Europe and Eurasia

Street Law Essay Competition Winners Recognized

F or the past seven years, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) has supported Azerbaijani law-student visits to primary school classrooms in Baku and Sumqayit with the goal of teaching children and teens about their rights and increasing their awareness of the country’s legal system. ABA ROLI’s street law program, in which 260 law students participated, has reached more than 4,000 school children. In the 2010–2011 academic year, 12 schools around the country hosted in-class programs and ABA ROLI developed an online component for students in the other regions of Azerbaijan.
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asia

Court of Appeals Automation System Strengthens Transparency in the Judiciary

I n July, Gloria Steele, U.S. Agency for International Development’s (USAID’s) mission director in the Philippines, and Andrew Plitt, Asia director of its Strategy and Planning Office, made several visits to the Philippine Court of Appeals to observe the recently launched case-status inquiry system. Click to read more »

Latin America and the Caribbean

Juvenile Justice Reform Takes Center Stage in Nicaragua

I n recent weeks, controversial reform suggestions to Nicaragua’s Juvenile Criminal Code have sparked widespread protests and marches throughout the country. Some sectors of society believe that reforms in response to rising violence should increase incarceration time for minors who commit violent crimes. Others recommend alternatives to incarceration, such as rehabilitation and reintegration. Click to read more »

Europe and Eurasia

145 Georgian Attorneys Take Part in Trial Advocacy Skills Trainings

T he ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) has broadened training opportunities for practicing Georgian attorneys to help improve the quality of legal representation and the administration of justice. Click to read more »

Middle East and North Africa

D.C. Panel Highlights Morocco’s Constitutional Reform Efforts

O n July 13, the ABA Rule of Law Initiative (ABA ROLI) hosted a panel on constitutional reform in Morocco at its headquarters in Washington, D.C. Driss al Yazami, president of Morocco’s National Human Rights Council and a member of the constitution-revision advisory committee, which authored the recently adopted Moroccan constitution, and Saloua Karkri-Belkeziz, a Moroccan parliamentarian, offered remarks with commentary from Ambassador Aziz Mekouar, the representative from Morocco in the United States, and William Zartman, professor emeritus at Johns Hopkins University.
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