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Icelandic Companies Asked To Abandon Diversity Policies For U.S. Contracts
Icelandic companies are being required to comply with U.S. laws that prohibit implementing policies promoting diversity, equity, or inclusion (DEI), reports RÚV. However, Icelandic law mandates that companies have equality plans in place. Icelandic companies wishing to do business with the U.S.…
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Gender-Neutral Toilets Become Law
Guðlaugur Þór Þórðarson, the Minister for the Environment and Natural Resources of Iceland, has announced a new regulation that requires toilets to be labelled based on facilities rather than gender, reports Vísir. This change follows a query from Andrés Ingi Jónsson, a…
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Prime Minister Answers Question On How Many Genders There Are
Last July, chair of the Centre Party Sigmundur Davíð Gunnlaugsson formally asked Prime Minister Katrín Jakobsdóttir how many genders there are, and requested an answer in writing. Yesterday, he got one. Katrín cited the 2019 gender determination law, which unambiguously codified the…
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50 Defendants In ISK 800 Million Money Laundering Case
RÚV has reported there are now 50 defendants in the extensive money laundering case where over 800 million ISK was laundered. This case may be connected to drug smugglers in South America. This investigation, which is being carried out by the District…
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Minister Of Justice Proposes New Sexual Immunity Bill
A new bill, being proposed by The Minster of Justice, could mean up to four years in prison for anyone distributing nude photos or videos of others without permission, Fréttablaðið reports. The bill, written by Áslaug Árna Sigurbjörnsdóttir, states that anyone sharing…
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Stalking May Soon Be Punishable By Up To Four Years In Prison
Those convicted of stalking may face up to four years in prison, if a bill from Minister of Justice Áslaug Arna Sigurbjörnsdóttir becomes law, Fréttablaðið reports. The bill is being welcomed by women’s shelter workers and the police alike. As it stands…
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Six Years Later, Gender Equality Reality Falling Short Of The Law
Despite a law codifying a form of gender equality in management positions in Iceland, that still has yet to become a reality. As reported, the law in question established that any company with more than 50 employees would have to have a…
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Icelandic Government May Soon Review Laws On Importing Cats And Dogs
A new report commissioned by the Icelandic government has concluded that Iceland could relax its pet quarantine laws without significantly increasing risks. The Icelandic Kennel Club (HRFÍ) has been a vocal advocate of dialling back the length of quarantine times. Iceland’s laws…
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Landmark Gender Equality Law In Iceland Not Producing Significant Returns
A law passed shortly after the 2008 financial crash which was supposed to strike a gender balance in the directorship boards of Iceland’s largest companies has yet to yield such results, RÚV reports. In fact, men are in the majority of these…
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Requirements For Icelandic Citizenship May Soon Change
One contentious part of the requirements for Icelandic citizenship may soon be a thing of the past, or at least heavily amended: traffic violations. One of the many requirements specifies that an applicant cannot have been imprisoned or fined for any reason…
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Iceland Now Forbids Nearly Every Form Of Workplace Discrimination
Iceland has just passed a landmark law that forbids multiples types of workplace discrimination, with daily fines to be meted out to offending employers. The law in question, submitted to Parliament by Minister of Social Affairs Ásmundur Einar Daðason, expressly forbids discrimination…
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Icelandic MPs Filtering Out Emails About Vaping
Members of Iceland’s Parliament have received so many emails objecting to proposed vaping regulations that they have started to filter them out, one MP reports. As reported, there are currently no regulations in Iceland regarding vaping, and a new bill re-introduced to…
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Iceland Unanimously Passes Landmark Law On Sexual Consent
Today, Iceland’s Parliament passed a law putting the onus of consent on being told “yes”; rather than not being told “no”. It’s very seldom that Parliament passes a law with unanimous approval, but that rare event came up today, when Iceland’s legislature…
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Legalising Euthanasia In Iceland: Senior Citizens Say Yes To Dutch Way
A non-partisan coalition comprised of seven Icelandic MPs is currently working on a bill to legalise assisted suicide in Iceland. For the proposal to be valid, the MPs have to collect about 58 letters of reference from organisations or associations that support…
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Icelandic Man Isn’t Granted Icelandic Citizenship
The Directorate of Immigration recently refused to grant Icelandic citizenship to a man who was born in Iceland from an Icelandic woman, RÚV reports. Eggert Einer Níelson, who lives in Ísafjörður with his family, was born in Reykjavík in the 50s but…
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PSA: You Cannot (Legally) Shoot Down Drones Over Your Property
Vísindavefurinn, Iceland’s premiere webpage for asking science-related questions, recently tackled an unusual question posed to them that does not appear to have much to do with science: “Can you legally shoot down a drone with a shotgun that has entered your property?”…
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“Mistake” In The Law Leads To Deportation From Iceland
Incomplete wording in Iceland’s immigration law means that a young Vietnamese woman learning to be a chef may be deported within days. RÚV reports on the strange case of Choung Lei Bui, a young woman from Vietnam who has been living in…
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Uppreist Æru: Clearing The Reputation You Ruined Yourself
Many non-Americans (and a lot of Americans, too) are flummoxed by the US policy whereby convicted felons in some states lose the right to vote, sometimes in perpetuity. To many, it is entirely unfair to disenfranchise someone who has paid their debt…
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Young Pirates Defy Good Friday Religious Laws
You might be aware of the fact that Iceland has a national church. This brings with it certain laws that many, if not most, Icelanders consider to be a bit outdated. One of these laws concerns what one may not do during…
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Fears “Vape Law” Could Create Black Market For Vaping Liquid
A proposal that would put a number of regulations on the sale and use of e-cigarettes is poorly thought-out, and could create a black market, contends the owner of an e-cigarette supply shop. As reported, the bill in question would make the…
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Colours Of Icelandic Flag Re-Confirmed By Law
The Office of the Prime Minister has confirmed and made public what the legally established colours of the Icelandic flag are. RÚV reports that since legislative changes have been broadened to allow the use of the flag for the marketing of goods…
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Cops Want Law Against Stalking
The police believe a special article about stalking must be included in a new domestic violence bill from the Minister of the Interior. RÚV reports that Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal contends there is no legislative need to change the law…
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Human Rights Office Recommends Change To Rape Law
The Icelandic Human Rights Office contends Iceland’s existing laws on rape should be changed to place greater emphasis on consent rather than how the act was committed. RÚV reports that the recommendation was sent to Minister of the Interior Ólöf Nordal, in…