January 31, 2012 4:34 PM
Tag: Legal reform
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Criminal Justice Reform Moot?
Looming changes to China’s Criminal Procedure Law offer mixed prospects, theoretically providing new protections while legitimising the use of enforced disappearances. But new research based on hundreds of interviews suggests that, with actual practice widely diverging from the letter of the law, the revisions’ real impact may be limited. The authors’ findings include routine co-operationFebruary 8, 2012 2:07 AM
State Media Responds to Rights Report
Human Rights Watch recently released its 22nd annual World Report, whose 676 pages include a country-by-country overview
Wukan and the Rule of Law
The Jamestown Foundation’s Willy Lam reflects on the conciliatory approach taken by CCP officials in Guangdong to bring
January 8, 2012 9:19 PM
China’s Latest Legal Crackdown
Jerome Cohen describes the two sides of proposed changes to China’s Criminal Procedure Law, which threaten to create
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