Sentences with phrase «independent judicial system»

In Calvelli and Ciglio v Italy, where the applicant complained that the state had failed to prosecute a doctor whose negligence allegedly caused the death of his baby, the Court held that the state's positive obligation under Article 2 to protect life required regulations in place to safeguard patients» lives and to provide an independent judicial system which can determine the cause of death of patients in the care of the medical profession.

According to its 2013 Constitution, Zimbabwe has an independent judicial system whose decisions are binding on other branches of government.

A majority of the Court held that Slovenia's failure to provide an effective independent judicial system to determine responsibility for the death of a patient receiving medical treatment violated Article 2 even though the death itself took place before the Convention came into force in that state.

Maintaining an independent judicial system is neither easy nor simple.

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Far from just being rule takers, the EEA system gives you full single market access (except for agriculture and fisheries) inside a system of independent institutional consultation and judicial mechanisms.

However to me (as a Czech resident) this criticism seems a bit strange since in the Czech Republic judges have always been nominated directly by the executive (subject to approval by the Parliament) and therefore the judicial system has never really been independent in the first place.

«An independent investigation is essential given the flaws and political interference in Honduras» judicial system,» said Billy Kyte, Senior Campaigner for Global Witness.

The court system of Canada forms the judicial branch of the federal, provincial and territorial governments and is independent of the legislative and executive branches of government.

As noted in Part I, the notion of transparency has long been entangled with the integrity of the justice system, as the democratic legitimization of judicial power flows from the public's collective confidence in the legal system as an impartial and independent arbiter of rights.

«For this reason, I'm not convinced that the UNCITRAL rules are the solution; the DRC must first establish a state of law and judicial system which exists independent from the government.»

It provides an excellent opportunity for the profession to educate the public about the vital role that lawyers and the judiciary serve in guaranteeing an open, independent and unbiased judicial system.

RMVLC operates as independent legal counsel charged to protect the legal rights and best interests of the victim through a broad - based approach grounded in litigation, creative problem solving, and extensive knowledge of the judicial system.

The two competing considerations here are the integrity of an adversarial system that lets the parties make their own cases and, crucially for Justice Rothstein, thereby allows «judicial decision - makers remain independent and impartial and are seen to remain independent and impartial» (par.

If the host state fails to provide these protections, an investor can submit an investment dispute for arbitration by an independent panel instead of the host state's domestic judicial system.

This common - sense reform will strengthen the U.S. patent system by allowing independent inventors to seek their rewards through our judicial system while curbing the patent abuse from patent profiteers.