Right to Fair Hearing in UK Law
- Child Witnesses: Do Special Measures Directions Prejudice the Accused's Right to a Fair Hearing?—R v Camberwell Green Youth Court, Ex P. D; R v Camberwell Green Youth Court, Ex P. G
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Access to Justice and Fair Hearing: An Evaluation of Pre-Action Notice in Nigerian Jurisprudence
... ... 1 1 B. A. Garner (ed.), Black's Law Dictionary , 7th edn, West Group (1999), p. 13. It is beyond question that the right to have access to the courts is crucial to the dispensation of justice. For if a person cannot have access to the courts, how will such a person be ... ...
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The Domestication of International Human Rights Instruments and Constitutional Litigation in Nigeria
Nigeria has had a chequered history of human rights. Since its attainment of political independence from the British about four decades ago, the country has experienced series of military coup and ...... ... of the courts is a denial of the basic right of access to justice while the existence of ... The judicial)' has to be firm, fair and courageous and must not employ any form of ... personal liberty;" the right to fair hearing;" the right to private and family life;" the ... ...
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Criminal Justice for Victims of Domestic Violence
In the Netherlands there is no criminal act of ‘domestic violence’. Although domestic violence is covered by general provisions of criminal law, the specific aspects of domestic violence of women a...... ... is usually considered a passive right. Violence against women in the home is ... A right to 'fair hearing' should therefore be included in ... ...
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Ude Jones Udeogu v FRN & Ors no SC. 622C/2019: its implication on fighting financial crime and the way forward
Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to show how fighting financial crime suffered a setback in Nigeria as a result of the Supreme Court ruling in an appeal case – Ude Jones Udeogu v FRN and Ors n...... ... and still hadjurisdiction to continue the hearing of Charge no. FHC/ABJ/CR/56/2017 –FRN v Orji ... the defendant’s right to a fair hearing (Section 36(1) of the 1999 ... ...
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Improving Access to Environmental Justice under the African Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights: The Roles of NGOs in Nigeria
... ... abuses, the restoration of nature, and the fair exchange of resources’. 9 9 Obiora, supra ... , environmental justice is premised on right to a healthy and safe environment; an equitable ... the right to privacy, the right to fair hearing and the right to dignity, amongst others ... ...
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Terrorism or not terrorism? Whose money are we looking for?
Purpose: – The purpose of this paper is to examine whether the counter-terrorism financing regime provides a solid platform for a better understanding of who should be considered terrorists or what...... ... 289. See also, UN Human Right" Council, 2008, para. 6), inproviding a generic de\xEE" ... , among other principles, norms of right to fair hearing, “due process, right toproperty and ... ...
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The Relevance of the Judiciary in a Democratic Nigeria
... ... In recent times, the issue of free and fair elections has remained on the front burner of ... or his view that a candidate has no legal right to the vote cast by him. Therefore the judiciary ... Constitution 86 86 For the right to fair hearing, see the recent judgment of the Supreme Court in ... ...
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Not decided in the kitchen! Technocracy and the regulatory-welfare politics of India’s Direct Benefits Transfer reform
Public policies designed to advance governance reform without the corresponding legal frameworks that secure democratic values can exacerbate the power imbalance between the government and the poli...... ... and citizens’ rights by enacting Right" toService (RTS) Acts (Aiyar and Walton, 2014: 270\xE2" ... society groups in thesecond-most extended hearing in the history of the Indian Supreme Court. In ... target, and fail to afford “the right to fair hearing” — which was upheld bythe 1970 US ... ...
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Overview of Recent Cases before the European Court of Human Rights and the European Court of Justice (April 2011 – June 2011)
... ... migrants a nd the application of the right to fair hearing and non-discrimination in ... ...
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