Thein Than Oo, Myanmar Lawyers’ Network “Myanmar is a country in which the rule of law is lexically present but semantically absent.” (Nick Cheesman- Opposing the Rule of Law). The […]
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Twelve stories of torture cases in Burma, 2012-15
Burma Desk, AHRC Story 1: Volunteer teachers sexually assaulted and killed inside a church compound Names of victims: Maran Lu Ra, 21 and Tangbau Hkown Nan Tsin, 20 Date of […]
Myanmar: Ruling under militarized police
Min Lwin Oo, associate, AHRC Burma Desk After the coup d’etat by Myanmar’s army in September 1988, the People’s Police Force became the Myanmar Police Force. The State Law and […]
Introduction: Local perspectives on rule of law in Asia
Tom Bingham (rule of law: Lord Bingham’s Eight Principles) summed up the basic aspects of the rule of law (ROL). They are: 1. The law must be accessible and so […]
Bangladesh: The people do not trust the judiciary
Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Asian Legal Resource Centre; Abu Sufian, Online Bangla Dot Net; Adilur Khan, Odhikar 1. Are all persons and authorities bound by the same laws? No. Constitutionally, the President […]
India: Prosecutorial division is one of the most corrupt
T. K Naveenachandran, Nervazhi; Bidyut Mohanty, SPREAD; Bijo Francis, Dr. Rajat Mitra, Shiv Karan Singh and Avinash Pandey, all from A LRC 1. Are all persons and authorities bound by […]
Indonesia: The investigation is based on confession
Answer Styannes, ALRC; Febi Yonesta, Jakarta Legal Aid Institute (LBH Jakarta); Deddi Alparesi, LBH Padang 1. Are all persons and authorities bound by the same laws? […]
Pakistan: Laws are discriminatory to women, religious minorities
Baseer Naveed, ALRC; Bushra Khaliq, Women in Struggle for Empowerment (WISE); Zulfiqar Shah, Pakistan Institute of Labour Education and Research 1. Are all persons and authorities bound by the same […]
Nepal: The poor, marginalized and Dalits hardly benefit from laws
Prakash Mohara, ALRC; Rem Bahadur Biswokarma, Jagaran Media Center 1. Are all persons and authorities bound by the same laws? As per law, no one is above the law, as […]