Prosecution or compensation? What Kenyan choices tell us about international justice: Supporters of Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta celebrate after the ICC dropped charges against him in 2014. Simon Maina/AFP via Getty Images In December 2007, the Electoral Commission of Kenya announced that Mwai Kibaki had won a second five-year term as president. It was a …
How a British sense of justice saved black American GI wrongly sentenced to death in WWII: US military justice as handed down in wartime Britain was found to be racially biased against black American servicemen. Eighty years ago this summer, 150,000 American servicemen were in the UK to support the allied campaign against Nazi occupied …
Justice Maya’s support for African languages in South Africa’s courts is a positive sign: Judge President of South Africa's Supreme Court of Appeal, Mandisa Maya. Simphiwe Nkwali (Photo by Gallo Images / The Times via GettyImages) The only nominee for the position of South Africa’s Deputy Chief Justice, Justice Mandisa Maya, has once again put …
Nigeria’s top judge leaves the justice system in a mess. Here’s how his successor can fix it.: President Muhammadu Buhari congratulates Acting Chief Justice Ariwoola. Photo: Presidency Nigeria Twitter. Nigeria’s Chief Justice Tanko Muhammad has resigned in the wake of corruption allegations. President Muhammadu Buhari immediately swore in the most senior judge of the Supreme …
A nice South African City image: NYC – MoMA: Design and the Elastic Mind – Architecture and Justice – Brownsville, Brooklyn Image by wallyg Architecture and Justice, from the Million Dollar Blocks project, 2006 Laura Kurgan (South African, b. 1961), Eric Cadora (American, b. 1962), David Reinfurt (American, b. 1971), and Sarah Williams (American, b. …
Grenfell Tower anniversary: how a quilt in the making is a symbol of the community’s love and quest for justice: Quilts are a repository of memory, personal and collective. The Conversation Tuesday Greenidge is a multimedia artist based in North Kensington, London. When Grenfell tower caught alight on the night of June 14, 2017, her …
Reflecting on South African novelist K. Sello Duiker’s art of madness and social justice: K. Sello Duiker. Photo courtesy Kwela Books The South African novelist K. Sello Duiker would have turned 48 on 13 April 2022. Since 2005, when he took his own life at the age of 30, his importance to the body of …
New scorecards show under 1% of reported rapes lead to conviction – criminologist explains why England’s justice system continues to fail: CC7 / Shutterstock In England and Wales, more than 99% of rapes reported to police do not end in a conviction. This is the result of a criminal justice system that makes prosecuting rape …
South Africa has a new Chief Justice: an introduction to Raymond Zondo: Raymond Zondo, South Africa's new chief justice. Photo by Phill Magakoe/AFP via Getty Images South African president Cyril Ramaphosa recently announced the appointment of Deputy Chief Justice Raymond Zondo as the next chief justice of the country’s Constitutional Court. Zondo is best known …
Uganda-DRC reparations verdict raises questions about the price of justice: Mother and child fleeing fighting between DRC and rebels backed by Ugandan forces shelter at a refugee camp in Zambia in 2003. Photo by Natalie Behring-Chisholm/Getty Images In 2005, the International Court of Justice found that Uganda had committed serious violations of international law during …
South Africa’s new chief justice: why the wheels came off the appointment process: Nosiviwe Mapisa-Nqakula, speaker of South Africa's National Assembly, and lawyer Dali Mpofu at the interviews for the next chief justice. Felix Dlangamandla/Daily Maverick/Gallo Images via Getty Images) There has been an outpouring of critical comment about the interviews of candidates for appointment …
South Africa could soon have its first woman Chief Justice: here’s who she is: Judge Mandisa Maya, South Africa's Chief Justice-elect. Photo by Gallo Images / The Times / Simphiwe Nkwali Mandisa Maya, Judge President of South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal, was recently recommended by the country’s Judicial Services Commission to become the next …
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Yazidi genocide: landmark guilty verdict for IS jihadi could transform how atrocities are brought to justice: The genocide verdict brought recently by a German court against an Iraqi member of Islamic State for crimes including the murder of a five-year-old Yazidi girl is a landmark decision which will clear the way for similar prosecutions. That …
Critical role lies ahead for South Africa’s new chief justice in light of predecessor’s mixed legacy: Former South African Chief Justice Mogoeng Mogoeng. GovernmentZA/Flickr Most African constitutions of the past 30 years, led by an independent Namibia in 1990 and strongly endorsed by South Africa in 1994, have authorised the apex court to determine the …
South Africa in the news: Access to Justice: Human Rights Abuses Involving Corporations – South Africa: Access to legal remedies and justice has become a crucial element in today’s work protecting human rights in the context of business activities. It is also an area of primary importance for judges and …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
South Africa in the news: Access to Justice: Human Rights Abuses Involving Corporations – South Africa: Access to legal remedies and justice has become a crucial element in today’s work protecting human rights in the context of business activities. It is also an area of primary importance for judges and …: “South Africa” – BingNews …
South Africa in the news: Explainer: How the process to choose South Africa’s next chief justice will unfold: President Cyril Ramaphosa started the process of selecting the country’s next chief justice by making an unprecedented call for nominations from the public. Judges Matter explains the five-stage …: “South Africa” – BingNews To be, or not …