La Revista de la CIJ no. 62-63 (Septiembre 2001)
Impunidad, crimen de lesa humanidad y desaparición forzada.
ICJ Review-62-63-2001-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Impunidad, crimen de lesa humanidad y desaparición forzada.
ICJ Review-62-63-2001-spa (full text in Spanish, PDF)
Judges and prosecutors continued to play a key role in the full restoration of powers to the judiciary, including the power to investigate and try past human rights violations, but the judiciary, especially in the provinces, continued to be subject to political influence.
The main problems affecting the judiciary are related to excessive delays in the commencement of trials, the extensive practice of pre-trial detention, political manipulation and corruption
Severe back log, ineffective methods, corruption and a lack of resources are the main problems affecting the Dominican judiciary.
Widespread corruption and heavy back log constitute the main problems the Ecuadorian judiciary has to face, against a background of continuing political and economic instability.