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AIDS: HIV and criminal justice subject of legal panel
While some in the room advocated on behalf of HIV protection standards ( eg for women who contract HIV from male partners returning from prison ) , Schoettes argued the current batch of HIV transmission laws are counterproductive.
Updated: 12/07/2011 11:15A
Palace, Supreme Court open to talks
The issue came to a head on Monday when Aquino – addressing the 1st National Criminal Justice Summit – berated the judiciary, particularly Chief Justice Renato Corona, who was seated just a few feet from him. “Of course. Let no one say we never tried,”
Updated: 12/07/2011 11:14A
Political claustrophobia
The President apparently reached the limit of his patience and so twice in 4 days this week, once before the Makati Business Club's 30th anniversary and twice before the First National Criminal Justice Summit, he literally blasted the Supreme Court,
Updated: 12/07/2011 11:13A
Private eye held by hacking police
A private investigator previously employed by the News of the World has been arrested over allegations of phone hacking and perverting the course of justice. Glenn Mulcaire is being held by Operation Weeting detectives
Updated: 12/07/2011 11:06A
In Lakewood Abuse Cases, A 'Parallel Justice System'
Instead, it was commissioned by a Lakewood, NJ, beit din, a Jewish religious tribunal operating as a kind of shadow justice system, adjudicating sexual abuse cases without the involvement of law enforcement. Witnesses spoke of a world in which abuse
Updated: 12/07/2011 10:55A
'Politicians must not mix law with diplomacy'
Last week the Kenyan court ordered the government to arrest President Omar al-Bashir if he sets foot in Kenya, and hand him over to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague where he is wanted on genocide charges. The decision, which came
Updated: 12/07/2011 10:44A
Limited defences of suspect and accused in parallel workplace proceedings
This notwithstanding, workplace proceedings are not criminal proceedings. An individual cannot prevent or gain immunity from workplace proceedings by way of basic principles and rights in criminal law, such as: the principle that no punishment may be
Updated: 12/07/2011 10:38A
Christopher Stone Selected to Lead Open Society Foundations
For almost three decades the Open Society Foundations have been committed to promoting justice, human rights, freedom of expression, health, and education around the world. Stone will oversee more than $850 million in annual expenditures.
Updated: 12/07/2011 10:35A
Vigilante Blogs Leave Bloody Trail in Guatemala
A disturbing new pattern, revealed by elPeriodico, shows how the Internet is being used to target alleged criminals in Guatemala. The case, which brings to mind Anonymous' threats to out alleged Zetas in Mexico, illustrates how cyber justice can get
Updated: 12/07/2011 10:14A
Phone hacking: Andy Coulson sues News Group Newspapers
He added that NGN's construction of the clause was offensive to a fundamental principle of English criminal law - that a man was innocent until proven guilty. Mr Coulson was not in court for the contested hearing, which is due to last up to a day.
Updated: 12/07/2011 10:03A
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