Author: Law Society of ScotlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presumption of innocence
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Memorandum of Comments by the Law Society of Scotland on the European Commission Green Paper: The Presumption of Innocence
Author: Law Society of ScotlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Presumption of innocence
Languages : en
Pages : 16
Book Description
Memorandum of Comments by the Law Society of Scotland on EU Green Paper
Author: Law Society of ScotlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Reparation (Criminal justice)
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Memorandum by the Law Society of Scotland
Author: Law Society of Scotland. Criminal Law CommitteePublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Pre-trial release
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The Presumption of Innocence
Author: Commission of the European CommunitiesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
Memorandum of Comments on the Proposal for a European Community Statute
Author: Law Society of ScotlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Corporation law
Languages : en
Pages :
Book Description
Memorandum by the Law Society of Scotland
Author: Law Society of ScotlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Lawyers
Languages : en
Pages : 7
Book Description
Memorandum of Comments by the Law Society of Scotland on Draft Notice of Standards for Remote Sites in Terms of the Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004
Author: Law Society of ScotlandPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Child witnesses
Languages : en
Pages : 4
Book Description
Presumption of Guilt
Author: Martin SchönteichPublisher:
ISBN: 9781936133840
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
In India, a man spent 54 years behind bars in pretrial detention, waiting for a trial that would never happen because his file had been lost. In Nigeria, one study estimated that the average detainee waits over three years for his day in court. In Russia, pretrial detainees have begged for the chance to plead guilty, just so they can receive medical care. And in the United States, juvenile pretrial detainees have been forced to fight each other for their guards' amusement. Around the world, millions are effectively punished before they are tried. Legally entitled to be considered innocent and released pending trial, many accused are instead held in pretrial detention, where they are subjected to torture, exposed to life threatening disease, victimized by violence, and pressured for bribes. It is literally worse than being convicted: pretrial detainees routinely experience worse conditions than sentenced prisoners. The suicide rate among pretrial detainees is three times higher than among convicted prisoners, and ten times that of the outside community. Pretrial detention harms individuals, families, and communities; wastes state resources and human potential; and undermines the rule of law. The arbitrary and excessive use of pretrial detention is a massive and widely ignored pattern of human rights abuse that affects-by a conservative estimate-15 million people a year. The right to be presumed innocent until proven guilty is universal, but at this moment some 3.3 million people are behind bars, waiting for a trial that may be months or even years away. No right is so broadly accepted in theory, but so commonly violated in practice. It is fair to say that the global overuse of pretrial detention is the most overlooked human rights crisis of our time. Presumption of Cuilt examines the full consequences of the global overuse of pretrial detention. Combining statistical analysis, first-person accounts, graphics, and case studies of successful reforms, the report is the first to comprehensively document this widespread but frequently ignored form of human rights abuse. Book jacket.
The Royal Commission on Criminal Procedure
Author: Law Society (Great Britain). CouncilPublisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 38
Book Description
Guidelines for Protected Areas Legislation
Author: Barbara J. LauschePublisher: IUCN
ISBN: 2831712459
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 400
Book Description
The central aim of this publication is to consider the key elements of a modern, comprehensive, and effective legal framework for successful management of protected areas. They provide practical guidance for all those involved in developing, improving, or reviewing national legislation on protected areas, be they legal drafters and practitioners, protected area managers, interested NGOs, or scholars. These guidelines include fifteen case studies, eight dealing with the protected area legislation of individual countries and six cases dealing with specific sites providing fundamental solutions that stand the test of time.