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| | Immunity (legal) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Parliamentary immunity is granted to elected government officials during their official acts in parliament, congress or other public deliberative organ of government. | | | Judicial immunity, which finds its origin in sovereign immunity, is the absolute immunity of a judge or magistrate from any kind of civil liability for an act performed in the judge's official capacity, i.e. | | | For example, in 1948 the United States signed the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide with the proviso that no claim of genocide could be brought against it at the International Court of Justice without its consent [1]. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immunity_(legal)
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| | Parliamentary immunity - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | Before prosecuting, it is necessary that the immunity be removed, usually by a superior court of Justice, or the parliament itself. | | | Legislators in countries using the Westminster system, such as the United Kingdom, are also protected from civil action for slander and libel by their parliamentary immunity whilst they are in the House. | | | Members of the Parliament of France enjoy irresponsibility for what they did as parliamentarians, and partial inviolability – that is, severe restrictions for the police or justice to arrest or detain them. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parliamentary_immunity
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| | Parliament of Australia: Senate: Publications: Odgers' Guide to Australian Senate Practice - Eleventh Edition - Chapter ... |
| | Immunity of parliamentary proceedings from scrutiny in the courts was formerly supported by a parliamentary practice of not allowing reference to the records of those proceedings in the courts without the approval of the House concerned. | | | The immunity of parliamentary proceedings from question in the courts is regarded as necessary for the two Houses to carry out their functions without the fear of their proceedings being restricted or regulated by actions in the courts. | | | Secondly, there is the immunity of parliamentary proceedings as such from impeachment or question in the courts. |
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http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/odgers/chap0209.htm
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| | Senate Intranet: Briefs - 11 |
| | The courts uphold parliamentary immunities by preventing any violation of those immunities in the course of proceedings before the courts, and they uphold parliamentary powers, especially the power to punish contempts, in any test of the legality of the exercise of those powers. | | | The term 'privilege', in relation to parliamentary privilege, refers to an immunity from the ordinary law, which is recognised by the law as a right of the Houses and their members. | | | The principal parliamentary immunity is the immunity from civil or criminal action, and examination in legal proceedings, of members of the Houses and of witnesses and others taking part in proceedings in Parliament. |
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http://www.aph.gov.au/senate/pubs/briefs/brief11.htm
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| | Venice Commission - Commission de Venise |
| | The lifting of parliamentary immunity with regard to inviolability is constituted by the chamber's permission to institute criminal proceedings or to keep the member under arrest or in detention. | | | As a rule, the legal foundation of immunity is enshrined in the fundamental statutes of states. | | | Immunity must not sanction the impunity of members of parliament for offences committed by them, nor should it intentionally obstruct the course of justice and the proper functioning of democracy. |
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http://www.venice.coe.int/docs/1996/CDL-INF(1996)007-e.asp
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| | Ruling on Parliamentary Immunity |
| | In addition to the argument based upon parliamentary privilege, he invokes certain promises made to him prior to testifying to the effect that his testimony would not be used in other proceedings. | | | Its objective was not, according to their submission, to protect from scrutiny in the Courts the declarations made by witnesses before parliamentary committees which they later contradicted in court proceedings, or which are inconsistent with their testimony. | | | Counsel for these parties argue that Article 9 was not intended to apply to such witnesses but to the statements made in debate by parliamentarians themselves and that the purpose of the enactment was to protect the latter from civil or criminal proceedings based upon such statements. |
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http://www.gomery.ca/en/rulingonparliamentaryimmunity
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| | Immunities of Members of the Parliamentary Assembly |
| | Concerning parliamentary inviolability, guaranteed by Article 15 of the General Agreement, the Assembly emphasises that the procedure for waiving parliamentary immunity at the Parliamentary Assembly is separate from that of national parliaments. | | | Before the revision of the system of parliamentary privilege in Belgium in 1997, the press and the public in general were to a certain extent hostile to parliamentary immunity, viewed as a privilege granted to members of parliament. | | | “a rule of parliamentary immunity which is consistent with and reflects generally recognised rules within signatory states (of the European Convention on Human Rights), the Council of Europe and the European Union, cannot in principle be regarded as imposing a disproportionate restriction on the right of access to court as embodied in Article 6 par. |
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http://assembly.coe.int/Documents/WorkingDocs/Doc03/EDOC9718.htm
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| | Adalah: Legal Advocacy |
| | Immunity means that an MK is exempt from any legal action based on political expressions made in the course of carrying out his/her work, making the restriction on MK Makhoul's right to speak in the Knesset illegal under Israeli law. | | | The petition, along with a motion to stay the proceedings in the Magistrate Court pending a final outcome of the case, was brought against the Attorney General, the Knesset, and the Magistrate Court. | | | The petition seeks a ruling by the Supreme Court on the issue of immunity. |
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http://www.adalah.org/eng/legaladvocacypolitical.php
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| | Parliamentary Privilege |
| | the privileges or immunities of the Parliament; and | | | Parliamentary privilege is the term used to describe the laws relating to: | | | Witnesses appearing before some parliamentary committees are accorded the same protection and privileges as witnesses appearing before the Supreme Court. |
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http://www.parliament.tas.gov.au/tpl/InfoSheets/Parl_Priv.htm
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| | Al-Ahram Weekly The 1995 parliamentary elections Coverage Parliament votes for immunity |
| | The committee also turned down the justice minister's request to strip him of his parliamentary immunity on the grounds that the request was not backed by documents on the case filed against Abaza, as required by the Assembly's regulations. | | | The Assembly, after authorising the four to testify before prosecution officials, then debated another report by its legislative and constitutional committee on the case of Ahmed Fouad Abaza, MP for the Sharqiya district of Abu Hammad. | | | Angered by these words, Tawfiq Abdou Ismail responded that neither he nor the three others "needed the protection of parliamentary immunity because we have full confidence in the justice system". |
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/archives/1995elec/254.htm
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| | Rasa Bartkute, The Imprisonment and Impeachment of Members of Parliament: the Case of Lithuania. |
| | Parliamentary immunity is a set of legal rules and conventions designed to protect a member for the purpose of performing the parliamentary duties without a fear of prosecution on behalf of the private parties or other branches of government. | | | [15] The English concept of parliamentary privilege was adopted in the British colonies and remains of importance in most Commonwealth jurisdictions and the present United States. | | | As to the issue of the application of the model to public officials, the Constitutional Court focused on the scope of the immunity afforded to MPs and to the President of the Republic. |
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http://venus.ci.uw.edu.pl/~rubikon/forum/rasaleg.htm
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| | "Criminalizing Parliamentary Speech in Turkey" |
| | The lifting of parliamentary immunity of the seven deputies, the imminent trials of six for the capital offense of encouraging separatism, and the impending proceedings to dissolve the Democracy Party (DEP), are all violations of obligations binding on Turkey in both conventional and customary international law. | | | The Assembly acted to strip the deputies’ immunity on charges issued by the prosecutor for the State Security Court of Ankara in a written petition to the Ministry of Justice in November 1991. | | | Mezarci, the parliament lifted him immunity because of charges involving provisions of the Turkish criminal code prohibiting "insult to Ataturk" The charges involve a statement that he says was deliberately distorted by the Turkish media to the effect that Ataturk was the son of a prostitute. |
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http://www.kurdistan.org/Leyla/crimetospeak.html
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| | Middle East Report Online: The Case of Azmi Bishara, Political Immunity and Freedom in Israel, by Gad Barzilai |
| | In a democracy, parliamentary immunity, and other types of political immunity granted to elected representatives, are crucial for protecting a plurality of attitudes and practices. | | | The lifting of Azmi Bishara's immunity, and the planned court proceedings against him, are dangerous developments for democracy in Israel. | | | Therefore, legal scholars attest, stripping Bishara of his immunity was illegal by any normative conception of democracy as a fabric that should encourage plurality of voices and practices. |
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http://www.merip.org/mero/mero010902.html
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| | Adalah: Press Release |
| | The two legal questions now before the Supreme Court are whether or not the Magistrate Court can legitimately proceed with the trial of MK Bishara without first deciding on the status of his parliamentary immunity; and what is the scope of an MK's parliamentary immunity regarding political speech. | | | The petition was submitted on 24 December 2003 against the Knesset, the Attorney General and the Nazareth Magistrate Court following the Magistrate Court’s decision of November 2003 not to dismiss the indictment against MK Bishara. | | | Adalah also argued that the Magistrate Court erred in failing to dismiss the indictment, particularly on the issue of immunity, which is a per se matter of law and must be decided pre-trial. |
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http://www.adalah.org/eng/pressreleases/pr.php?file=04_11_07
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| | Veto constitutional amendment, Lagos urged (Human Rights Watch, March 16, 2000) |
| | The Santiago Appeals Court must now rule whether Pinochet's parliamentary immunity should be lifted so that he may stand trial. | | | Most Latin American constitutions give members of the legislature and/or public officials immunity from arrest or prosecution, but these privileges terminate when they leave office and are designed to allow them to carry out their legitimate public responsibilities. | | | If the court rules that it should, Pinochet may appeal to the Supreme Court. |
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http://www.hrw.org/english/docs/2000/03/16/chile446_txt.htm
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| | Al-Ahram Weekly Home News Redefining parliamentary immunity |
| | Abu Steit promised to reveal the real facts before the Legislative and Constitutional Committee in case a request for lifting his parliamentary immunity was submitted. | | | The constitution states that as long as parliament is in session, the assembly's Legislative and Constitutional Committee should be the authority empowered with deciding on the requests submitted for the removal of the immunity of MPs. | | | My proposal is that the constitution be amended to solely entrust the assembly's bureau with deciding on immunity-lifting requests in order to shorten and speed up action and bring parliamentary corruption under control. |
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/441/eg2.htm
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| | Israel: The show-trial of Arab Knesset member Azmi Bishara |
| | Rubinstein submitted a recommendation that Bishara’s parliamentary immunity be removed so that he could be charged under 2 acts; the Prevention of Terror Ordinance (1948) and Regulation 5 of the Emergency Regulations (Exiting the Country) of 1948. | | | But the lifting of Bishara’s immunity was done in order to facilitate Israeli Attorney General Elyakim Rubinstein’s, commencement of legal action against him on a number of counts. | | | Members of the Knesset are explicitly protected under an act entitled the “Law of Immunity of MKs, Their Rights and Their Duties”. |
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http://www.wsws.org/articles/2002/apr2002/bish-a16_prn.shtml
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| | Kyiv Post. Common sense says get rid of parliamentary immunity |
| | Immunity also makes another serious Ukrainian problem worse: corruption in the court system. | | | The material may not be reproduced without the written consent of the owner. | | | But Yushchenko has pledged himself to a higher standard, running as a man who would bring Ukraine under the rule of law. |
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http://www.kyivpost.com/opinion/oped/22372
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| | Three AMN MPs lost parliamentary immunity |
| | Fifty four Communist MPs have voted for lifting the immunity and sending the legal cases opened by the Prosecutor General’s Office to the court. | | | Deputy Chairman of the Parliament Iurie Rosca argued the refusal of the Christian Democratic MPs to vote by the fact that in order not to doubt the correctness of the court it would have been better to reexamine this issue after the passing of a new Law on Prosecutor General’s Office. | | | The case of the Communist MP Ivan Gutu has not been discussed at the plenary meeting for the reason that he appealed against Prosecutor General’s Office ordinance of opening a legal case. |
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http://politicom.moldova.org/stiri/eng/5386
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| | Rediff On The NeT: Rao pleads parliamentary immunity in JMM case |
| | Anand said the court must ascertain whether sanction had been granted for prosecuting public servants for statements or acts during the course of Parliamentary proceedings. | | | Quoting various Supreme Court and high court orders, Anand said the Constitution prevented courts from interfering in matters related to the proceedings taking place in Parliament and assemblies. | | | Only committees constituted by Parliament or the assembly concerned was empowered to go into issues related to statement, vote or any other in-house matters, he argued. |
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http://www.rediff.com/news/aug/11jmm.htm
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| | PPP 14/06: Immunity debate needs context |
| | It has continued to be subject to executive interference and open to corruption, and human rights problems have gone unchecked." Given these serious inadequacies, the National Assembly should proceed with the utmost caution when considering a judicial request for the lifting of parliamentary immunity. | | | otherwise he would have to take into account the case of Cheam Channy MP, who was arrested hours after his immunity was lifted on criminal charges brought by the Military Court. | | | 14 No. 4) is right to point out that in democracies such as the UK, US and Australia, parliamentary privilege is restricted to statements made during parliamentary proceedings. |
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http://www.phnompenhpost.com/TXT/letters/l1406-1.htm
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| | CAMBODIA: The silencing of the Cambodian parliamentary opposition |
| | Subsequently, the opposition leader and his party members may be subjected to legal proceedings relating to statements they made about the corrupt practices of some leading political figures. | | | Finally, the Cambodian government must uphold the provisions of the Cambodian Constitution, respect freedom of expression and encourage pluralism in Cambodia's democratic system. | | | Please also send a copy of that letter to the other relevant authorities listed below. |
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http://www.ahrchk.net/ua/mainfile.php/2005/951
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| | Human rights of parliamentarians |
| | Regrets nevertheless that, despite the clear legal provisions regarding the lifting of parliamentary immunity, the investigations against Mr. | | | Lukanov were suspended on 28 May 1995, that he has recovered his passport and that, therefore, for the time being, he is no longer subject to any judicial or administrative proceedings or decisions; | | | Considering that on 28 May 1995 the Prosecutor General suspended the proceedings in the case of Mr. |
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http://www.ipu.org/hr-e/158/158bg01.htm
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| | HOW PARLIAMENT OF ROMANIA WORKS |
| | Deputies and Senators benefit by immunity after the day of the respective Chamber's statutory meeting, on condition that their mandate be validated and extended over the whole duration of the parliamentary mandate. | | | In the case in which the Chamber of Deputies or the Senate, as the case may be, finds that there is no reason for the detention, it orders the immediate revocation of the measure. | | | Parliamentary immunity is a legal guarantee for the unhindered exercises by Deputies and Senators of their activity. |
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http://www.cdep.ro/pls/dic/site.page?id=120
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| | Turkish Parliament flooded with 'immunity files' |
| | The files, some of which the former RP-led government had been holding on to while waiting for a constitutional amendment regarding parliamentary immunity, are expected to be debated on by the Parliament. | | | The case against Sevki Yilmaz relates to several accusations against him, including insulting the republic's founder, Ataturk, and the Parliament, provoking people, and falsifying official documents. | | | The "immunity files" which were sent by the Prime Ministry to the office of the parliament speaker are waiting to be debated in the joint Constitutional and Justice Commission. |
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http://users.westnet.gr/~cgian/immunity.htm
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| | House committee adopts laws on high court, parliamentary immunity lifting |
| | The draft aimed at lifting deputies' immunity ensures the application of Article 39 of the constitution and determines procedures to be followed in case a deputy commits an offense or a crime. | | | The committee of justice, legislation and human rights of the House of Representatives (parliament lower chamber), adopted Wednesday two draft laws on the creation of the high Court, which will be competent in trying government members, and the lifting of parliamentary immunity. | | | House committee adopts laws on high court, parliamentary immunity lifting |
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http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/040129/2004012917.html
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| | Human rights of parliamentarians: 162nd Council session |
| | Points out that parliamentary immunity is designed to protect members of Parliament from possible groundless proceedings or accusations that may be politically motivated, and stresses that the lifting of a parliamentarian's immunity is therefore a serious measure which must be taken in due legal form by the competent body; | | | Considering that in the light of Article 114 of the Constitution, which stipulates that MPs may not be prosecuted, arrested, detained or tried for opinions expressed or votes cast in the exercise of their mandate; that the sources consider that Mr. | | | Yorongar's parliamentary immunity to permit his prosecution on charges of defamation, |
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http://www.ipu.org/hr-e/162/chd01.htm
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| | Egyptian parliament debates two laws and parliamentary immunity |
| | Egyptian parliament debates two laws and parliamentary immunity | | | Bush needs to hear Mubarak view, US legislator | | | Moussa told Al-Gomhuria that requests to lift immunity off the members of parliament from the prosecution are immediately decided whereas requests from individuals should be fully considered. |
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http://www.arabicnews.com/ansub/Daily/Day/020531/2002053137.html
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| | CBC News: Immunity should not be waived for Guité: panel |
| | Traditionally, witnesses are granted immunity from outside judicial consequences with regard to any testimony they give at a parliamentary committee. | | | Other MPs have argued that the Commons can't revoke immunity, saying parliamentary hearings could be compromised if witnesses aren't guaranteed that their testimony is not used against them in subsequent hearings. | | | Chuck Guité had been granted immunity from cross-examination about what he told MPs at a parliamentary committee regarding his role in the $250 million sponsorship program. |
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http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2004/11/18/guite041118.html
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| | Resolutions |
| | Mentioning that the Committee of Human Rights of the International Parliamentary Union states that “parliamentary immunity is designed to protect parliamentarians from possibly groundless proceedings or accusations that may be politically motivated”; | | | Concerned that the lifting of parliamentary immunity of oppositionist legislators creates a dangerous precedence that weakens the legislature as an institution and as a separate branch of government whose independence and credibility are essential in any democratic country; | | | Be it therefore resolved that the Council of Asian Liberals and Democrats ask for the immediate and unconditional restoration of the parliamentary immunity of Messrs. |
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http://www.samrainsyparty.org/news/2005/feb/resolution_no1_s2005.htm
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| | Turkish Daily News - CHP campaign against parliamentary immunity wraps up |
| | Republican People’s Party Ankara branch women’s issues head Nebihe Mani said on Monday that as of May 1, 2005, 208 separate files had been submitted to Parliament for the suspension of | | | Please enter your Username and password to sign in to TDN | | | Republican People's Party (CHP) Ankara branch women's issues head Nebihe Mani said on Monday that as of May 1, 2005, 208 separate files had been submitted to Parliament for the suspension of parliamentary immunity of designated deputies. |
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http://www.turkishdailynews.com.tr/article.php?enewsid=16305
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| | Kyrgyzstan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
| | The amendments to the constitution approved by the referendum resulted in stronger control by the president and weakened the parliament and the Constitutional Court. | | | Interim government leaders are developing a new governing structure for the country and working to resolve outstanding constitutional issues. | | | Under the new constitution, the previously bicameral parliament became a 75-seat unicameral legislature following the 2005 parliamentary elections. |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyrgyzstan
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| | Senate refuses to lift Dany Toussaint’s parliamentary immunity : imprimer |
| | In a letter to Senate Speaker Yvon Neptune, RSF denounced the Senate Commission’s refusal to lift Dany Toussaint’s parliamentary immunity. | | | Judge Gassant had issued the request for the lifting of the senator& immunity when he was in charge of the investigation. | | | Stating that it was lacking information, it asked the investigative judges for further information on the case. |
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| | The chairman of the opposition United Ethiopian Democratic Forces, Beyene Petros, said the move was unconstitutional before walking out with his party members. | | | This is a political issue and bad for the country," he said. | | | The immunity works only if the party accepts the mandate of the people and come to sit in this house," he said. |
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http://www.irinnews.org/report.asp?ReportID=49476&SelectRegion=Horn_of_Africa
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| | Summary of Belarusian politics 1986-1996 |
| | He decleares that the Constitutional Court is not entitled to defy the President's decrees, since the President is elected by the people, whereas the Constitution Court judges a appointed by parliament. | | | As the parliamentary by-elections (in those constituencies where the turnout had been lower than 50%) move closer, the president and his supporters step up their criticism of the Constitutional Court, which had declared several presidential decrees unconstitutional (such as the decree banning the metro workers union and lifting deputies' parliamentary immunity). | | | Two days after Suskievic's removal from office the Lieutenant General of the militia and chairman of the parliamentary committee for national security, Miecyslau Hryb, was elected President of Parliament and Head of State. |
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http://www.belarusguide.com/as/law_pol/politics.html
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| | Al-Ahram Weekly Home News 'Secret' fury in the House |
| | Fifty-one-year-old El-Ayyouti, who was the vice-president of the Nile Bank, used the permit to flee the country and dodge trial in the "loan deputies" case. | | | On Sunday, more than 20 MPs, most of them representing Upper Egyptian governorates, used a meeting held by parliament's Legislative and Constitutional Committee to lash out at the prosecutor-general's request to drop the parliamentary immunity of two MPs so that they can be interrogated for alleged financial malpractices and involvement in acts of thuggery. | | | Abu Steit argued that Abdel-Wahed's insistence to have his immunity dropped was aimed at remanding him in custody for 15 days. |
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http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/1999/442/eg3.htm
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| | AllRefer.com - Syria - The People's Council Syrian Information Resource |
| | The lawmakers are granted parliamentary immunity, and even when they are charged with criminal offenses, prior consent of the speaker is required before any prosecution against a member may proceed. | | | The People's Council sits in three regular sessions annually and may be called into special session by the speaker, by the president, or at the request of one-third of the council members. |
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http://reference.allrefer.com/country-guide-study/syria/syria83.html
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| | Baykal: Lift Parliamentary Immunity Of Parliamentarians If There Are Corruption Allegations Against Them |
| | ANKARA - ''Lift parliamentary immunity of Republican People's Party (CHP) parliamentarians if there are corruption allegations against them and lets bring them to court,'' CHP leader Deniz Baykal said on Tuesday. | | | This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | | | Baykal, who also mentioned the Armenian issue, stated that the stance of the European countries against Turkey as regards the allegations of so-called Armenian genocide reflect the mentality of the Middle Ages. |
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http://www.turkishpress.com/news.asp?id=41410
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| | Cambodian Information Cneter >> Editorials - Articles About Cambodia: Statement commenting on the suspension of ... |
| | We also have a statement commenting on the suspension of parliamentary immunity of Cambodian opposition party members. | | | The United States strongly condemns the Cambodian National Assembly, which -- or the action of the Cambodian National Assembly -- which, on February 3rd, decided to suspend the parliamentary immunity of three opposition parliamentarians, Mr. | | | This is a paragraph of text that could go in the sidebar. |
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http://www.cambodia.org/blogs/editorials/2005/02/statement-commenting-on-suspension-of.html
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| | Cambodia. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001-05 |
| | The king abdicated in Oct., 2004, in favor of his son Norodom Sihamoni, despite the fact that the constitution made no provision for abdication. | | | In Feb., 2005, the national assembly lifted opposition leader Sam Rainsy’s parliamentary immunity, subjecting him to potential defamation lawsuits from the governing coalition, which he had accused of corruption, and he fled Cambodia. |
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http://www.bartleby.com/65/ca/Cambodia.html
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| | NewsFromRussia.Com Kyrgyz lawmakers eager to strip former President Akayev's son of parliamentary immunity |
| | The parliament voted 53-6 to end Aidar Akayev's parliamentary immunity, opening the way for prosecution, the AP reports. | | | The Kyrgyz legislature voted Monday to strip Aidar Akayev, the son of former President Askar Akayev, of his parliamentary immunity More details... | | | Aidar Akayev's lawyer Maxim Maximovich said his client had not returned to Kyrgyzstan out of fears for his safety but Chief Prosecutor Azimbek Beknazarov called the allegation "absurd. |
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http://feeds.moscownews.net/?rid=bd33c72f1a28662b&cat=871e5a31f6912bb3&f=1
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| | PRINCESS VACHEARA IS ASSURED TO KEEP HER PARLIAMENTARY IMMUNITY |
| | With already 39 Funcinpec and SRP lawmakers determined to defend Princess Vacheara and boycott any Assembly session convened to lift her immunity, the Princess is assured to remain immune from prosecution by a CPP-subservient court. | | | As of today, 24 Funcinpec parliamentarians (out of 43) have signed a petition showing their opposition to any attempt to lift Princess Norodom Vacheara's parliamentary immunity in connection with Prime Minister Hun Sen's legal action against her before the tribunal. | | | In other words, there must be no more than 36 absents at any working session. |
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http://www.samrainsyparty.org/national_assembly/na030219a.htm
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| | Arroyo to Lacson: Shed skirt of parliamentary immunity - Sept. 03, 2003 |
| | THE HUSBAND of President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo appeared at the Senate Tuesday and demanded that his accuser "be a man" and stop "wearing the skirt of parliamentary immunity." | | | In two privileged speeches delivered on Aug. 18 and Sept. 1, Lacson accused Arroyo of owning 12 secret bank accounts containing 260 million pesos under the names of Jose Pidal, Victoria Toh, Kelvin Tan and Thomas Toh. | | | Speaking lengthily for the first time about Senator Panfilo Lacson's allegation that he had bank accounts containing multimillion pesos in laundered money, First Gentleman Jose Miguel Arroyo said he was hurting not for himself but for his family, particularly his only daughter Evangeline Lourdes, popularly known as Luli. |
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http://www.inq7.net/nat/2003/sep/03/nat_1-1.htm
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