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The Supreme Court of Canada's decision in R. v. Jordan last summer, which dealt with an accused's right to a trial within a reasonable amount of time, highlighted how justice systems across the country are under strain.

NCMHJJ releases infograph presenting outcomes of four years of mental health capacity building work in juvenile justice systems across the country.

The government's move towards a national ID cards scheme, and expansion of IT schemes in the health, welfare and criminal justice systems across the country also made it a pressing issue, he says.

He listed his priorities in the campaign against corruption in 2018 to include, organising African Youth Congresses against Corruption «in order to sensitise and engage our youth in the fight against corruption;» mobilising AU member states to implement the extant legal framework on corruption; and canvassing «for the strengthening of the criminal justice system across Africa through exchange of information and sharing best practices in the enforcement of anti-corruption laws.»

The justice system across the world is one of the most important institutions that could ever exist; it's what ensures we as humans act morally and ethically and are punished for acting against these two values.

The Winkler Institute has an expertise in human - centered design, and as an independent university - based research centre, took an objective view of the issues faced in the family justice system across Ontario.

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They are symptomatic of the broader challenges within our criminal justice system, the racial disparities that appear across the system year after year, and the resulting lack of trust that exists between law enforcement and too many of the communities they serve.»

Nationwide organization Showing Up for Racial Justice is seeking to mobilize churches across the country to separate themselves from the criminal justice Justice is seeking to mobilize churches across the country to separate themselves from the criminal justice justice system.

Following an independent review of the Family Justice System in 2010 - 11, the Government is making a number of changes across the system, in relation both to public and privatSystem in 2010 - 11, the Government is making a number of changes across the system, in relation both to public and privatsystem, in relation both to public and private law.

Cuomo said the order was necessary because there is a «crisis of confidence in the criminal justice system» following several high profile cases in New York City and across the country where police have killed unarmed men.

«As Massachusetts and Vermont recently legalized recreational marijuana, as well as other states across the nation, the governor has directed DOH to undertake a study to understand the potential impacts on the criminal justice system, economy and public health,» Fashouer said in a statement.

Fitzpatrick says prosecutors across the state are willing to talk to state officials about programs to help teens caught up in the adult criminal justice system.

Another probe into the murder of young mother Naomi Bryant by Anthony Rice, a convicted rapist, at her Winchester home last summer revealed a «cumulative failure» across the whole criminal justice system.

«And that's not just New York, it's a problem all across the country and it's a problem in reality and it's a problem in perception and if it's a problem only in perception, it is still a real problem because people have to trust the justice system and the trust has to go both ways,» Cuomo said, speaking about police and community, but also referring to the oft - cited conflict of interest around police and prosecutors who regularly work together but can then be at odds when an officer is suspected of a crime.

«Families across the state are breathing a huge sigh of relief knowing that our children will now be treated like the minors that they are in the justice system.

This study investigated whether children whose mothers had an alcohol - related disorder would be at risk of early - life contact with the justice system, which can lead to many negative outcomes across an individual's life span.

Release Date: Since her excellent 2010 debut I Will Follow, DuVernay has become an impressive force to be reckoned with, challenging herself across a dizzying number of projects and platforms (including the short film The Door, which went to Venice 2013, television projects such as a compelling portrait of Venus Williams with Venus Vs. for ESPN's «Nine for IX» series, and «Scandal,» plus she unveiled a surprise documentary project this year with The 13th, an excellent portrait of the troubling history of racial injustice within the criminal justice system — and also the first documentary to open the New York Film Festival).

Five - part docuseries produced by Norman Lear, Shonda Rhimes and Common looks at inequality across the country in housing, education, health care, labor, criminal justice and the political system.

While the court's 7 - to - 2 decision to invalidate the system was widely expected across Texas in recent weeks, the justices surprised observers by voting 5 to 4 to allow the legislature to wait until next year's regular session to come up with another solution to the problem of funding disparities between rich and poor school districts.

As communities across the country mark National Recovery Month, Roger Jarjoura explains why recovery can be particularly challenging for youth, and how the juvenile justice system must address their specific needs.

IEL announced the selection of four sites across the country to be in the second cohort of its Right Turn Career - Focused Transition Initiative for youth in the juvenile justice system.

Research has shown that family engagement during a youth's time in the juvenile justice system helps to improve outcomes across behavioral health, education, and delinquency.

Bronxdale is known as a model for restorative practices, but Quintana's path to success highlights just how difficult it will be to roll out restorative justice across the entire school system.

A study released in November by Harvard Law School's Charles Hamilton Houston Institute for Race and Justice took a look at eight major inter-district integration programs across the country and concluded that Choice is Yours had «perhaps the most impressive system of outreach for students and families crossing school district boundaries — as well as racial, social - class and cultural boundaries.»

The current system for civil justice cooperation across the EU member states — in the development of which UK expertise has been prominent — works well.

The predictive data used proved remarkably unreliable in forecasting violent crime, and yet may soon be used across the American justice system.

Its necessity is to be strongly lamented, but it is heartening to see so many across the public and legal sectors, who truly understand the desperate need for change, come together in recognition of such a crucial issue and call on the Government to fulfil its responsibility to the public to deliver a justice system that it works as intended.

In addition to volunteer legal assistance at the centers, the Hawaii State Judiciary has also partnered with the Legal Aid Society of Hawaii and the Hawaii State Public Library System to make self - help interactive court forms software available at the Self - Help Centers and Access to Justice Rooms and public libraries across the state as well as online.

Almost anyone who regularly toils in courthouses across Ontario — judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers — would say that despite previous rulings on delays from the Supreme Court and judicial warnings from lower courts, successive federal and provincial governments have failed to properly resource the justice system in a way that would ensure its fairness and efficiency.

All across Canada, judges, law societies, courthouses, schools, and professional bodies have been imploring the modernization of the court system in order to improve the administration of justice — and by extension, improve access to justice.

In my view their failures occurred for primarily two reasons: the failure to successfully collaborate with other justice participants in framing the reform, and the failure to ensure that needed changes would work across the system.

The Justice Index describes itself as «a snapshot of the degree to which best practices for ensuring access to the civil and criminal justice systems have been adopted across the country.Justice Index describes itself as «a snapshot of the degree to which best practices for ensuring access to the civil and criminal justice systems have been adopted across the country.justice systems have been adopted across the country.»

While there was diversity among the winners, more important were the initiatives the winners led to further diversity across the profession and in our justice system.

One of the purposes of these Reasons is, through this litigant, to uncover, expose, collate, and publish the tactics employed by the OPCA community, as a part of a process to eradicate the growing abuse that these litigants direct towards the justice and legal system we otherwise enjoy in Alberta and across Canada.

Lee said savings could be made across the justice system without harming legal aid or access to justice.

Across the country, in both state and federal civil justice systems, IAALS has successfully supported changes in both rules and caseflow management that are taking hold.

Access to justice professionals have to remain focused on ensuring that the doors to courtrooms across the country are open to all, including the growing number of self - represented litigants who often face an unfriendly judicial system.

This House of Lords report finds that: The current system for civil justice cooperation across the EU member states - in the development of which UK expertise...

And this year, we received a record number of nominations from across the country and from so many areas of practice and the justice system.

Since 1999, Julie Mathews has served as the Executive Director of CLEO, an organization that provides legal rights information and education to communities across Ontario that face barriers to participating in the justice system due to low income, language, literacy, disability, isolation, and other disadvantages.

«Today's decision provides clear guidance to any lawyer or justice of the peace in a bail court as to how bail should be approached in the criminal justice system / It is indispensable reading for any lawyer who walks into any bail court across Canada.»

These include: monitoring the status of provincially - appointed judges, acting as an advisory and consultative body to governments and other agencies involved in reforming the system of justice, and being an educator and disseminator of information to judges across the country.

The Crime Team at Goldsmith Chambers are able to offer clients the services of specialist criminal advocates across the full spectrum of the criminal justice system: from our junior members appearing in the magistrates» court to more senior members appearing in the Crown Court, Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court.

In this spirit, I would l like to thank the Canadian Forum on Civil Justice for inviting me to write this post, and for its ongoing efforts to keep access to justice and system reform on the agenda across the cJustice for inviting me to write this post, and for its ongoing efforts to keep access to justice and system reform on the agenda across the cjustice and system reform on the agenda across the country.

Metcalf interviewed immigration judges across the country in writing «Courting Disaster: Absent attendance and absent enforcement in America's immigration courts ``: «They described a system plunged into turmoil by appointees at the Departments of Justice and Homeland Security who ignored statutes, precedent, and regulation and imposed policies that dramatically increased backlogs and nearly halted adjudication.

In the 18 months since the Dialogue Event — a justice system stakeholder forum held at the Faculty of Law University of Windsor, bringing together members of the public (SRLs) and judges, lawyers and policymakers — I have spent a great deal of time talking with, exchanging ideas among, and generally tracking developments in a revitalized «Access to Justice Sector» emerging across justice system stakeholder forum held at the Faculty of Law University of Windsor, bringing together members of the public (SRLs) and judges, lawyers and policymakers — I have spent a great deal of time talking with, exchanging ideas among, and generally tracking developments in a revitalized «Access to Justice Sector» emerging across Justice Sector» emerging across Canada.

The Nova Scotia Barristers» Society is committed to enhancing the access of all Nova Scotians to both the justice system and legal services across the province.

We tend to see a lot of future - gazing around the changing role of the law firm, but relatively little on the future of the court system itself — the fundamental common law institution that for hundreds of years has served as a bedrock of legal process and justice across the globe.

Sexual assault reports to the justice system are still dismissed as unfounded at an alarming rate across Canada.

Should BC work toward a «data observatory» model to warehouse and make accessible data from across the justice system?