PUBLICATIONS
November 1, 1994
The Reform of Criminal Procedure: From United Nations Policy to Canadian Law
Access to Justice / Justice Efficiency
The Reform of Criminal Procedure: From United Nations Policy to Canadian Law
DATE
November 1, 1994
AUTHORS
Daniel Préfontaine, KC, Dr. Vincent Yang
YEARS
1994
POLICIES
Access to Justice / Justice Efficiency
The Reform of Criminal Procedure: From United Nations Policy to Canadian Law
Since the mid-1970s, and particularly during the last decade, the United Nations, its Congresses on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders, the Committee of Crime Prevention and Control and the newly established Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, and various affiliated criminal justice institutions, have been engaged in continuous efforts to encourage and assist effective implementation of these general principles in the reform of national systems of criminal procedure. A variety of new instruments have been adopted through these efforts. These instruments provide policies, norms and guidelines, which not only reiterate and enrich the general 3 principles such as the independence of the judiciary, but also promote new concepts such as the protection of victims.
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