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November 2007 |
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Featured Story
Innovative Program Will Help Combat Human Trafficking by Fostering International Cooperation  [photo: Kay Chernush for US State Department]More than 1 million Ukrainians go abroad each year in search of a better life, many falling into networks of human trafficking. ABA ROLI's new program will increase cooperation between Ukraine and the top three destination countries for Ukrainian victims of trafficking. Read more » |
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Report Details Vital Impact of Rule of Law Assistance in East Timor
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Legal Education Program Bridges Serb-Kosovar Ethnic Divide
Serb law graduates in Mitrovica are not exposed to Kosovo criminal or civil procedure during their studies as are their counterparts in Pristina. To counter this divisive pattern, ABA ROLI developed a half-day program to introduce Serbs to the intricacies of the Kosovo legal system. The program was met with great interest. Read more » |
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Moroccan Judges Reach Consensus on Agenda for Deepening Reforms
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Latin America and the Caribbean ABA ROLI Eases Ecuador's Transition from Inquisitorial to Adversarial TrialsAn October 2007 training was the second in a three-part series on the new adversarial system for police, prosecutors, and judges. One prosecutor noted that the workshop “has had a direct impact on our daily practice and increased the chances that we will be successful in prosecuting cases.” Read more » |
ABA President Urges Musharraf to Restore the Rule of Law in Pakistan
The recent crisis in Pakistan has led to the suspension of that nation’s Supreme Court and the arrests of thousands of lawyers and judges. ABA President Bill Neukom has called on American lawyers to stand up for the rule of law and has urged Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf to restore constitutional law, reinstate the Supreme Court justices, and to free those he has wrongly arrested. Read more » |
Georgia Street Law Program Moving Ahead Toward Long-Term Sustainability
The ABA ROLI Street Law clinic is now incorporated into Tbilisi State University Law Faculty's syllabus, and students who participate will receive ten academic credits upon completion. Through the program, twenty masters students from TSU Law Faculty will serve as street law trainers in ten high schools, advancing the rule of law by raising Georgian youth's confidence in their country's legal system. Read more » |
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