Tag: open justice
Khmer Rouge victims left without justice for decades
9 Nov 2015
A former judge of the Khmer Rouge Tribunal in Cambodia has warned politicians are not learning the lessons to prevent future genocide and war crimes.
Immigration courts – are we blind to justice?
18 Feb 2015
Reporters are not testing immigration courts and tribunals enough, they are showing deference to power, and justice is not being seen to be done.
Toronto immigration board: No more ‘I love you’s’
18 Feb 2015
A Toronto immigration board appeal hearing has declared a marriage to be “not genuine” and for the purposes of getting a husband from Vietnam into Canada.
Philadelphia Immigration Court: Where numbers rule
13 Feb 2015
Exclusive: Witness the forms, alien numbers, delays, a world of nationalities and human migration colliding inside the Philadelphia Immigration Court.
Philadelphia immigration court: ‘Soccer player’ in ‘wrong place’
12 Feb 2015
A MAN who said he was a professional soccer player in his native Jamaica was warned about who he associates with after connections to a $1/2m drugs bust.
Philadelphia immigration court: Lengthy wait for limited amnesty
9 Feb 2015
A man has appeared at Philadelphia Immigration Court seeking one of 4000 limited “cancellation of removal” waivers granted each year.
Justice must be seen to be done – both by reporters and the public
6 Jun 2013
Why does it matter that justice is seen to be done? Consider the legal and journalism challenges behind the basis of “open justice”.
