Country reports
The HRI carries out independent, professional and constructive examinations of legal systems in operation worldwide. Reports from all the IBA's country missions can be found below. Most recent reports are listed first.
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Judicial independence undermined: A report on Uganda, Sept 2007 (Uganda_Judicial_independence_undermined.pdf)Judicial independence undermined: A report on Uganda
Justice in Jeopardy: Malaysia, 2000 (Malaysia_Justice_in_jeopardy.pdf) Justice under Siege: a report on the rule of law in Poland, Nov 2007 (Poland_report_English.pdf)Justice under Siege: a report on the rule of law in Poland
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Peru: executive summary (English) (Peru_Executive_Summary.pdf) Peru: report (English) (Peru_report_English.pdf) Peru: report (Spanish), Mar 1999 (Peru_report_Spanish.pdf) Poland - Press release (French) (Poland_Press_release_French.pdf) Poland - report (Polish) (Poland_report_Polish.pdf) Report of IBA Zimbabwe Mission, 2001 (Zimbabwe_IBA_Mission_01.pdf) Review of the Draft Criminal Procedure Code of Cameroon (English) (IBA_Cameroon_Review_English.pdf) Review of the Draft Criminal Procedure Code of Cameroon (French) (IBA_Cameroon_Review_French.pdf) Sri Lanka: Failing to Protect the Rule of Law and the Independence of the Judiciary, Nov 2001 (SriLankaReportNov2001.pdf)Sri Lanka: Failing to Protect the Rule of Law and the Independence of the Judiciary
Striving for Democratic Governance (Swaziland), Aug 2003 (Swaziland_striving_democratic_governance.pdf)Striving for Democratic Governance: An Analysis of the Draft Swaziland Constitution
Striving for Judicial Independence: A Report into Proposed Changes to the Judiciary in Russia (Russian), June 2005 (Russian_Full_report(Russian).pdf) Striving for Judicial Independence: A Report into Proposed Changes to the Judiciary in Russia, June 2005 (Russian_Full_report(English).pdf)Striving for Judicial Independence: A Report into Proposed Changes to the Judiciary in Russia
Swaziland - Law, Custom and Politics, Mar 2003 (Swaziland_law_custom.pdf)Swaziland - Law, Custom and Politics: Constitutional Crisis and the Breakdown in the Rule of Law
The Daiyo Kangoku (Substitute Prison) System of Police Custody in Japan (Japan_DaiyoKangoku.pdf)The Daiyo Kangoku (Substitute Prison) System of Police Custody in Japan
The Rule of Law and Human Rights in the Legal System of Pakistan, Dec 1998 (Pakistan_Rule_of_Law.pdf) The struggle to maintain an independent judiciary (Pakistan), July 2007 (Pakistan_Struggle_for_Independent_Judiciary.pdf)The struggle to maintain an independent judiciary: a report on the attempt to remove the Chief Justice of Pakistan
Under Pressure: a report on the rule of law in the Gambia, Aug 2006 (TheGambia_UnderPressure.pdf) Venezuela: Justice under threat, (Spanish) June 2007 (Venezuela_Justice_Under_Threat(Spanish).pdf) Venezuela: Justice under threat, June 2007 (Venezuela_Justice_Under_Threat.pdf) Venezuelan Justice System in Crisis (Venezuela_Justice_Crisis.pdf)Executive Summary
Venezuelan Justice System in Crisis (Spanish), Mar 2003 (Venezuela_Justice_Crisis(Spanish).pdf) Zimbabwe appendices (Zimbabwe_Appendices.pdf) Zimbabwe Executive Summary, 2001 (Zimbabwe_Exec_Summary.pdf) Zimbabwe: human rights in crisis, May 2007 (Zimbabwe_HumanRights_Crisis.pdf)Shadow report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights