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External sources (not reviewed)

There were cases where issues concerning the application of universal jurisdiction, usually along side other bases of jurisdiction, were provided for, either expressly or impliedly, in their domestic penal codes (e.g., Austria, the Plurinational State of Bolivia, Bulgaria, Cameroon, Costa Rica, Estonia, El Salvador, Ethiopia, Iraq, Israel, Malaysia, Norway, Peru, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland), including the military penal codes (e.g., Switzerland), the Penal Law (e.g., Israel), criminal codes (e.g., Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, the Czech Republic, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Italy, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal,

(d) Through amendments and supplements to the Legal Counsel Act, the Legal

The State party should clarify to the Committee whether the powers of the various security forces and agencies to arrest and detain are

However, this act pre-dated the Constitution, and although section 2 of the second transitional provision of the Constitutional Court Organization Act extended that protection as long as the provisions of article 53.2 of the Constitution were not implemented, it is certain that Spanish procedural acts have been providing for special procedures for the protection of fundamental

Chile announced that a legal procedure would be

(d) The efforts and progress made by the Government of Cambodia in promoting legal reform under the leadership of the Council of Legal and Judicial Reform, including

According to the author, the Supreme Court examined the case four and a half months late, in his absence and

Crimes under articles 1135 and 1136 of the Navigation Code

In addition, Indonesia prioritized other bills related to counter-terrorism that would be discussed by the Parliament within the National Legislation Programme 2010-2014, such as the Criminal Code

Key benchmarks will include: (a) the establishment of a trained, disciplined and professional police force that would be able to provide security to the citizens and that would be less prone to the temptation of corruption; (b) prisons that are staffed by a sufficient number of adequately trained personnel and that are in compliance with international occupancy standards; (c) timely judicial proceedings and improved administrative management of cases, leading to fewer cases of prolonged pretrial detention; (d) access to justice through legal assistance and decentralization of justice; (e) key bodies, such as the Superior Council of the Judiciary becoming operational and functioning effectively; and (f) development and

(h) The Centre assisted the Ministry of Justice of Ethiopia in developing a draft

During the reporting period, this included participation in the Senior Management Board and the participation of his staff in a number of internal

The rules for the execution of expulsion orders issued by courts, the detention of offenders awaiting expulsion and the waiver of

A workshop was held on 27 October 2008, 22 February 2010, and 30 May 2010 in cooperation with the Institute of Judicial and Legal Studies in the Ministry of Justice

It recommended that Saudi Arabia (a) enact and implement a law of association to guarantee the right to form civil-society organizations and to protect those organizations from government interference; (b) abolish the guardianship system, which severely limits the rights of women to act as autonomous

The Committee recommends that the State party ensure full

(a) The State Party involve NGOs and academic

Furthermore, the Committee is concerned at the lack of information as to the possibility of

In particular, it is essential for basic research (improved knowledge of the evolution of the human genome and its interaction with the environment); applied biomedical research (for example in pharmacogenetics; epidemiological research; knowledge of the health risks run by a person or family (including tests to determine susceptibility or genetic predisposition to certain diseases); forensic science and the judicial system (particularly in