Challenges to Criminal Justice System

Challenges to Criminal Justice System

1 Legal Services Authorities Act

  1. The National Legal Services Authority
  2. The State Legal Services Authority
  3. District Legal Services Authority
  4. Taluk Legal Services Authority
  5. Functions of the Authorities

2 Legal Aid In Police And Prison Process

  1. A Comparative Analysis of Legal Aid in Different Jurisdictions
  2. Legal Aid to the Prisoners in India
  3. Indian Judiciary and Legal Aid to Prisoners

3 Legal Aid At Court

  1. Supreme Court Middle Income Group Legal Aid Society
  2. Supreme Court Legal Services Committee
  3. High Court Legal Services Committee
  4. Lok Adalat

4 Legal Aid In Other Custodial Institutions

  1. The Right to Counsel to Mentally Ill Person
  2. Homeless Persons’ Legal Aid
  3. Self Representation Service (QCAT)

5 Rationale And Law

  1. Historical Developments
  2. Historical Developments in India
  3. Legislation on Juvenile Justice
  4. Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000

6 Juvenile Justice Institutions

  1. History of the Juvenile Justice Institutions
  2. Juvenile Justice Institutions in India

7 Convention On The Rights Of Children

  1. The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child
  2. The United Nations Standard Minimum Rules for the Administration of Juvenile Justice

8 Current Practices And Procedures

  1. The Procedural Aspects in the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act 2000
  2. Procedure regarding trial revision and appeal of juvenile cases

9 Principles and Development of International Criminal Justice

  1. Nature of international crimes and the development of norms on international criminalization
  2. Historical Context
  3. The Nuremberg Principles
  4. Influences on Subsequent Legal Developments

10 International Tribunals โ€“ Yugoslavia and Rwanda

  1. International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia [ICTY]
  2. Legal precedents set by ICTY
  3. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda [ICTR]
  4. Legal precedents set by ICTR

11 Special International Tribunals other than ICC

  1. The Special Court for Sierra Leone
  2. Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
  3. Special Tribunal for Lebanon
  4. Special Tribunal for Bangladesh

12 History and development of Preventive Detention Laws in India

  1. Meaning of preventive detention
  2. History of Preventive Detention laws in India
  3. Preventive detention challenges to criminal justice and human rights
  4. Overview of central legislations relating to preventive detention
  5. Relevant judicial decisions concerning preventive detention

13 National Security Act

  1. Detention
  2. Advisory Boards
  3. Judicial decisions relating to NSA

14 Armed Forces Special Powers [AFSP] Act

  1. Provisions of the AFSP Act
  2. AFSP Act challenges to criminal justice and Human Rights
  3. Committee to Review AFSP Act

15 Unlawful Activities Prevention Act

  1. Salient provisions of the ULAPA
  2. ULAPA and challenges to criminal justice and human rights