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LGBTQI+ rights remain in a state of flux following legislative changes around the world, with some jurisdictions moving to enshrine the rights of their queer communities into law, while others roll back the rights of theirs.
The UK government is considering whether to update its treason law, which has been in place for almost 700 years. There are concerns, however, that a modernised version of the Treason Act 1351 – an idea that has been on the agenda for some time – could do more harm than good.
Bosnia-Herzegovina’s national and regional elections in early October were remarkable due to an unusual move by the Office of the High Representative (OHR), the internationally-appointed body with oversight of the country. After polls closed on 2 October, the OHR – installed at the end of the Balkans War in 1995 – implemented a new electoral law. The law had been introduced in July but the detail had yet to go ‘live’.
Ten months after Taliban forces seized Kabul, Afghanistan is still reeling from the chaotic events of last year’s US withdrawal. Since the withdrawal, Taliban leaders have banned women from many areas of employment, reneged on pledges to reopen schools for all girls and re-introduced face veils for women in public settings.