Sentences with phrase «community justice courts»

Court staff and magistrates in the community justice courts in Methyr Tydfill and the London boroughs of Newham and Haringey will work with local residents and community groups to identify issues of concern, tackle the root causes of crime and anti-social behaviour, and help reduce re-offending.

Community justice minister Maria Eagle said today: «Community justice courts are an efficient and effective way of conducting court operations, increasing public confidence in the system, reducing crime and giving communities the power to influence decisions.

The first community justice court was set up in Liverpool in 2005 and ten further courts have since been opened and are operating successfully.

The following courts shall have the power: Birmingham; Bradford; Salford; Enfield; Haringey; Kingston - upon - Hull; Leicester, Merthyr Tydfil; Liverpool Community Justice Court; Nottingham; Plymouth; South Western; Stratford and Teeside.

Not exact matches

When prime - time hosts — who have never served our country in any capacity — dismiss facts and empirical reality to launch profoundly dishonest assaults on the FBI, the Justice Department, the courts, the intelligence community (in which I served) and, not least, a model public servant and genuine war hero such as Robert Mueller — all the while scaremongering with lurid warnings of «deep - state» machinations — I can not be part of the same organization, even at a remove.

With our country's pride burning bright thanks to our efforts on behalf of whales, and the International Court of Justice's decision, it's an appropriate moment to reflect on how hard our government fought to stop those killing boats — and what needs to happen in our community for the live export ships to stop, too.

To live up to that trust, both on and off our respective «courts,» we believe that we need to bring a new vision to our justice system that moves beyond simply a result - driven finish line and instead brings a broader lens to promoting safe and healthy communities.

Controversial Brooklyn Supreme Court Justice Noach Dear has been removed from a lower court where he had a troubling pattern of letting deadbeats — particularly members of his own Orthodox Jewish community — off the Court Justice Noach Dear has been removed from a lower court where he had a troubling pattern of letting deadbeats — particularly members of his own Orthodox Jewish community — off the court where he had a troubling pattern of letting deadbeats — particularly members of his own Orthodox Jewish community — off the hook.

«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.

And he added that the city is spending $ 31 million on Close to Home, a juvenile justice program that places city youth whom family courts determine need a period of out - of - home placement in residential programs closer to their families and communities — a program that used to be funded by the state.

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States (the ECOWAS Court) presided over by Justice Wilkins Wright has ordered the Federal Government...

On the same day community watch volunteer George Zimmerman made his first appearance in court to face murder charges in the death of Florida teen Trayvon Martin, New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman tells WAMC that the case is a good example of what can happen when the public takes an interest in pursuing justice.

Recall that the Economic Community Of West African State, ECOWAS, Court of Justice had in December 2012 ordered the government to hold oil companies and other perpetrators of the environmental damage accountable, ensure reparation for the collective harm done to the communities; restore within the shortest possible time the environment of the Niger Delta; and prevent the occurrence of damage to the environment.

Justice Jérôme Traoré from Burkina Faso has been elected as ECOWAS Community Court of Justice's new President, today in Abuja, Nigeria.

There is a form of justice which many of them take seriously — and are far more frightened of than courts, community service or even prison: restorative justice, in which offenders are confronted by their victim, or victims of similar crimes, and learn of the impact of their actions.

The DA will continue to support the local Drug Treatment Courts and the Veterans» Court in Buffalo, which operate within the criminal justice system to engage low - level non-violent offenders in long - term treatment programs and to thereby return them successfully as contributing members of their families and the community.

«Well it is a very sad day for our community when a jurist, an elected Supreme Court Justice, who was, by all accounts respected by both the attorneys of our community and his peers, demonstrates that he has betrayed the trust given to him by us,» stated Acting Erie County District Attorney Michael Flaherty.

The Oct. 26 email promoted a «Sip & Chat» fundraiser with Judge Verna Saunders, who is currently the presiding judge at the Harlem Community Justice Center and is running for a position in the State Supreme Court.

It will be recalled that in 2013 a Federal High Court sitting in Asaba, presided over by Justice Buba declared the bombardment of Gbaramatu Kingdom in 2009 by the Joint Task Force as unconstitutional and awarded N100 billion against the Federal Government for the destruction of over 53 communities in the kingdom.

Mark - Viverito said her commission to «explore a community - based justice model» would be led by retired state court of Appeals Chief Judge Jonathan Lippman, a champion of bail and juvenile justice reform.

The ECOWAS Community Court of Justice dismissed a preliminary objection filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear a case of breach of fundamental human rights filed by Nnamdi Court of Justice dismissed a preliminary objection filed by the Federal Government of Nigeria challenging the jurisdiction of the court to hear a case of breach of fundamental human rights filed by Nnamdi court to hear a case of breach of fundamental human rights filed by Nnamdi Kanu.

BY ANDY HUMM Justice Doris Ling - Cohan, a distinguished 20 - year veteran of the State Supreme Court bench and a hero to the LGBT community for her historic 2005 ruling in favor of same - sex marriage, was put through the ringer in recent weeks by a deeply flawed process of the New York County Democratic Party for nominating -LSB-...]

State Supreme Court Justice Richard Velazquez on Friday handed down his decision, upholding the nearly two dozen code amendments the state division of Homes and Community Renewal passed in 2014.

Also, a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki, has been in the detention of the same agency since December 2015 despite a judgment of the Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States, ordering his release.

The Federal Government has been dragged to the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice in Abuja by the Registered Trustees of the Socio - Economic Rights and Accountability Project...

«Speaker Mark - Viverito has worked tirelessly securing justice in the courts and prisons, uplifting the voice of young women and immigrant New Yorkers, and delivering crucial victories for vulnerable communities in the last four city budgets,» they said.

Embattled erswhile National Security Adviser, Colonel Sambo Dasuki stepped up his effort to challenge his continued detention without trial since December 2015 by dragging the Federal Government before the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Court of Justice.

Dr. Alice Green, Albany civil rights activist and Executive Director of the Center for Law and Justice, is on the five - member panel Sheehan has appointed to advise her as she considers applications: «We're gonna be very, at least I'm gonna be very sensitive to what I think someone can bring to not only the court, but to the community at large.»

Arrestees cited to the Community Justice Center often had to report to the court within seven business days.

The same report found that 54 per cent of those it interviewed reported having very easy access to community elders for seeking justice, whereas almost 50 per cent reported that access to legal courts and police was difficult (UNDP, Somalia Human Development Report, 2012).

While reaching out to fellow Democrats, choice proponents in the minority community have sought to build alliances with Republicans and with libertarian organizations like the Institute for Justice, which has represented poor parents in every voucher case that has come before the courts in the past dozen years, including Zelman.

When advocacy isn't enough, we help those communities seek justice directly from the nation's courts.

The Supreme Court, in its 2003 Grutter v. Bollinger decision upholding affirmative action, and in Justice Breyer's dissent (joined by three other Justices) to its 2007 Parents Involved in Community Schools decision, cited the Civil Rights Project's research.

The schools have also formed partnerships with community groups and businesses to offer hands - on learning experiences, like building an oyster bed in New York Harbor (at the Urban Assembly New York Harbor School on Governors Island) and participating in a moot court case at Cravath Swaine & Moore (at the Urban Assembly School for Law and Justice in Downtown Brooklyn).

It's no surprise that the author's community work has given her experience with social justice and court procedures.

Multnomah County Library's Everybody Reads 2014, the library's 12th annual community reading project began today with the distribution of thousands of copies of My Beloved World by U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to schools and libraries.

Chief District Court Judge Jacqueline Lee presided over the case and came up with the provision that Heng perform community service at an animal shelter as part of his punishment — an idea that many who have followed the case see as a major mistake, judging from comments left on the Justice for Cam Facebook page.

The community of Nusa Ceningan works together with a collation of local NGOs to seek justice for their stolen land at Bali's high court The community of Nusa Ceningan is struggling with a legal battle to...

December 2005 «Timber, Taylor, Soldier, Spy»: How Liberia's uncontrolled resource exploitation, Charles Taylor's manipulation and the re-recruitment of ex-combatants are threatening regional peace», June 2005 «A Time For Justice: Why the International Community, UN Security Council and Nigeria should help facilitate Charles Taylor's immediate extradition to the Special Court for Sierra Leone» June 2005 «Dangerous Liaisons: The ongoing relationship between Liberia's natural resource industries, arms trafficking and regional insecurity», December 2004; «Resource Curse or Cure?

Specifically, Article 20 of the Agreement provides that «all questions concerning the validity of decisions of the institutions of the Community taken on the basis of their competences under this Agreement shall be of the exclusive competence of the Court of Justice of the European Communities.»

«We define access to justice broadly to include innovations in courts, the bar, legal aid and community that make it easier for people to obtain access to justice institutions, and to just results within those institutions.»

Bill C - 75 was unveiled March 29 and the Department of Justice says the legislation will «protect the vulnerable, serve victims, keep communities safe and decrease court delays by making the system more efficient.»

Thanks to the efforts of community members — including two lawyers, a court administrator, and a retired provincial court judge — they now once again look down over the dispensation of justice in Pictou.

That said, access to justice as access to courts afforded to people with little financial means shouldn't be contingent only on whether we have a mosaic - like legal community.

MontanaLawHelp.org is a project of Montana Legal Services Association and several collaborators, including the Legal Services Corporation, the Montana Justice Foundation, the Montana Credit Unions for Community Development, State of Montana Law Library, the State Bar of Montana, and the Montana Supreme Court.

To bring about the most effective reforms possible, the Council works in collaborative partnership with Chicago Appleseed, a nonpartisan, independent research and advocacy organization building trustworthy and unique connections between community advocates and the justice system — improving lives by improving courts.

Last month, the lawyers representing a transgender woman who had been refused direct contact with her five children, on the basis that they would be «shunned» by their ultra-Orthodox Jewish community» were in the Court of Appeal to challenge the decision of Mr. Justice Peter Jackson from earlier this year.

West Coast LEAF intervened in this case jointly with the Community Legal Assistance Society because we wanted the Court to understand the access to justice implications of the case.

Finally, a global initiative hosted by the United Nations and led by high profile policymakers, including US Supreme Court Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.Justice Anthony Kennedy, has recommended the liberalization of the regulation of legal services in order to allow nonlawyers and community - based organizations and advocacy groups to provide legal services to the poor, stating that «it is likely to improve access to justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.justice for the poor substantially while imposing relatively few costs on society,» and that a «major attraction» of such liberalization is that it may require «fewer government or donor expenditures.»

Our community can retain justice and freedom only as long as it gives standing to one person to take, within the limits of the law, the defendant's side in court and to remind society when the scales of justice are tilting in the wrong direction.