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LEGAL
AID NEWS |
| Seniors without
rights |
| Friday, 5 October 2007 |
| On October 1st Sri Lankans
following the rest of the world celebrated yet another
World Elders’ Day. The main celebrations were
jointly held by National Council of Elders and Helpage
International at the BMICH with participation of ministerial
dignitaries |
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| Introduction
- Women without rights |
| Friday, 28 September 2007 |
| It is customary for political
leaders and financial managers to remind us about
the importance of foreign remittances annually made
by Sri Lankan migrant workers abroad. |
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| Introduction
- Expedited Arbitration |
| Friday, 21 September 2007 |
| MODERN Arbitration is an
effective consensual method of dispute resolution
gaining currency over litigation in the field of commerce
specially in the arena of International commerce. |
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| Introduction-
Legal Aid for Development (DLA) |
| Friday, 14 September 2007 |
| The Developmental Legal
Aid (DLA) was conceived and pioneered in the Philippines
by attorney Jose W. Diokno. The background was the
repressive regime of Ferdinand Marcos where ... |
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| Introduction
- Protection of child rights |
| Friday, 7 September 2007 |
| The children all over the
world are considered a vulnerable group at home, school
or in society. All the civilized countries have enacted
child protection laws and set up institutions for
the welfare of children... |
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| Public appeal
for Legal Aid Fund |
| Friday, 24 August 2007 |
| Section 17 of Legal Aid
Law No. 27 of 1978 established the Legal Aid Fund
for which in addition to funds voted by Parliament,
could receive donations. Such donations would be deductible
from assessable income when computing income tax.... |
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| Introduction
- Failed states and Western double standards |
| Friday, 17 August 2007 |
| A few weeks ago in an introduction
to this page it was mentioned how the internationally
derogatory term of failed state came to be applied
to certain Sovereign States by ... |
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| Introduction-Legal
Aid is a human right |
| Friday, 10 August 2007 |
| The Universal Declaration
of Human Rights (UDHR), the Principal Compendium of
basic rights of the humanity adopted by the United
Nations in 1948 has during the past six decades changes
the world for the better. |
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| Victims and
Witnesses assistance protection |
| Friday, 3 August 2007 |
| Sri Lankan law enforcement
authorities had been grappling with rising serious
crimes, grave violation of Human Rights and mega cases
of corruption for the past two decades without any
visible trend in reduction. |
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| Introduction
- Geriatric challenges |
| Friday, 27 July 2007 |
| Geriatrics is the branch
in medical science that treats the diseases of the
elderly. This word has developed from Greek word 'Geron'
meaning 'old' which is related to 'Jara' in Sanskrit,
familiar word to Sri Lankans. ... |
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