Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong In the weeks after Cyclone Nargis swept through lower Burma on 2 and 3 May 2008, bringing in its wake a tidal wave that […]
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Ten case studies in illegal arrest and imprisonment
during the military-led crackdown on protestors. They searched her and although she only had her ID cards, a small amount of money and some personal items, they tied her hands […]
Ne Win, Maung Maung and how to drive a legal system crazy in two short decades
Burma Desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong September 2008 is a month of many anniversaries for Burma. It is, as this special edition of article 2 (vol. 7, no. […]
Introduction: Saffron Revolution imprisoned, law demented
Editorial board, article 2 One year after the nationwide monk-led protests that shook Burma in response to a dramatic and sudden increase in fuel price rises on 15 August 2007, […]
Foreword: Dual policy approach needed on Burma
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Despite many decades of talk about democracy in Burma, things have further degenerated. Unfortunately, this […]
Subversion of fair trial in India: A critique of the Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2006
Salar M Khan, Advocate, Delhi, India The Code of Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Bill, 2006 (the Bill), is pending before the parliament of India. The stated object of the bill is […]
5. Ten case studies of judicial delay in Delhi
1. State versus Durga Burman This case pertained to the alleged seizure of cannabis. The accused was poor and could not engage a private lawyer to defend himself so the […]
4. Judicial delays to criminal trials in Delhi
Judicial delay to criminal trials in the courts of Delhi is endemic. It does not need any empirical data to prove. The objective of the present study is to understand […]
3. An overview of criminal justice administration in Delhi
Delhi is the national capital and second most populous metropolitan city of India. It is a centrally administered union territory. However, in 1991, it was given its own legislative assembly […]
2. Analysis of the legal position in India on speedy trial versus judicial delay
The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the CrPC) is the procedural law providing for machinery for punishment of offenders under the substantive criminal law. The substantive criminal law may be […]