Eight ex-army officers were recently sentenced to life in prison for killing unarmed members of the Montoneros rebel group during Argentina’s Dirty War. A court in Chaco province concluded a nearly year long trial with convictions against Gustavo Athos, Horacio Losito, Luis Alberto Patetta, Aldo Martinez Segon, Jorge Daniel Carnero Sabol, Ricardo Guillermo Reyes, German…
DetailsA judge’s appointment in Albania can come with a price tag in the hundreds of thousands of dollars and this might not be the scariest part. In a judiciary where bargaining for favors among judges is part of the decision-making process, corruption no longer originates mainly from outside the system but also within its legal institutions.…
Details(Thanks to guest blogger Renata Avila for this post) Transparency and anti-corruption safeguards in key institutions comprising the Guatemalan justice system – from the supreme court to prosecutor general to the country’s criminal forensic labs – are highly inefficient, ineffective, and lacking both material and human resources to fill their mandate, according to a new…
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DetailsAs new details emerge daily about how the world’s most wanted terrorist was able to live in a mansion in close proximity to the Pakistani Military Academy, an unavoidable question remains to be fully answered: how exactly did he go unnoticed for so long? Under mounting international pressure, the Pakistani government has finally begun an…
DetailsAs part of Global Integrity’s effort to promote concrete policy dialogue around the findings from the recently released Global Integrity Report: 2010, Global Integrity is offering interested governments the opportunity to host a Global Integrity Dialogue Workshop in their country at no cost. We are seeking partners in government who are interested in engaging in…
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