The article examines the categorical and conceptual apparatus in field of social guarantees prosecutors. To begin with, author made a systematic analysis scientific opinions scientists regarding understanding essence such category as “social guarantees” proposed to understand prosecutors system methods, means conditions defined by current legislation, which are aimed at protecting from risks, p...

In March 2009, Trial Chamber I of the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) issued its judgment in Prosecutor v. Issa Hassan Sesay, Morris Kallon and Augustine Gbao, known as the Revolutionary United Front (RUF) case.1 The SCSL rendered the appeals judgment a short time later on October 26, 2009.2 The trial and appeals judgments in the RUF case were highly anticipated because the atrocities of ...

For decades the Netherlands have been the outsider in Europe when it comes to drug policy. The main features are well known: the law is not much different from other member states, the production and use of drugs is punishable by law. But the office of the public prosecutor refrains from prosecuting -under specific conditionsthe consumption and sale of cannabis. To be quite clear: the productio...

Mary Ellen Avery Treasurer Francisco J. Ayala Richard S. Nicholson Robert A. Frosch Executive Officer John Abelson Frederick W. Alt Don L. Anderson Stephen J. Benkovic David E. Bloom Floyd E. Bloom Henry R. Bourne James J. Bull Kathryn Calame C. Thomas Caskey Dennis W. Choi John M. Coffin Bruce F. Eldridge Paul T. Englund Richard G. Fairbanks Douglas T. Fearon Harry A. Fozzard Victor R. Fuchs T...

All around Europe, large investments have been done to project, develop and implement new information and communication technologies (ICT) in the justice sector. ICT has often been presented by policy makers to the public as a powerful tool to introduce and support changes, but also as an element of modernization per se, as the key for “bringing the justice administration into the modern age”. ...

Tracheo-brachiocephalic artery fistulas were rarely reported lesions often described in cases with tracheostomy procedures. Reported case was 26 year-old male drainage worker, trapped under the stony soil while excavating drainage canal. Rescue operation was performed, but he was reached dead. Provincial prosecutor mandated autopsy after crime scene investigation. Autopsy examination revealed t...