Bijo Francis, Programme Officer, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The concept of justice was once not alien to India. The logo of the Supreme Court depicts the dharmachakra, the […]
Sri Lanka
Criminal justice in Nepal
Kamal Pathak, Focal Person, Asian Human Rights Commission, Kathmandu, Nepal Acountry’s criminal justice system is based primarily on the ideals envisioned by the constitution of that country. An independent criminal […]
The disposable prosecutors of Bangladesh
Md. Ashrafuzzaman, Programme Assistant, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Bangladesh does not have permanent prosecution service. Rather, the nation has so far lived with a disposable prosecution system, although […]
The Kafkan metamorphosis of Sri Lanka’s Attorney General
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong The Attorney General (AG) of Sri Lanka, C R de Silva, on 18 June 2007 […]
Prosecution in the Philippines
Danilo Reyes, Programme Assistant, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong The public prosecutor in the Philippines is actively involved in the investigation of crimes and can commence an investigation upon […]
Public prosecuting in Cambodia
Dr Lao Mong Hay, Senior Researcher; Sarada Taing, Assistant Researcher & Anne-Laure Proisy, Intern, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong Cambodia adheres to international human rights norms and standards as […]
Foreword: Still no cure for political lunacy
Basil Fernando, Executive Director, Asian Human Rights Commission & Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong While scientists and health practitioners have found ways to cure or alleviate many forms of […]
Introduction: Burma, political psychosis & legal dementia
Editorial board, article 2 The defining characteristic of the crackdown on the largest protests in Burma in almost two decades this September 2007 was its patent illegality by all standards […]
A non-existent criminal justice system
Burma Desk, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong The existence of a justice system, in the true sense of the word, cannot be inferred from the existence of a building […]
The alms bowl and the duty to defy
Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong On Wednesday, 15 August 2007, Burma’s military government increased the costs of fuels, over which it holds a monopoly, by up to five times […]