Noun1.military law- the body of laws and rules of conduct administered by military courts for the discipline, trial, and punishment of military personnel court-martial- a trial that is conducted by a military court armed forces,armed services,military,military machine,war machine- the military fo...
It’s an issue legal professionals have long been sounding the alarm on, but they say little is being done at the government level and the average person is rarely aware of just how bad things can be unless they are battling through the system firsthand. Civil trials can be h...
The newly elected South African post-apartheid government initiated a broad public dialogue culminating in the 1995 passage of legislation establishing its TRC. Investigating human rights abuses from 1960 to 1994, the commission heard victims' stories, considered and decided responsible parties' amnesty ...
Please use and sharethis 2 minute letter writing toolto call on the government to bring the Gaia Principle into law. It will help ensure that survivors of Rape & Serious Sexual Offenses are no longer endangered and denied justice because police fail to investigate a suspect properly and has be...
In 2004 six Pitcairn men were convicted of numerous offences against girls and young women, committed over a thirty year period, in what appears to have been a culture of sexual abuse on the island. This case has raised many questions: what right did the British government have to initiate ...
(2007) reported that the large majority of victims and offenders found the process to be useful, felt a sense of closure and were more satisfied with their procedures and those who went to court. Notably those whose offences were more serious were significantly more likely to find their ...
Perhaps the best known case was the arrest and transfer of former President Milosevic to the ICTY by the Serbian government after considerable economic and political pressure was exerted by the US and EU governments. In addition, prosecutions by international criminal tribunals are not merely inter...
It argues for a comprehensive, multi-layered, multi-institutional and multi-agency response, led by a government- and industry-funded online or e-safety organisation, which not only recognises the diversity of victim-survivor experiences and the intersection of image-based sexual abuse with other ...
Though established by the state, they are expected to be independent from it, are mandated to receive and investigate complaints against the government, and have the power to make their findings and any associated recommendations public. While some ombuds are afforded a wide-ranging and general ...
[...]in practical operations, the concerns of the trade and industries and the technical problems involved mentioned by me earlier, the Government must draw up a set of concise and clear codes of practice with the illustration of actual examples after the passage of the Bill for compliance by...