Three New Country Directors in Africa

At the start of 2008, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative is launching new country offices in three African countries that show promise for reform. A trio of new country directors—Mathieu Ndongo-Koni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Yolande Fouda in Cameroon, and Kenneth Anderson in Ethiopia—have been recruited to oversee the programs as they promote the rule of law in Africa, a region where ABA ROLI’s work is expanding. Read more »»

ABA ROLI Trains All of Armenia’s Trial Court Judges on Case Law

With the assistance of the Judicial School of Armenia, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative recently organized and presented a workshop series on the use of case law precedents. All of the judges of Armenia’s courts of first instance were trained over nine weeks in small groups. Read more »»

 

Georgia Street Law Program Reaches Out to Orphans

For many children living in Georgia’s orphanages, the future is bleak. Without the resources to teach orphans the basic rules that will help them participate more fully in society, many of these children face a life of poverty, lost opportunities and even crime once they are released at the age of 18. Read more »»

 

 

Judicial Ethics Program Brings International Spotlight to Armenia

The International Association of Judges has selected Armenia to host its next annual conference, scheduled for September 2008 in Yerevan.  Read more »»  

Bahraini Officials Re-examine Judicial Selection and Court Security

Two American judicial experts traveled to Bahrain in November 2007 as part of the ABA Rule of Law Initiative’s Legal and Judicial Training Program. Joseph McDonough spent two weeks assisting the Bahraini Ministry of Justice (MOJ) with the process for selecting Bahraini judges, and Edward Templeman helped the MOJ to determine whether its current balance between openness and security in the courts was appropriate. Read more »»

 

Omani Judges Tackle Labor Law Fundamentals

The ABA Rule of Law Initiative, in conjunction with the Omani Ministry of Justice, sponsored a workshop entitled “The Fundamentals of Labor Law” in October 2007 in Muscat. Read more »»

 

 

Working Group Sets Judicial Benchmarks for Middle East and North Africa

The ABA Rule of Law Initiative supported the development of benchmarks for measuring judicial system performance in the region through its Arab Council for Judicial and Legal Studies (ACJLS) initiative. Experts from the Middle East and North Africa region, working with international experts identified regional benchmarks and set out specific criteria for evaluating justice sector performance. Read more »»

A Conversation with Rob Boone

Rob Boone is the first director of the Rule of Law Initiative, a public service program that advances the rule of law abroad. The Initiative was established in 2006, when the ABA’s five regional rule of law programs, some dating back 17 years, merged into one. Staff News Update sat down with Boone to learn more about the Initiative. Read more »»

 

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