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India's Justice System Lets Women Down
March 10, 2020 - Despite efforts to expedite cases of sexual violence against women, a huge backlog remains which could be eroding trust in the police and the law. Seven years after the crime, the infamous Delhi gangrape case labours on in the Supreme Court with the filing of a new review petition. In the Unnao case, the rape victim was killed before the final verdict. In India, justice, even in high-profile cases of rape, can take time. These delays hurt victims but also affect society by eroding trust in institutions and increasing the clamour for extrajudicial justice. According to the latest available data from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), cases of rape in India fell in 2017 to 52 incidents per million women...
Justice Is Slow In Bangladesh Especially For Women And Children
March 09, 2020 - According to Supreme Court data (till June 2019), a total of 1,65,327 cases are pending on charges of violence against women and children. &nbs...
Policing Humour Is Not A Joke
March 05, 2020 - Thousands of people in Scotland have been logged on a police database for making rude jokes online. Police Scotland are up to their...
Rwanda Criminal Record Certificates Going Online
March 02, 2020 - Members of the public will be able to access criminal record certificates through an online platform, the Prosecutor General has confirmed, in a re...
Name Changes Will Now Require A Criminal Record Check
February 28, 2020 - According to the Government of Saskatchewan, a criminal record check will now be required when anyone 18 years of age or older requests a name chan...
Australia: Who Can See My Criminal Record?
February 27, 2020 - One of the most common concerns defendants have in criminal cases is the impact of a conviction on their future, including their current or future...
Why are Canada's courts not online?
February 25, 2020 - Elliot Herzig: Just about everything is online these days. Why not Canada's courts? Our justice system is inaccessible to many C...
Bangkok's Criminal Courts Guide
February 18, 2020 - District Courts in Bangkok As regards criminal cases, the court in a district where an offence has been committed, alleged or believ...
London Jurisdictions Court Records Search Guide
February 17, 2020 - Steven Brownstein here. I cover London area very well. I will need a postal code to know which court to search. &...
The Background Investigator Investigates Germany
February 09, 2020 - As part of an ongoing series, The Background Investigator, sent an attorney to Germany to explore the availablility of criminal records. The result...
Screening Fraud Becoming Serious In India
February 06, 2020 - Rahul Belwalkar is an HR expert and his core competencies include employee background screening, partner due diligence, pre and post underwriting r...
Over 7500 Fake Background Check Companies In India
February 05, 2020 - First Advantage has found background check fraud in India And at least that many of the 7500 fake companies or more are providing fake do...
British DBS Record System Fails FCRA
February 03, 2020 - Legal rights campaign groups have described as a “disgrace” the government’s delay in reforming the criminal record checks system...
The Background Investigator Goes To Taiwan
February 03, 2020 - In a continuing series, The Background Investigator, is sending its researchers to various countries around the world to explore the justice system...
Background Check Fraud in Manila
February 02, 2020 - Originally posted June 17, 2019 by Steve Brownstein Why I do Manila searches by myself. I've been going to Manila and doing...
In Thailand, Drug Cases Top Last Year's Court Records
February 01, 2020 - Almost 2 million legal cases were filed in the courts last year, with drug-related cases topping the list of court proceedings compiled by the Offi...
Here's Why Checkr Is Not Reliable
January 13, 2020 - Just to show you what background check companies say just to get your business, look at this quote from a Checkr WebPage: "Most of the Uni...
Civil Proceedings in Ontario
January 12, 2020 - The Superior Court of Justice hears all civil proceedings in Ontario, including commercial matters, personal injury, bankruptcy and insolvency case...
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