Dossier 2013/12

Delivering justice

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High Court in Lahore: "Do justice, it is next to piety."
 Editorial
– by Hans Dembowski

Judging the judges

Judging the judges:­ independent branch of government must not be beyond criticism
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Post-conflict countries
– by Henrietta J.A.N. Mensa-Bonsu

No easy answers

Hard questions and no easy answers: the dilemmas of transitional justice
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Global Governance
– by Kai Ambos

Misguided criticism

Criticism of International Criminal Court being too focussed on Africa is misleading
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Separation of powers
– by Maryam S. Khan

Ambiguous ambitions

Pakistan's Supreme Court must protect fundamental rights without overstepping its jurisdiction
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India
– by hans.dembowski

Never-ending story

Without judicial intervention, the East Kolktata Wetlands would no longer exist
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Legal and judicial systems
– by Lothar Jahn

Lawyers for the poor

Legal and judicial reform is important, but must fit needs of country concerned
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Development agencies
– by Jacqueline Neumann

Donor obligations

Donor agencies must not only promote the rule of law, they must also be held accountable to it
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Legal pluralism
– by Peter Strack

An intercultural model

Bolivia’s pluralist justice system combines state and indigenous law
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Democracy
– by Sheila Mysorekar

Justice delayed

Judgement against former dictator of Guatemala is landmark despite anullment by Supreme Court
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War crimes
– by Abdullah Al-Farooq

Burdened by the past

Bangladesh’s independence war of 1971 is making itself felt in Islamist violence today
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Society-wide traumas
Protesting against police brutality in Marikana, South Africa, in August this year
– by David Moore

Inappropriate export?

South Africa’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission was not as effective as is generally assumed
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Media
– by Abdou Lo

Severe sentence

A recent judgement shows that the freedom of the press cannot be taken for granted in Senegal
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