justice?

Monday 31st May

Children in care: the Russian orphan industry

Boris Altshuler, 31 May 2010
For those in Russia with an interest in preserving the status quo, youth justice is a Western invention with no place in their country. Others disagree. But the two positions share some features, so Boris Altshuler appeals to them to put their differences aside and make common cause for the sake of the children.
Friday 5th March

A difficult week for the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia

Heather McRobie, 5 March 2010
The ICTY's struggle to prosecute war criminals causes a further decline in credibility in times when progress is vital for Croatia and the relation between Serbia and Bosnia.
Monday 19th October

Abductions and disappearances in the Philippines

Mark Dearn, 19 October 2009
The west looks away, observes Mark Dearn
Tuesday 7th July

Legal Nihilism in Russia

Bill Bowring, 7 July 2009
In May 2008 the newly-elected President Medvedev, himself a lawyer, promised legal reform in Russia, but there are few signs of it as yet
Monday 8th June

Khodorkovsky and Lebedev on trial - again

Maryana Torocheshnikova, 8 June 2009
Surreal twists and turns as Russia's most famous oligarch reappears in court
Friday 13th February

Musawah: there cannot be justice without equality

Cassandra Balchin, 13 February 2009
Muslim scholars and activists from forty eight countries are today launching a global initiative insisting that in the twenty first century "there cannot be justice without equality" between men and women.
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