URL January 2008
In this issue
   
  Featured Story
Street Law Reaches out to Orphans in Georgia
   
Regional News
Oman: Judges Tackle Labor Law Basics
Armenia: All Judges Trained on Precedent
Jordan: Setting Judicial Benchmarks for MENA
Africa Division: 3 New Country Programs Start
   
  People in the News
A Conversation with Rob Boone
   
  Events
Jan 31 Bulgaria's Roadmap to Prosecutorial Reform
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Featured Story
Georgia Street Law Program Reaches Out to Orphans


For many children living in Georgia’s orphanages, the future is bleak.  But with the help of ABA ROLI's Street Law Program, law students from Tbilisi State University are hoping to change that. Read more »

Middle East and North Africa

Oman Judges Tackle Labor Law Basics

Hassania RetreatThough a recent free trade agreement with the U.S. requires provisions for labor unions in Oman’s laws, union-formation and collective bargaining are new to the Sultanate. At an ABA ROLI workshop, 22 Omani judges discussed international labor standards and conventions, union formation, freedom of association, dispute settlement, human trafficking and equal employment rights. Read more »

Europe and Eurasia

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

Under Armenia’s new Judicial Code, decisions of the Court of Cassation now create binding precedents. ABA ROLI led a workshop to demonstrate to Armenia’s judges—who are not familiar with such a system—how courts in different jurisdictions apply and use case law precedents. Read more »

Middle East and North Africa

Working Group Sets Judicial Benchmarks for MENA

Regional judicial experts in the Middle East and North Africa agree that ensuring access to justice and improving justice systems in the region requires effective tools that evaluate a country’s performance and adherence to international standards of judicial practice. Such international standards of monitoring and evaluation have not previously existed. But during a December ABA ROLI workshop, experts drafted benchmarks that represent some of the values of the region. Read more »

Africa

 New Directors Inaugurate Programs in Three African Countries

Hassania RetreatA trio of new country directors—Mathieu Ndongo-Koni in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Yolande Fouda in Cameroon, and Kenneth Anderson (pictured at right) in Ethiopia—began the new year by inaugurating programs that promote the rule of law in Africa. They will respond to the unique needs of each country by focusing on key areas—including education reform and anti-trafficking. Read more »

People in the News

A Conversation with Rob Boone

For its December issue, the writers of ABA's Staff News Update interviewed ABA ROLI director Rob Boone on his vision for the organization. Read more »

Events

Roadmap to Reform: Transforming Bulgaria's Prosecutorial Sector

A discussion with Margarita Popova, Chair of Bulgaria's PRI Implementation Committee. Thursday, Jan. 31, at 10:00 AM. Read more »

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