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Judicial Transparency Checklist
Corruption, Justice, Questionnaire , Civil SocietyAuthors/Editors: Keith Henderson, Violaine Autheman, Sandra Elena, Luis Ramirez-Daza & Carlos Hinojosa The following checklist/ search questions is/are intended to provide multiple constituencies, such as judges, reformers, civil society, researchers and donors, with many of the key indicators needed to assess, report and monitor the level of transparency of judiciaries and judicial...
Questionnaire: Etude sur la performance et le fonctionnement de la justice militaire: Fiche technique et terms de reference
Africa, Corruption, Justice, Questionnaire , Civil SocietyQuestionnaire developed for evaluation of the military justice system in DR Congo, Africa. Areas covered in the questionnaire includes the following: Legal and Institutional Framework Jurisdiction of Military Tribunals Operation and Performance of Military Tribunals Independence of Military Judges Fair Trail
State of the Union Ghana Report 2010
Africa, Civil Society, Corruption, Democracy, Justice, Local Governance and Decentralization, Parliament, Report, Civil SocietyProduced by the State of the Union project, this 2010 report is one of ten country studies that assess the performance of Member States against key governance, economic, social, civil and political policy standards, and rights instruments. Although a historical approach has been used, the period under review is 2007-2009. Further details on the methodology can be found in the appendices...
A guide to rapid assessment and policymaking for the control of corruption in Latin American judicial systems
Corruption, Justice, Latin America and the Carribean, Report, Civil SocietyThis guide provides a tool for the rapid assessment of judicial corruption and the development of reform proposals, with special reference to Latin America. It begins by introducing concepts associated with corruption in general and proposes a definition that can be used for the study of judicial corruption in particular. The guide then introduces...
Strengthening African Governance: index of African governance result and rankings
Africa, Corruption, Global Index, Human Rights, Justice, Local Governance and Decentralization, Academic/Think Tank, Civil SocietyThe 2009 Index of African Governance seeks to measure the degree to which five categories of political goods - Safety and Security; Rule of Law, Transparency, and Corruption; Participation and Human Rights; Sustainable Economic Opportunity; and Human Development - are provided within Africa’s 53 countries. The Index offers a report card on the accomplishments of each government for...
Alternative to Silence: Whistleblower Protection in 10 European Countries
Civil Society, Corruption, Europe and CIS, Justice, Report, Civil SocietyThe report, which is part of a European Commission co-funded project, assesses current policies and practice in 10 European countries. It builds on comparative in-depth research carried out between March and August 2009 in Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovakia. In addition, the report draws on research and evidence from academics...
Nations in Transit 2011
Corruption, Democracy, Electoral Systems, Europe and CIS, Human Rights, Justice, Media, Political Parties, Report, Civil SocietyNations in Transit is Freedom House’s comprehensive, comparative study of democratic development in 29 countries from Central Europe to Eurasia. The 2011 report - covering events of 2010 suggests that the authoritarian countries of the former Soviet Union have built governance systems that are resistant to reform and therefore increasingly vulnerable to unpredictable...