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Judges Oppose Bill on Reorganization of Judiciary (November 06, 2012) by George Sadek

On October 17, 2012, a number of Libyan judges announced their objection to a bill on the reorganization of the judiciary, ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Libya

Justices Charged with Sedition (June 14, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

Chief Justice Sir Salamo Injia of the Supreme Court of Papua New Guinea (PNG) was arrested on charges of sedition on ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Papua New Guinea

Federal Supreme Court Confirms Powers of National Council of Justice (February 13, 2012) by Eduardo Soares

On February 8, 2012, in a very close, six-to-five decision, the Brazilian Federal Supreme Court decided to keep the rules currently ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Brazil

Military Arrests and Detains Criminal Court Judge (January 30, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

On January 16, 2012, the Maldives National Defense Force (MNDF) took the unprecedented step of arresting and detaining Abdulla Mohamed, Chief ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Maldives

Judges Evaluation Committee Operational as Part of New Judges Act (January 12, 2012) by Wendy Zeldin

Taiwan's Judicial Yuan, its highest judicial organ, announced on January 5, 2012, that the new evaluation mechanism for judges, based on ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Taiwan

Law on Removal of Judges Adopted, But Dinosaur Judges Might Not Become Extinct (July 06, 2011) by Wendy Zeldin

On June 14, 2011, Taiwan's legislature adopted a controversial Judges Act (Fa-kuan fa) that creates a mechanism for removal from office ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Taiwan

Constitutionality of Extension of Chief Justice's Tenure to Be Challenged (June 17, 2011) by Hanibal Goitom

Two South Africa-based rights groups are gearing up to challenge the legality of President Jacob Zuma's June 3, 2011, decision to ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: South Africa

Chief Justice Castigates Judiciary for Faults and Failings (April 26, 2011) by Krishan Nehra

In an effort to remove misconceptions about the judiciary, the Chief Justice of Pakistan, speaking at the Fourth National Judicial Conference, ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Pakistan

Legislature Considers Draft Law Aimed at Improving Quality of Judges (January 19, 2011) by Wendy Zeldin

It was reported on January 6, 2011, that a draft Judges Act aimed at promoting judicial probity by providing a mechanism ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Taiwan

Code of Ethics for Judges Revised (December 28, 2010) by Laney Zhang

On December 15, 2010, the Supreme People's Court (SPC) of China published on its website the revised Basic Norms of Professional ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: China

Reduction of Salaries Proposed for Judges (October 01, 2010) by Constance Johnson

Czech Finance Minister Miroslav Kalousek announced on September 26, 2010, that in two weeks the government will propose the lowering of ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Czech Republic

Conference Held on Improving Judicial Performance Evaluation System (March 10, 2010) by Wendy Zeldin

The European Union, under the Financing Agreement No. 9356/UNI "EU Support to Law Enforcement against Economic and Financial Crimes," has granted ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: European Union / Nigeria

Forced Retirement of Two Judges Was Unconstitutional (October 20, 2009) by Shameema Rahman

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh ordered two district court judges into retirement on July 30, 2009. The Prime Minister's order was ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Bangladesh

Judges Named as Soft on Corruption (August 28, 2009) by Constance Johnson

The Indonesia Corruption Watch (ICW), a non-governmental organization established in 1998, has issued a report criticizing 221 judges from 57 district ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Indonesia

Plan to Enact Law to Compel Judges to Disclose Assets (August 27, 2009) by Krishan Nehra

The Ministry of Law in India announced that the Government of India would introduce a law in the next session of ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: India

Judge's Recusual Required Where Campaign Contributions Create Probable Bias (June 15, 2009) by Luis Acosta

On June 8, 2009, the Supreme Court ruled that the due process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: United States

New Requirements for Judicial Appointments (December 15, 2008) by Peter Roudik

On December 2, 2008, the Congress of Russian Trial Judges held its session in Moscow. This is the highest authority in ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Russian Federation

Ordinance to Appoint Supreme Court Judges (February 02, 2008) by Shameema Rahman

On January 29^th 2008, the Advisory Council of the Bangladesh Government approved the Supreme Judicial Commission Ordinance 2008, which specifies procedures ...

Topic: Judges
Jurisdiction: Bangladesh

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