Ali Saleem, Project Coordinator, Asian Legal Resource Centre, Hong Kong Access to justice has emerged as a top priority and main area of international funding in Pakistan in recent years. […]
Writers
Effects of Pakistan’s Legal Framework Order on the judiciary
Naeem Shakir, Advocate, Lahore High Court, Pakistan The Legal Framework Order, or LFO as it is commonly known, has been under fire inside and outside Pakistan for the changes it […]
“Correctly and quickly”? Thoughts on decisions by the Supreme Court in Burma
Min Lwin Oo, Lawyer, Burma Lawyers’ Council, Thailand It is human nature that nobody will be satisfied with losing. Humans will not miss the opportunity to go to the ends […]
Book review: Memories of a father
Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India Varier, T V Eachara, Memories of a father, Asian Human Rights Commission, Hong Kong, China, May 2004, ISBN 962-8314-23-8, 116pp. Torture and disappearances have […]
Broken-down prosecutors, thrown-out victims
Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India The acquittal of the accused in the ‘Best Bakery case’ arising out of the Gujarat massacre epitomises the decline of the Indian judicial system. Recently […]
‘Modi-tva’ and Indian nationalism after Gujarat
Meryam Dabhoiwala, Researcher, Asian Legal Resource Centre 15 August 2007 will mark India’s 60th Independence Day celebrations. Hopefully those celebrations will truly be celebratory in nature, fulfilling the promises […]
India’s graduate schools of crime
– Bijo Francis, Advocate, Kerala, India The condition of the jails in India is deplorable even in comparison to any of its other basic public facilities. The money spent on […]
Legal measures for torture prevention in Nepal
Rajendra Ghimire, Advocate, Supreme Court, Kathmandu, Nepal Nepal is passing through a difficult time in its history. The present conflict has affected our society, communities, the national economy, the quality […]