With regard to criminal investigation and prosecution

The Afghan penal code does not provide for stoning.

According to Chapter 23, Section 4 of the Swedish Penal Code participation and assistance in committing a crime is criminalised.

Unlawful handling of chemical weapons in now relevant forms is criminalised through the provision in Chapter 22, Section 6 a of the Swedish Penal Code.

Theoretically they can seek redress under various provisions of the Pakistan Penal Code should they suffer abuse.

The overwhelming emphasis had been on the punitive side of legislation in terms of appropriate and suitably high penalties for domestic violence.

Of these, Ecuador referred to the provision of its Penal Code that established aggravating circumstances in cases where the victim was devoid of the capacity to consent.

For the reasons provided to the Board in paragraph 582 of the Board's report, the Economic Commission for Africa will not implement the penalty in memorandums of understanding with United Nations organizations.

The Latin Americanist sums up the recent events concerning the penitentiary system in Latin America a fire that killed hundreds in a prison in Honduras, prison riots in Mexico and escaped inmates in Perú.

Draft legislation seeks to make criminal defamation a permanent fixture, and includes new provisions making it an offense to criticize a court ruling.

If criminal prosecution is too blunt an instrument to use against violent video games, there is a case for awarding damages to the victims, or families of the victims, of violent crimes committed by people who play violent video games.

The above mentioned activities committed in relation to means of delivery can constitute criminal responsibility for preparation to commit crime, according to Chapter 23, Section 2 of the Swedish Penal Code.

Mr. Kourakis (Greece) said that under the 1999 Correctional Code, all detainees were examined by a doctor upon arrival and, if a medical problem was detected, were treated or transferred to a hospital. Detainees could also be examined by a forensic doctor or a doctor from the Medical Rehabilitation Centre for Torture Victims.