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Policy-level corruption rife, anti-graft body says
News, Post Reporters, Published on 07/12/2022
» Policy-level corruption remains rife in Thailand despite progress being made to address the issue, according to the Anti-Corruption Organisation of Thailand (ACT).
Govt prepares state agencies to better monitor sex offenders
News, Post Reporters, Published on 05/12/2022
» The Justice Ministry is preparing various government agencies for a new law set to take effect on Jan 23 aimed at preventing people convicted of sexual and violent crimes from reoffending.
On army brutality
Oped, Postbag, Published on 28/11/2022
» Re: "Mum demands justice after soldier son killed in prison," (Online, Nov 27).
Philippine police officer jailed in rare drug war conviction
Published on 23/11/2022
» A Philippine police officer has been jailed for torturing two teenagers killed at the height of former president Rodrigo Duterte's drug war, court documents show, in a rare conviction of an enforcer of the crackdown.
Suspended sentence sought for German ex-Nazi camp secretary
AFP, Published on 22/11/2022
» ITZEHOE (GERMANY) - German prosecutors on Tuesday demanded a suspended sentence for a 97-year-old former Nazi concentration camp secretary in what they described as one of the country's last trials over the Holocaust.
Kuwait executes seven people, first since 2017
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» Kuwait put seven people to death for murder on Wednesday, the public prosecutions service said, as the first executions since 2017 went ahead despite appeals from a prominent rights group.
French MPs mull banning bullfighting
AFP, Published on 16/11/2022
» PARIS - French MPs are set to begin debating a ban on bullfighting on Wednesday, with a vote due later this month that has enraged lovers of the blood sport in the south of the country.
Let the court decide: Vanuatu's climate push raises hopes
AFP, Published on 13/11/2022
» SHARM EL SHEIKH (EGYPT) - Seeking to speed up global efforts against climate change, Vanuatu is leading efforts to get the International Court of Justice involved, a move praised by activists at UN talks.
Flap in Hong Kong over UK lawyer
Published on 10/11/2022
» HONG KONG: A Hong Kong court’s decision to allow a senior British lawyer to represent jailed pro-democracy media tycoon Jimmy Lai has sparked a chorus of condemnation from powerful Beijing loyalist voices.
People-centred justice
Published on 10/11/2022
» Since its inception in 2011, the Thailand Institute of Justice (TIJ) has paid attention to the different demands and complex backgrounds of female prisoners. Years later, TIJ initiated a street food programme to support stigmatised former inmates to get a job and it has been a devout promoter of people-centred justice in action. In a society where some feel the justice system doesn’t serve them, the concept that ‘justice needs surveys’ is needed more than ever.