India has reformed its legal system by replacing criminal penalties for minor business offences with civil fines, making compliance easier and improving the business environment.
Thailand has criminalised sexual harassment, including online abuse, introducing stronger legal protections and faster remedies for victims in digital and real-world settings.
Japan has introduced a new law allowing divorced parents to agree on joint custody, marking the first major reform of child custody rules in more than a century.
Canada has ruled that asylum seekers in Quebec must be granted access to subsidised daycare, strengthening equal rights and supporting integration into society.
Cambodia has significantly reduced child marriage rates in two provinces, with early marriages among girls aged 18–22 falling sharply following a targeted empowerment programme.
Spain approved a decree in 2026 to regularise the status of around 500,000 undocumented migrants who had lived in the country for at least five months, strengthening integration and labour protections.
Basic food requirements are being fully met in Gaza for the first time since 2023, marking a critical improvement in humanitarian access and nutrition.
Grenada has raised the legal marriage age to 18 without exceptions, closing all legal pathways that previously allowed children to marry.
More than 20 European countries have now adopted consent-based definitions of rape, marking a historic cultural and legal shift toward recognising only voluntary sexual acts as lawful.
The number of people without official identification has fallen to 800 million worldwide — down from 1 billion in 2017 — according to the World Bank’s latest Identification for Development report.
