All persons who comply with the requirements provided for in the Bar Association Act and have passed the advocate's examination may be members of the Bar Association.

They passed the law.

Legal advisory assistance will continue to be provided to a number of countries in the region until new laws are adopted and implementation training is completed.

Judicial reforms were for the most part considered effectuated with the adoption of the law, but little regard was paid to the modalities of its implementation.

In Portugal, the new Cooperative Code (1997), the new legal systems for funds of agricultural credit cooperatives (1995) and for cooperatives of social solidarity (1998) were adopted to create or to modernize a legal situation more favourable to cooperative activities.

The State party should forbid, as a matter of law, the practice of female genital mutilation, making it a discrete criminal offence.

57. Likewise, the Argentine Congress in 1990 ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child, which has passed into law through Act No. 23,849.

Needless to say, the adoption of the draft Convention would constitute a major achievement providing States and their courts with greater legal certainty.

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The amendments to the Penal Code and the AMLA have been passed by the Parliament on 20 November 2003 and gazetted as law on 25 December 2003.

In practice, it is the State, acting through the representatives of the nation, which enacts laws and ensures they are obeyed by means of its courts and police.

The intention to create permanent law can usually be inferred in the case of these treaties.

A law on money laundering has also been adopted by the Council of Ministers of WAEMU and is to be integrated into the national legislation of the member States.

In the development of that project, the laws on preventing iodine deficiency disorders (14 October 2003) and on the quality and safety of food products (8 April 2004) were passed.

Laws in this context should be made widely known, both through educational curricula and as part of public awareness raising campaigns.

Bermuda's law and legal system are based on English common law and principles of equity, English statute law in force since 1612 and Acts of the Bermuda Parliament passed since then.

A bill to combat terrorism was approved by the Council of Ministers on 18 November 2003 and sent to the Parliament for adoption in order to become law.

Adoption of a protocol or another legal instrument fulfilment of the Berlin Mandate.

Reiterating their full readiness to see the draft Convention become a legal instrument, the member States of the Rio Group expressed their conviction that such an instrument would enhance the rule of law and legal certainty and would contribute to the codification and development of international law and the harmonization of practice in that area.

Rather, it should be seen as a tool for evaluating the applicability of the treaty which, in the view of his delegation, would have to be adopted in due course and which would provide a restricting code of conduct for States freely choosing to abide by it.

Adoption of new laws regulations ___________

If these laws have not been adopted please indicate a time frame for their adoption.

Adoption of laws to prevent and punish violence against women.

In Spain, legislative measures were adopted to make the law a more efficient instrument in protecting basic rights and promoting equality.

Pointing to that is the creation in 1991 of the Republic AIDS Centre, the functioning of four oblast AIDS centres and 14 diagnostic laboratories and the adoption in 1993 of the law on the prevention of AIDS, which is the main legal and regulatory act defining the manner in which questions related to the prevention and suppression of AIDS are regulated.

We have passed laws and enforced them to strengthen export controls.

The Court will be composed entirely of local judges, a chief justice and two associate justices, appointed by the Governor and confirmed by the Legislature.

Other efforts to improve the human rights situation included a law prohibiting the use of child labour and a legislative act to ensure the religious rights of citizens.

The Committee also welcomed the establishment of the Law Reform and Development Commission and the passage of the Married Persons Equality Act, and they looked forward to the passage of the new children's legislation.

8. The present legal situation is a result of this grim unlawful past.

Implementation of the already adopted Framework Law on Primary, Secondary and High Education Adoption of the State level Law on Science Harmonization of the Entity and cantonal education laws with the Framework Law Completion of the adoption of other supplementary laws and by laws.

The amendments introduced through the LFO constitute significant affirmative action.

According to the Constitution and laws of the country, in order for the norms contained in international human rights instruments to be invoked before the courts or the administrative authorities, they must first have become domestic law through their approval by the Legislative Assembly.

It's done by the passing of a law and by the enforcing of that law, if necessary.

This includes upholding the rule of law through administrative and civil services and through legal and judicial institutions.

On 6 December 2004, the National Assembly adopted a new law on the press, and adopted another on 14 December on audio visual communication.

This will be done through training, support for legislative and judicial reforms and for the reform of accounting systems.

The Committee notes the adoption of the following laws aimed at enhancing the implementation of the Convention

The legal capacity acquired through marriage does not end with the dissolution of the marriage.

Members inquired whether the Government was planning to adopt a law on minorities.

The Legal Unit seeks to enhance conformity of the Rwandan legal system with international human rights standards through the promotion of legal reform.

As mentioned above, according to the legal system of the Islamic Republic of Iran, international conventions and treaties which are ratified by the Parliament become part of national law and, therefore, adopting additional legislation is not deemed necessary in this regard.

Once adopted, these laws would further enhance the political and legal system of the country.

The member States are given a period of three years during which they can transpose the Directive into national law, starting from the date of adoption.

The legislative assistance typically included advice on laws and legal infrastructure needed, training national drafters, preparing first drafts to speed up the legislative process and advocacy to secure adequate political commitment for adoption and application of the new laws.