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South Africa's Lawyers for Human Rights is carrying out workshops to educate
Understanding the law helps us know what our rights are and how to enforce them,” said an LHR representative this week. Among the legal issues discussed at the workshops are divorce and child custody, employee rights, criminal law and gender-based
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:45A
New Criminal Procedure Code to be adopted in March
In particular, the new Code will apply arrest as an exceptional measure. Also the new document provides for a clear distribution of functions between law enforcement bodies. New Criminal Procedure Code to be adopted in March.
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:45A
Strengthen the justice system
Such is the potential of a political standoff in Albany that could, if properly exploited, help create a stronger and more reliable criminal justice system in New York. All that is necessary is for the Republican Senate to do what the Democratic
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:37A
Gay spying case: Will jury convict for 'hate'?
The bias crime law has been on the books since 2002, replacing an earlier version of the state's hate crimes legislation. It has seemingly never been applied in a case where the underlying charge is invasion of privacy – or such cases haven't been
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:36A
US State Department - Corruption Slows Progress On Organized Crime in Caucasus
Corruption and weak judiciary and law enforcement bodies continue to hamper progress in the fight against organized crime in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia, says the US State Department (USDS) in its annual International Narcotics Control
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:35A
US State Department - Corruption Slows Progress On Organized Crime in Caucasus
Corruption and weak judiciary and law enforcement bodies continue to hamper progress in the fight against organized crime in the Balkans, the Caucasus and Central Asia, says the US State Department (USDS) in its annual International Narcotics Control
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:35A
Prostitution cases are struck out at Limerick Court
More than 30 men later appeared in court charged under Section 7 of the Criminal Law Sexual Offences Act. Although a number of cases are to be contested in the coming weeks, most of those arrested pleaded guilty. Previously Judge Eamon O'Brien
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:34A
DRC: ICC conviction of Thomas Lubanga welcomed
The verdict, says Amnesty, demonstrates that the ICC can bring the world's worst offenders to justice for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes. A Trial Chamber made up of three judges delivered the ICC's first-ever verdict against Lubanga
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:29A
Brazil: Human Rights Prosecution a Landmark Step
A 1979 amnesty law had effectively barred criminal prosecutions for dictatorship-era abuses. In November 2010, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights ruled in Gomes-Lund et al. (Guerrilha do Araguaia) v. Brazil that this amnesty law must not prevent
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:25A
Kazakhstan: Lawyer Freed, but Rights Restricted
similar criminal charges, Human Rights Watch said. The charges against Sokolova and the others are based on a legal provision that targets activity that states are obligated to respect and protect under human rights law, Human Rights Watch said.
Updated: 03/14/2012 08:22A
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