States possess broad authority to regulate the movement of foreign nationals across their borders. They exercise their sovereign powers to determine who will be admitted and for what period.

Anew report commissioned by the Bangladesh Legal Aid & Services Trust (BLAST) and the Thomson Reuters Foundation, provides an insight into the laws regarding use of character evidence about complainants in rape trials in seven countries.

Human Rights Watch in world report 2015 summarises the key human rights issues in different countries of the world.