Substantive issues Equality of arms in the courts

Subject matter Fair trial and equality of arms in child abuse trial

We funded research for a Consumer Panel in an effort to ensure equality of arms.

Subject matter Equality of arms in connection with opportunities to question defence experts in criminal proceedings

The authors filed an appeal before the Constitutional Court for amparo, claiming a violation of the principle of equality of arms.

The new documentation was transmitted to the State party for comments, to ensure equality of arms, and the State party has commented on it.

The principal reason for these variations in the estimated end dates for these trials is to ensure equality of arms for the defence in the presentation of its case.

When secret information is relied upon, safeguards must be in place to ensure the principle of equality of arms, including effective access to the information by the judge and defendant's counsel.

Equality of Access

Yet equality before the law was not the same as equality in rights or gender equality.

Equality of the sexes

The Gender Equality Act stipulates an obligation of employers actively to promote gender equality.

Recognition of the equality of all races and of the equality of all nations, large and small.

Greater equality reinforces the ambition for still more equality.

Promotion of equality of opportunity

Identify the key individuals and or business entities associated with the commercial activities of the arms market. Does the Government of Yemen buy arms from or sell arms to the arms market?

On 30 October 1997, this decision was reversed by the Circuit Court as the author had not been properly informed of the date of the hearing and therefore the principle of equality of arms between the parties had not been respected.

(b) Restriction of arms possession leading to a total control over these arms.

The SLM A and the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) are also failing to abide by the commitments made under past agreements and are doing far too little to control their men under arms.

(v) Actively promoting gender equality with the aim of achieving full equality between men and women

The Gender Equality Act provides for the creation of a new institution the Gender Equality Commissioner.

Conference of Ministers of Gender Equality

The Monitoring Group uncovered 34 individual arms shipments or violations of the arms embargo.

Stimulating Equality

Gender equality

Gender equality

Gender equality

He himself headed a 10 person gender equality unit at the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform which was responsible for implementing Ireland's international gender equality commitments.

The Gender Equality Council approves the general guidelines of gender equality policy, consults the Government on issues of strategy for the promotion of gender equality and presents to the Government its position on the conformity with the Gender Equality Act of national programmes submitted by the ministries.

Gender equality and empowerment of women

4.1 Media portrayal of gender equality

The Department of Education and Science Gender Equality Unit focused on the education sector, while the Ministry of Finance Gender Equality Unit oversaw the implementation of equality policies in the employment of civil servants.

Poland has maintained a high level of gender equality, an established disability rights movement and promotes peaceful equality.

In addition to the Employment Equality Act and the Equal Status Act he had just mentioned, equality was promoted by an Equality Authority.

A. Bakaraaha Arms Market, arms trading networks and the opposition

The legal equality that women enjoy does not necessarily translate into factual equality.

Based on the Gender Equality Act the Gender Equality Council will be established.

Scope of the arms embargo

Monitoring of the arms embargo

Scope of the arms embargo

Examples of arms embargo violations

Movement of arms and munitions

A number of individuals used the medium of the Bakaaraha arms market either to sell or to buy arms that were brought into Somalia in violation of the arms embargo.

Such steps would include export control, arms and arms brokers licensing systems and measures to criminalize arms embargo violations.

Equality or Estrangement