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 following is a non-comprehensive review of the draft new Criminal Procedure Code (CPC). The review is based on a 95-page document published on a number of pro-government websites in August 2024 ...

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, ...

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 ...

Indonesia’s long-awaited new Criminal Code, which has come under fire for its bans on pre-marital sex and insults to the state, comes into effect today. The 345-page Code was approved by parliament in ...

Barbed wire covers the gate outside Parliament as activists hold a protest against Indonesia's new criminal code, in Jakarta, Dec. 6, 2022. Barbed wire covers the gate outside Parliament as activists ...

The D.C. Council unanimously passed a sweeping overhaul of the city's criminal code on Tuesday that would redefine offenses and penalties, as well as expand defendants' rights to a jury trial. If D.C.

This week, Egypt’s parliament rushed to approve, “in principle,” a government proposed draft bill to replace the country’s 1950 Criminal Procedure Code. The Lawyers’ Syndicate, the Journalists’ ...