Sentences with phrase «justice law reform»

Child justice law reform developments in Africa and international standards on the rights of the child - Godfrey

He retired in mid-2016 from his position in civil justice law reform at the Ministry of the Attorney General, but his Slawian opinions are not and never were necessarily those of the Ministry.

Not exact matches

We must reform our criminal justice system because everyone is safer when there is respect for the law and when everyone is respected by the law.

In an op - ed for The New York Times, Marc Mauer, executive director of the Sentencing Project, and David Cole, a professor of law and public policy at Georgetown University, write that many liberals and conservatives alike acknowledge the US criminal justice system needs reform.

What would it look like if we took the same approach to reform of our justice system for those who have broken the law?

As we've written about before, more and more advocates are calling for measures to decriminalize marijuana and reform the criminal justice system, as advocates say that not only are the current laws unfair, but they are also expensive and ineffective at stopping crime.

For true justice reform, we have to be willing to look to the hearts of those who are dangerously teetering on the wrong side of the law.

The primary motive of the laws is to deliver justice to those who are exploited, though they also act as a deterrent for further similar actions and thus drive social reform.

«A few critical ones include passing the Dream Act and driver's licenses for all, strengthening the rent laws and standing up to the real estate tycoons who pad the pockets of Albany politicians to pad their own bottom lines, and implementing real criminal justice reform that includes full bail reform.

«I am running to build a real Democratic State Senate majority that finally fully funds our public schools, protects tenants from being thrown out of their homes and strengthens our loophole ridden rent laws, passes badly needed ethics reforms, election reforms and real criminal justice reforms and makes Andrea Stewart - Cousins the first woman Senate Majority Leader, breaking up the so - called «three men in a room.»

Cuomo in his budget plan included issues such his slate of ethics reforms and criminal justice law changes that have little fiscal impact.

Zellnor then went to Cornell Law School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organizatiLaw School where he served as student body president, an editor on the Cornell Journal of Law and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organizatiLaw and Public Policy, a constitutional law instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organizatilaw instructor in prison, and as a Pro Bono Scholar — a position that allowed him to take the New York Bar early and spend his last semester working full - time at Justice 360, a criminal justice reform organiJustice 360, a criminal justice reform organijustice reform organization.

Their agenda includes electoral reforms like early voting, a strengthening of the state abortion laws, creation of a single - payer health care system, criminal justice changes like an end to cash bail, passage of the Child Victims Act, enactment of pro-immigration measures like creation of a state DREAM Act and the issuance of drivers» licenses to undocumented immigrants.

The event — co-sponsored by the Brennan Center for Justice, NY LEAD, American for Campaign Reform, SUNY Buffalo Law School, Common Cause and Housh Law Offices — also featured Brittany L. Stalsburg, an analyst at Lake Research Partners.

Jay Weaver, «Vote Reform Back to Square One; Justice Department Ruling Means State Legislature Must Draft New Law,» The Sun - Sentinel (Fort Lauderdale), Aug. 23, 1998, p. 6B.

This, he said, prompted his administration to prioritise justice and security reforms, not only to maintain law and order, but basically to carry out the various developmental projects that would make Lagos safer and more prosperous.

This was Cameron's first major speech on law and order since the departure of the liberal justice secretary Kenneth Clarke, who had emphasised the importance of rehab in his reforms.

By contrast, transitional justice offers mechanisms for a more conservative conception of transition, confined within the realms of criminal law and political reform.

At 10:30 a.m., the Assembly will hold a public hearing to examine the need for reforms to the criminal justice system to ensure fairness, improve community / police relations and to protect the safety of law enforcement officers, Assembly Hearing Room 1923, 19th Floor, 250 Broadway, Manhattan.

«Eric Schneiderman has worked to reform our criminal justice system with «smart on crime» policies, like changing the Rockefeller Drug Laws and taking effective steps to stem the flow of illegal guns,» Koch said.

The Parliamentary Under - Secretary of State, Ministry of Justice (Lord Bach): Ministers have received two letters and one Parliamentary Question from the noble Lord, Lord Carlile of Berriew, answered by my noble friend Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 29 September 2008 (Official Report, col. WA416) specifically about the presence of Law Lords in the House of Lords since the passing of the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.»

This year, in a speech that included applause for Cuomo's criminal justice reform efforts such as strengthening state oversight of jail and his plan to fight the federal government on the tax law, Cuomo sought to give shootouts to individual members of the Legislature and praise Attorney General Eric Schneiderman as well as DiNapoli.

Sen. Eric Schneiderman called Donovan a «nice man,» but noted he had lobbied against Rockefeller Drug Law reform as the head of the state DA's association (Rice was on the board, too, which has become an issue in the primary) said he «represents the past» and the «old, failed ways of thinking about the justice system.»

«The governor has phenomenal track record of success here in New York, in terms of on - time budgets, investment in economic development, reforming the criminal justice system, ushering into law the passage of marriage equality.

In the last several weeks, the governor has made multiple moves on criminal justice reform, announcing that he would overhaul solitary confinement in state prisons as well as conditionally pardoning individuals who committed a non-violent felony or misdemeanor at the age of 16 or 17 and have lived a law abiding life for a decade.

«This has fielded a lot of discussion about criminal justice reform and the way that we in law enforcement engage with the community.»

He cited criminal justice reforms under Cuomo, including the closure of 24 state prisons, the raising of the age at which youths can be charged with a crime, prioritizing community reentry programs, and helping pass laws allowing identification photo arrays at trial and videotaping of police interrogations.

Soares said Wednesday that as lawmakers and activists push reforms to the criminal justice system, he hopes this case will reignite conversations between law enforcement and members of the community.

At 4 p.m., de Blasio holds a public hearing on, and then signs into law, the Criminal Justice Reform Act, Blue Room, City Hall, Manhattan.

Flanagan, a key roadblock to a bill that would make it easier for child sex abuse victims to seek justice, has ties to a law firm that represents a Long Island Catholic diocese that vehemently opposes statute of limitations reform

The Governor's message was astutely deferential to Upstate's need for economic growth, meanwhile Cuomo also avoided triggering the tripwires of controversy on education and the environment (which provided Zephyr Teachout with opening to garner a third of the 2014 Democratic primary vote); Cuomo advanced strong measures around election law reform and on the criminal justice front vis a vis Bail reform, as well as the Dream Act and MWBE all of which registered positively with minority voters.

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in a statement.

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Democratic lawmakers in that chamber already have a number of issues they have to get done: rent control, monitoring the regulations for the new teacher evaluation law and an extension of mayoral control for New York City schools and criminal justice reform, just to name a few.

This has been condemned by Justice, a human - rights and law reform organisation, which believes it undermines the ECHR.

Obama returned to his roots at the Harvard Law Review, penning an article about progress his administration made in reforming the criminal justice system — and the challenges that remain for the next administration.

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Cuomo plans to unveil sweeping reforms to the state's voting laws, criminal justice system and the handling of sexual harassment complaints.

She also called for reform of the criminal justice system and marijuana laws.

My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, District Attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy.

He did not mention criminal justice reform, a central focus of his earlier speech in Manhattan, won his loudest applause when mentioning the gun control law — the SAFE Act — that drew protesters to the windy green outside the History Museum and called for a minimum wage increase.

In February 1994, Parliament considered reform of the law on rape and other sexual offences during the passage of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Bill.

A few critical ones include passing the Dream Act and driver's licenses for all, strengthening the rent laws and standing up to the real estate tycoons and implementing real criminal justice reform that includes full bail reform.»

According to SERAP, «Rather than proposing amnesty for suspected looters of our commonwealth, the House of Representatives under your leadership should be promoting laws that would lead to the comprehensive and radical reform of the criminal justice system to ensure that those accused of grand corruption are not allowed to profit from their alleged crimes.»

In the last several months, Cuomo has continued to push criminal justice reforms, announcing that he would overhaul solitary confinement in the state, as well as conditionally pardoning individuals who committed a non-violent felony or misdemeanor at the age of 16 or 17 and have not subsequently broken any laws.

14) The Court of European Justice should be reformed to ensure that it actually applies the law instead of interpreting it in such a way as to favour Euro federalism.

In recent days the governor has been pressing the legislature to strengthen anti-sexual assault laws on college campuses, and enact criminal justice reform.

Visitors included Van Minh Le, justice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam, which is its highest court; Huy Doc Hoang, vice chair of the Vietnam Bar Federation; Van Tuan Nguyen, head of the International Private Law Division, Department of International Law, Ministry of Justice; and Xuan Town Trinh of the Judicial Reform Central Committee of Vietnam, Kindlojustice of the Supreme People's Court of Vietnam, which is its highest court; Huy Doc Hoang, vice chair of the Vietnam Bar Federation; Van Tuan Nguyen, head of the International Private Law Division, Department of International Law, Ministry of Justice; and Xuan Town Trinh of the Judicial Reform Central Committee of Vietnam, KindloJustice; and Xuan Town Trinh of the Judicial Reform Central Committee of Vietnam, Kindlon said.

Formerly served as deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where he worked on election law and campaign finance reform, and published a comprehensive analysis of the legislative process in the state LegislatuLaw, where he worked on election law and campaign finance reform, and published a comprehensive analysis of the legislative process in the state Legislatulaw and campaign finance reform, and published a comprehensive analysis of the legislative process in the state Legislature.

«My office will handle these cases with the highest level of care and independence, while we continue to work with lawmakers, district attorneys, advocates and other experts in criminal justice reform on a long - term legislative solution to this critical matter of law and policy,» Schneiderman said in an e-mailed statement.