News
Congress of AACC in Korea
KAS receives plaque of appreciation
Korean constitutional court president Lee presented representatives of KAS a plaque of appreciation, acknowledging their outstanding support of the cooperation between Asian guardians of constitutions as well as KAS Rule of Law Program's invaluable contribution to establishing the AACC.
Meeting of Constitutional Judiciary
Congress of the Association of Asian Constitutional Courts
Constitutional judges from Asia, Africa and Europe discuss in Seoul the role of constitutional courts for the development of democracy.
Challenges to the Rule of Law
Judicial Integrity and Fight against Corruption
High-ranking lawyers discussed in Bangkok special requirements for judiciary's successful fight against corruption.
New series
KAS Rule of Law Programme Asia starts series of Environmental Law Talks
In view of Asia's growth in population and economy, the protection of natural resources becomes more and more urgent. KAS Rule of Law Programme Asia therefore begins a new series of expert talks on selected legal issues of environmental protection in the region.
Philippines join Rome Statute
No impunity for war criminals
Philippines' Secretary for Justice Leila de Lima emphasized the signalling effect of her country joining the International Criminal Court in The Hague when international experts met in Manila to discuss the consequences of that decision for other countries in the region.
Landuse in East- and Southeast Asia
Property entails obligations
An international workshop in Nanjing/China highlightened possibilities to regulate property and landuse rights as well as social and economic consequences.
Presidential Elections in Singapore
Four Tans and Democracy
On August 27 Singapore`s citizens had the chance to casting their vote for a new head of state. Certain was already then: The winner`s name would be Tan. Read our background report (German only).
New Director Rule of Law Programme Asia
Marc Spitzkatz is the new head of the KAS Rule of Law Programme in Singapore
On August 1st 2011 the KAS Rule of Law Programme welcomed a new director. Marc Spitzkatz studied law and has been a judge for more than ten years now. He also spent four years in Beijing working in the Sino-German rule of law dialogue. Spitzkatz follows Clauspeter Hill who is now in charge of our KAS-office in Thailand.
Conference in Kuala Lumpur
3rd Media Legal Defence Conference
Freedom of speech and press remain a challenge in many Asian countries: during the third conference since 2007 journalists reportet about defamation and censorship they were facing and even see on the rise in some states. The event granted the 120 participating lawyers, journalists and experts a space to exchange their often personal experiences in these matters and establish networks for further assistance to one another.
SEMINAR IN BHUTAN
The Rights of the Accused in Criminal Proceedings
At the beginning of May the Office of the Attorney General of Bhutan in cooperation with KAS conducted a seminar on the rights of the accused in criminal proceedings. As experts from Germany Chief Federal Prosecutor Prof. Monika Harms and Federal Judge at the Prof. Dr. Markus Jaeger attended the seminar.
