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Cambodian Database looks at court flaws
November 01, 2013 - Nearly half of defendants lack legal representation, 80 per cent are held in pretrial detention, and a sizeable chunk confess before they get a hearing, according to an online public database released yesterday by the Cambodia Center for Human Rights. The database reveals numerous infringements on fair-trial proceedings. Based on information from proceedings in 2,558 criminal court cases in four courts throughout the country – Banteay Meanchey, Kandal and Ratanakkiri provincial courts, as well as the Phnom Penh Municipal Court – the database provides an unprecedented look at the judicial system writ large. Of 3,360 suspects, 1,114 confessed before trial, while 1,441 lacked representation. “One reason is th...
Online credit record search grows in China
October 31, 2013 - Pilot program expands from 3 provincial-level governments to 9 People in nine provinces can now search online for their credit information as...
Mumbai- Drivers With Criminal Records Cannot Apply For Auto Permit
October 30, 2013 - Those persons against whom criminal cases have been lodged in the past year will be barred from applying for the new 32,000 autorickshaw permits. T...
Workplace Violence In Europe
October 28, 2013 - Around 5% of European workers have experienced violence, bullying or harassment in the workplace. However exposure to workplace violence and threat...
Test For International Background Check Companies
October 28, 2013 - Find below a short quiz on how well you might understand international criminal record retieval, especially for background checks and pr...
Minor criminal records can stop border crossing
October 25, 2013 - While a notorious sex offender wanted on a Canada-wide warrant entered the United States despite a massive manhunt, lesser-known wannabe visitors -...
In China - Internet firms sentenced for publishing rumors
October 25, 2013 - Beijing Chaoyang District People's Court handed down sentences on to two Internet companies that published rumors claiming a female Sinopec off...
Lifestyle checks eyed in Philippines judiciary
October 24, 2013 - Judges and court personnel may be subject to lifestyle checks as part of efforts of the Supreme Court (SC) and the Office of the Ombudsman to rid t...
Throw Us All The Scare Bombs You Can - we're Ready
October 24, 2013 - by Steven Brownstein 'EU lawmakers to beef up data protection laws.' That's garbbing the EU headlines. European Union lawm...
EU lawmakers to beef up data protection laws
October 24, 2013 - European Union lawmakers were set to approve sweeping new data protection rules to strengthen online privacy, and sought to outlaw most data transf...
Throw Us All The Scare Bombs You Can - We're Ready
October 23, 2013 - by Steven Brownstein 'EU lawmakers to beef up data protection laws.' That's garbbing the EU headlines. European Union lawm...
EU lawmakers to beef up data protection laws
October 23, 2013 - European Union lawmakers were set to approve sweeping new data protection rules to strengthen online privacy, and sought to outlaw most data transf...
Open justice and access to court documents - a (lightly updated) footnote
October 21, 2013 - Article 34.1 of the Constitution provides that “Justice … shall be administered in public“. By way of footnote to my earlier pos...
Consensual sex with minor not a crime, Delhi court says
October 18, 2013 - A city court has observed that consensual sex with a girl aged below 18 years does not constitute an offence under the Protection of Children from...
Morocco -How a kiss can lead to criminal charges
October 18, 2013 - Amnesty International on Thursday urged Morocco to immediately drop what it called "absurd charges" against a teenage couple arrested aft...
Fake companies help fluff CVs for a fee
October 17, 2013 - Resume fluffing is a problem in India. There are fake companies that have been established for the sole purpose of providing employment c...
Address Verification In Copenhagen
October 17, 2013 - Inquiries about addresses •Private individuals and companies are entitled to ask the Registration Office for information about other peopl...
Watched from a waste bin: UK pulls plug on spy trash cans
October 15, 2013 - The City of London has demanded that an advertising firm cease its ‘spy bin’ program which uses high-tech trash cans to track people wa...
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