taliban supreme leader Hibatullah Akhundzada approved and circulated a new 119-article “Criminal Procedure Code for Courts” on January 4, intended to regulate judicial proceedings in Taliban-ruled ...

Indonesia's reformed criminal law framework is now fully in force. Corporate criminal liability is consolidated and clarified, with broader attribution and clearer exposure for companies and decision ...

After decades of debate, Indonesia replaced the Dutch colonial-era criminal code. The government calls it “more humane, modern" for the country’s justice system, with alternatives to prison. Human ...

Indonesia’s long-delayed overhaul of its criminal justice system took effect last week, with the government hailing the “historic” change that would usher in a “more humane” era of law enforcement, ...