To keep up with the times, representatives from institutions in the justice sector are set to form a committee that will review the Revised Penal Code, the country's general criminal code. In a ...

Mon, March 4, 2019 Published on Mar. 4, 2019 Published on 2019-03-04T10:05:37+07:00 he draft of the revised Criminal Code (KUHP) remains unfinished nearing the end of the 2014-2019 legislative term.

The Diet has passed a revision to the penal code to integrate two categories of confinement--“choeki” and “kinko”--into one called “kokin.” The revision has scrapped the traditional classification ...

THE CABINET has approved a revised draft Penal Code submitted by Justice Minister Daniel Lipšic, according to the daily SME. The minister had to withdraw the bill from parliament last month because, ...

The House of Representatives justice committee has batted for the measure overhauling the country’s 85-year old Revised Penal Code, renaming penalties, adjusting fines, requiring joint civil and ...

MANILA, Philippines — Should extrajudicial killings be defined and criminalized through a separate bill or integrated into the Revised Penal Code? The Commission of Human Rights (CHR) and rights ...

Activists hold up posters during a rally against Indonesia’s new criminal law in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2022. Credit: AP Photo/Slamet Riyadi The United Nations has expressed its ...

Coordinating Security Minister Mahfud MD gives a press conference after a meeting with the Regional Representatives Council (DPD RI) Speaker at Nusantara III Building, Parliament Complex, Jakarta, ...

Despite a number of revisions to the Penal Code this summer, which brought in wider boundaries surrounding cases of rape, the new code still does not recognize incidents of sexual assault by a woman ...

An allegation was thrown against me for degrading the reputation of a teenage girl. The matter was brought before the barangay, however, the conciliation failed. When the barangay issued a certificate ...

Lawmakers vote on the revised Penal Code during a plenary session of the House of Councillors on June 13, 2022. (Mainichi/Kan Takeuchi) TOKYO -- Japan's Diet passed revisions to the Penal Code on June ...