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The steps you can take to tackle an intruder or burglar in your own home - and what force you can use to defend yourself
FCDO travel advice for Guyana. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
MLC amendment, that a seafarer's employment agreement should not lapse if a seafarer is held captive as a result of piracy or armed robbery, until repatriation.
Advice to British people affected by crises abroad such as large-scale terrorist attacks, natural disasters and political unrest, and how the FCDO can help.
The different types of court - magistrates' court, Crown Court and youth court - the crimes they deal with and the level of sentences they can give.
How to complain to the Attorney General's Office if you think someone's sentence is too low - and what happens if the Court of Appeal get involved
FCDO travel advice for Peru. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Crimes committed against someone because of their race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender are hate crimes - how to report them to the police
FCDO travel advice for Bolivia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Togo. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Ethiopia. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
FCDO travel advice for Suriname. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Argentina. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Venezuela. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Cameroon. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
FCDO travel advice for Niger. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
Latest FCDO travel advice for British Virgin Islands including on entry requirements, safety and security and local laws and customs.
FCDO travel advice for Kenya. Includes safety and security, insurance, entry requirements and legal differences.
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