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Despite such challenges, there were many important accomplishments, including: (a) responding to the majority of the claims brought to the Office, including

The five factors with the most potential to cause slippage in projected estimates for completion of judgements on appeal are the delays

The aim of this working group is collecting information about pimping, systematising the information, carrying out

With regard to the General Assembly’s request in resolution 62/228 for the Secretary-General to provide a detailed proposal regarding possible options for delegation of authority for disciplinary measures, including full delegation, as well as an assessment of possible implications for due process rights of staff members, the Rio Group concurred with the Advisory Committee that the Secretary-General’s report (A/63/314) did not assess the possible implications for staff members’ due process rights and that

Subject to article 8.3 of the statute of the Dispute

It had established a family protection

The other powers of the Pre-Trial Judge include: (a) evaluating the charges brought by the Prosecutor in the indictment and, if need be, (b) requesting the Prosecutor to reduce or reclassify such charges; (c) facilitating communication between the parties; (d) issuing summonses, warrants and other orders at the request of either party; (e) questioning anonymous witnesses; (f) drawing up a complete file for the Trial Chamber listing the main differences between the

Please describe the relevant training given to law enforcement officers; the number and types of persons convicted under such legislation; the legal safeguards and remedies available to persons subjected to

The Working Group recommended that the Committee: (a) refrain from setting up a permanent follow-up mechanism for the time being and instead, in conformity with rule 73 of its rules of procedure, continue to undertake follow-up on an ad hoc basis; (b) entrust the Working Group with follow-up activities for the time being; (c) continue to

The Committee notes the State party’s argument that the author was afforded full legal guarantees ensuring his right to fair trial; that his trial was held under international scrutiny; that the lengthy judicial proceedings were aimed at

Initially, staff at the police station sought to explain the presence of the “whiplash” as a

The Committee requests the State party to include in its next periodic report

(i) Increase efforts to broaden the respect for and protection of human rights, in particular through finalizing the establishment of the National Independent Human Rights Commission in line with international norms and the Paris Principles and provide it with the necessary resources; reconsider those elements in the Penal Code that criminalize same-sex relations; take decisive action against the perpetrators of violent acts, especially against women, children and albinos; enforce the rule of law, including through measures to improve the performance and independence of the judiciary; improve efforts to end impunity and

China elaborated on the adoption of legislative decisions and the strengthening of anti-terrorism efforts, including through the establishment of legal definitions of terrorist activities, organizations and their members by reference to the international conventions to which China had acceded; the adoption of a multi-pronged approach to the prevention and punishment of economic fraud; the progress made in the field of prevention of crimes against children and the strengthening of the protection of their rights; the promotion of international cooperation to combat corruption; the strengthening of criminal justice assistance to combat transnational organized crime effectively; the improvement of online security to enhance capacity to prevent and combat cybercrime; and the amendment of legislation to extend the scope of

The Dispute Tribunal may at any time, either on an application of a party or on its own initiative, issue any order or give any direction which

The Committee also requests that the State party include in its next

These included the following observations: that since the Rules provide not only for arbitration but for negotiation and facilitated settlement as well, care should be taken not to render those aspects of the

Please indicate whether video and audio taping of all persons present during proceedings in interrogation rooms has been expanded throughout the

With regard to the Secretary-General’s report on the activities of the Ethics Office (A/64/316), the Advisory Committee recommended that the arrangements envisaged to address circumstances in which the

Although sharing the prevailing view, the delegation of Argentina (A/C.6/61/SR.13, para. 49) requested the Commission to “analyse whether the special characteristics and rules of each organization, as well as

National capacity was strengthened in research, education and training, and in increasing women’s participation in democratic processes through support to: (a) the Nairobi (Kenya) Workshop on “Engendering the Inter-Congolese Dialogue” in the Great Lakes region, Nairobi, from 15 to 19 February 2002; (b) the Third International Colloquium on French-language feminist studies, Toulouse, France, from 17 to 22 September 2002; (c) the creation of UNESCO Chair on Gender Studies, Faculty of Social Sciences, University of Chile, Santiago, Chile, March 2003; (d) capacity-building workshop for Ugandan lawyers and judges

Furthermore, article 14, paragraph 3(d) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states that everyone should be entitled, among other rights, “to be tried in his presence, and to defend himself in person or through legal assistance of his own choosing; to be informed, if he does not have legal assistance, of this right; and to have