Suriname is also an exception to the rule in South America when it comes to abortion rights, as abortion in the country is completely prohibited. All of the nation’s closest neighbors allow abortion under some circumstance, whether for the health of the mother or rape. Next:Haiti 16/...
Under Jamaican law, women who get abortions can besentencedto life imprisonment and those who assist with abortion or provide information about the procedure can face up to three years in prison. Since 1884, abortion has been illegal in the Dominican Republic. Women risk up to two years in pr...
The First and Second World Wars, meanwhile, saw Scandinavia sandwiched betweenGermanyto the south andRussiato the east. Except for Finland, which was under Russian rule until 1918, the Nordic countries maintainedneutralitythroughoutWorld War I. They had hoped to continue that neutrality duringWorld ...
11. North Korea:With no independent judiciary and no right to a fair trial, North Korea is renowned for having one of the worst judicial systems in the world. The courts, the prosecutor’s office, and the legal profession are all under the government’s total control. Which country has th...
In its present state, Afghanistan is not fully under the rule of law. Judicial CP was prevalent in the Taliban era, and it seems it still is in some regions. In schools, formal CP is banned but there have been reports of general brutality. MAIN ARTICLE: For more details, see this sepa...
States General failed to obtain effective rights of direct taxation (except for import and export duties assigned to the admiralties), and its major decisions were taken under the rule of unanimity. In practice theprovinceofHolland, by far the wealthiest province in the union and the contributor...
After a spat over local corruption and the imposition of direct rule from the UK over the islands, The Turks & Caicos recovered their local government under British control in 2012. They used to be part of Jamaica but when it achieved independence in 1962 they became a British colony under ...
47、e to prove there was any Maldivian among them.) But the president argues that the religious extremism which flourished under authoritarian rule is now weakening under democracy. When political space is available, then liberal forces will be able to organise themselves and win the support of ...
A developing country, Bangladesh cannot reach its true potential if there is a weak legal system and the executive have no regard for the rule of law. This book discusses and analyses the legal system of Bangladesh. It studies the various weaknesses and whether the judiciary of the country is...
Blockmans, Willem Pieter and Walter Prevenier, The Promised Lands: The Low Countries under Burgundian Rule, 1369-1530. Translated by Elizabeth Fackelman and Edited by Edward Peters. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1999.Blockmans, Wim, and Walter Prevenier. The Promised Lands: The...