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Crown attorneys call on Manitoba government to help address 'dangerously heavy caseloads'
The Manitoba Association of Crown Attorneys (MACA) is calling on the provincial government to help reduce mounting workloads that it says are making it difficult for prosecutors to meet their professional responsibilities. grievance it filed in April 2023. It says the grievance it filed back in April 2023 regarding 'dangerously heavy caseloads' won't be heard by an arbitrator until October 2025.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2025-01-10
Preparing RCMP body-cam evidence for court will be monumental task, prosecutor says
The RCMP is phasing-in the use of body-worn cameras across the country and expects 90 per cent of frontline members to be wearing them within a year. Shara Munn, president of the New Brunswick Crown Prosecutors Association, said while the body-camera evidence will be great to have, it will also mean a huge influx of work for prosecutors.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2025-01-06
N.L. government invests in 18 new Crown attorneys amid severe staffing crunch
Newfoundland and Labrador Justice Minister Bernard Davis announced Wednesday afternoon that the provincial government is investing nearly $24 million to improve the province's justice system.... The investment comes after CBC News reported in numerous stories that Crown attorneys in the province were "suffocating" from overwhelming workloads and a critical staffing shortage.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2024-11-14
Newfoundland to add more Crown prosecutors
Newfoundland and Labrador has agreed to hire more Crown lawyers following cries of a shortage of prosecutors in the province. The “multi-year investment” will include the hiring of 18 new Crown lawyers, according to a news release.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2024-11-13
Critical shortage of Crown attorneys has 'gone on way too long' and is hurting public safety
The Canadian Association of Crown Counsel, an umbrella group for thousands of Crown attorneys and government lawyers across the country is calling for a big boost in the number of provincial prosecutors in Newfoundland and Labrador.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2024-11-13
Most criminal cases in Ontario now ending before charges are tested at trial
More than half of the criminal charges laid by police in Ontario never make it to trial, according to data from Statistics Canada. The numbers paint a troubling picture of the province’s justice system. More judges, staff, prosecutors and courtrooms needed, says Crown attorneys’ association.
[ ...Suite ]Date de parution : 2024-11-12
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IAP Statement Regarding the Events in Ukraine and the Russian Federation
01-03-2022
The International Association of Prosecutors joins the international community in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ordered by the President of the Russian Federation.
The International Association of Prosecutors – a global association represented by prosecution services, associations of prosecutors and individual prosecutors in over 170 countries – joins the international community in condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine ordered by the President of the Russian Federation.
This act violates both Ukraine’s sovereignty and international law. A state is prohibited from the use or threat of force against another state unless acting in self-defence or acting pursuant to a United Nations Security Council resolution. Neither of these two exceptions is applicable to Russia’s actions against Ukraine.
Further, the International Association of Prosecutors expresses deep concern at the President of the Russian Federation’s allegations of lack of independence and corruption on the part of Ukraine’s investigators, prosecutors, and judges. Both the prosecution services of Ukraine and the Russian Federation are organisational members of the International Association of Prosecutors, and both have played a significant role in the development of the worldwide community of prosecutors. Any attempt to subvert the work of independent investigators, prosecutors and judges is intolerable and the fundamental principles of the rule of law must be safeguarded at all costs.
The International Association of Prosecutors implores the Prosecutor General of the Russian Federation to exhort his government to end the threats posed by Russian action to the civilian population of Ukraine in general and to its prosecutors and their families in particular.
In our effort to strengthen global standards, build capacity and improve international co-operation amongst prosecutors, the International Association of Prosecutors will continue to develop its network of regional offices. In the meantime, the International Association of Prosecutors has today decided to suspend the operation of the regional office in St Petersburg with immediate effect because of the Russian Federations actions in Ukraine.
The Hague, 1 March 2022
https://www.iap-association.org/News/IAP-statement-regarding-the-events-in-Ukraine-and