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LEGAL
AID NEWS |
| Introduction
- Witness and victims protection |
| Friday, 11 May 2007 |
| The Presidential Commission
of Inquiry into serious Violations of Human Rights
has announced to the public, the victims and to potential
witnesses the availability of witness and victims
protection for the first time in Sri Lanka. |
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| Introduction
- Companies Act No. 7 of 2007 |
| Friday, 4 May 2007 |
| The Companies Act No. 7
of 2007 which was in the making for 15 years was at
last unanimously passed in Parliament in October 2006
and certified by the Speaker on March 20, 2007 and
is expected to be enforced from May 3, 2007. The Companies
Act could be |
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| Introduction
- Service Act of Grama Niladharies soon |
| Friday, 27 April 2007 |
| The Minister of Public
Administration and Home Affairs Deshamanya Karu Jayasuriya
has initiated steps to fulfill a long felt need to
provide a service act to empower and regulate the
services of Grama Niladharies islandwide. The Legal
Aid Commission wo |
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| Tobacco and
Alcohol Authority Act No. 27 of 2006 |
| Friday, 20 April 2007 |
| LANCET, the prestigious
British Medical Journal recently published a research
report in which Tobacco and Alcohol are classified
within 10 most dangerous drugs in the world. Dr. Daniel
Nutt and the Bristol University conducted a research
among the medical |
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| Introduction
-“Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities”
(CRPD) |
| Friday, 6 April 2007 |
| The above important humanitarian
convention adopted unanimously by the UN General Assembly,
became upon signatures from last Friday, 30th March
2007. Minister of Social Services and Social Development,
Douglas Devananda flew to New York to sign the Conven |
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| Crime victim
and witness protection-Background |
| Friday, 30 March 2007 |
| The movement to highlight
the urgent need to reform our criminal justice laws
to include protection of crime victims and witnesses
was started as far back as 2002. On a suggestion made
by the Chief Justice, the National Center for Victims
of Crime (NCVC) |
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| Law and development |
| Friday, 23 March 2007 |
| Sri Lanka’s pace
of economic development is often criticised as too
slow and sluggish when compared to countries like
Singapore and Malaysia. This may be true when compared
to per capita income and levels of human security.
Usually hypercritical Sri La |
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| Introduction-Human
Security for Elders |
| Friday, 16 March 2007 |
| Among the many positive
indicators of Sri Lankan social justice system is
the legislative protection of elders in this country.
Sri Lanka is one of earliest Asian countries to enact
rights based legislation for Protection of Elders
Rights by Act No. 9 of |
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| International
Women’s Day 2007 30th anniversary |
| Friday, 9 March 2007 |
| Yesterday, March 8 Sri
Lanka joined the rest of the world to celebrate the
International Women’s Day recognized by the
UN in 1977. Nationally and Internationally Women’s
Day is celebrated to pay tribute to women world over
for the tremendous and unique |
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| Introduction-
Good governance and rule of law |
| Friday, 2 March 2007 |
| THERE have been many activities,
conflicts, controversies and litigation in recent
years relating to a range of matters that repeatedly
raise issues of good governance, protection of human
rights and upholding of the rule of law. ... |
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