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a. Bangladesh: The ‘Information system of the Laws of Bangladesh’ 11 website of the Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs of the Government of Bangladesh contains official English translations of Bangladeshi laws till 1986 and a few important subsequent laws. Limited access to judgments of the Bangladesh High Court is available from the Chancery Law Chronicles. 12 English translations of more recent laws and of key Bangladeshi judgments were provided by local contacts. b. India: The website of Manupatra, 13 an online legal database provided access to all the required judgments of the Indian Supreme Court, High Courts in different states and most relevant statutory law. c. Indonesia: The website of the Indonesian Constitutional Court has official English translations of some key judgments. 14 However, in terms of English translations of Indonesian laws, among the research countries these were the most difficult to obtain and were acquired from multiple online resources as well as local contacts. d. Nepal: No official website for Nepali jurisprudence or statutory law in English exists, and the authors have relied on the Kathmandu School of Law website or the assistance provided by NGOs such as Blue Diamond Society and Forum on Women, Law and Development who have obtained either official translations of judgments and laws or translated these themselves. e. Sri Lanka: A website under the Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms of Sri Lanka - ‘LawNet – Sri Lanka’s Legal Information Network,’ 15 contained all Supreme Court and Court of Appeal decisions until 2005. It also contains key Sri Lankan legislations. Other Sri Lankan legislation is also available at the website of the Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII). 16 f. Thailand: English translations of Thai laws are provided by the International Translations Office and printed in the Royal Thai Government Gazette. Copies of these official translations were provided by local contacts. A few key laws however were not available from this source and unofficial translations available at the local legal websites 17 that were cross-checked with local contacts have been relied on. The countries to be surveyed all have a wide variety of languages and scripts, which has proved a hurdle in being able to obtain legal material and guarantee that English versions of these laws are up to date with all amendments. While every attempt has been made to ensure that laws and cases documented in this Report are accurate and up-to-date, there can be no guarantee that this is actually the case. Similarly, every attempt has been made to include all 11 ‘Information system of the Laws of Bangladesh’, Ministry of Law, Justice and Parliamentary Affairs, Government of Bangladesh, available at http://www.bdlaws.gov.bd 12 Chancery Law Chronicles available at http://www.clcbd.org 13 Manupatra available at www.manupatra.com 14 Official website of the Mahkamah Kostitusi Republik Indonesia (Constitutional Court of Indonesia), available at http://www.mahkamahkonstitusi.go.id 15 ‘LawNet – Sri Lanka’s Legal Information Network,’ Ministry of Justice and Law Reforms, Government of Sri Lanka, available at www.lawnet.lk 16 ‘Sri Lankan Legal Materials,’ Commonwealth Legal Information Institute (CommonLII), available at www.commonlii.org/lk 17 See for instance, ‘ThaiLaws’ available at www.ThaiLaws.com and ‘Law, Analysis and Features on Southeast Asia,’ Thailand Law Forum, available at http://www.thailawforum.com/ 12
elevant and key laws and judgments; however there are instances where the authors were aware of key judicial decisions and new laws but were unable to get any official or unofficial translations of these documents. Where relevant these new laws or decisions have been mentioned as an indication for readers of a key gap in the review. This review covers legal and jurisprudential developments in the research countries till September 2009 and does not reflect changes that have taken place since then. Further, as the review focuses on legal practice, it presents a significant yet incomplete picture of the progress or otherwise a country has made in advancing sexual health and human rights as it does not comment or report on the implementation of these laws and judgments. Thus, many of the research countries may have laws and judicial decisions representing good or even best practices but their implementation or lack thereof may not result in the actual fulfillment of human rights related to sexual health. 13
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was married to she would acquire im
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to consider the case of a woman see
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oth parties and deems all marital p
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female who has not attained 12 year
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Article 16 of the Universal Declara
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In Bangladesh, polygamy is allowed
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immovable property. The above propo
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consummation of marriage. The incap
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Violence, especially sexual violenc
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gender norms which many remand home
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female or a female to a male. It in
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from other forms of inequality as w
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c. Whereas victims of violence in h
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courts. 350 According to the Commis
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The Act provides for the appointmen
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Rani 383 it was held that a shared
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The Act specifies imprisonment of 6
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property jointly or separately held
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upees or the amount of the dowry wh
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however, is that, of the 10,000 dea
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Addararachchi 439 the court conside
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harassment, the Indian Supreme Cour
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doer’s sexual desire by using doe
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In holding that there was no justif
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coerce or induce female inmates to
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material or detain any person for t
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consensual sexual activity with you
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The fined amount is to be given to
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the State and its citizens is one o
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every person “the right against e
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The law also includes the right of
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eing committed. 570 While prosecuti
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Broader provisions related to child
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in order to engage the child in suc
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her.” 631 A person is deemed to h
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that they are denied the fundamenta
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Indonesia’s Constitution recognis
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In Thailand too, abortion is illega
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With regard to the first question,
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Further, any pregnant woman may vol
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childbearing age to establish a hea
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Government could not be held liable
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among those in the reproductive age
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Members' right to protect public he
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7. INFORMATION, EDUCATION AND EXPRE
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education as well as non-discrimina
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The exchange of information through
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community.” 727 In each case, the
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Nepal’s Interim Constitution limi
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Sections 292, 292A, 293 and 294 of
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“...any interpretation of 'obscen
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“1 (a) Condones or extenuates act
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In Thailand, places of entertainmen
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8. SEX WORK This section examines h
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The use of raids, and exemptions fr
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clients or make an offer for a sex/
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and non-rehabilitative juvenile jus
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“In view of the aforesaid proposi
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person who commits the act are of t
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as parent or guardian has given his
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with one) on the charge that it was
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for sex workers while emphasizing t
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19. Azimuddin v State of Uttar Prad
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1. Acid Control Act, 2002 2. Acid-O
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13. Intellectual Property Act, 2003
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