Tag: Constitutional justice
Fiji’s Constitution Day? Nothing but a ‘national joke’, says Prasad
Asia Pacific Report newsdesk
Fiji celebrated Constitution Day today virtually due to the ongoing civid-19 pandemic crisis, but many see the day as a hollow...
Samoa Observer: The nation’s chief justice – a gift from above
EDITORIAL: By the Samoa Observer editorial board
How quickly things change.
If, as the old cliche goes, a week is a long time in politics then...
Fuimaono Dylan Asafo: Samoan ruling an unfortunate case of judicial overreach
ANALYSIS: By Fuimaono Dylan Asafo
Samoa's Court of Appeal (CA) ruled yesterday that Article 44(1A) of the Constitution requires that six women should sit in...
Supreme Court upholds original proclamation in Samoan crisis
By Sina Retzlaff in Apia
Samoa's Parliament will convene tomorrow as originally planned
The Supreme Court has issued orders to uphold the original proclamation, dated 20...
West Papuans will not ‘bow down’ to Indonesia over independence wish
By RNZ Pacific
The United Liberation Movement for West Papua says it is adopting a provisional constitution for a democratic state.
The organisation is seeking a...
Rights groups, journalists condemn Duterte bid to shut key TV network
By Felipe F. Salvosa II in Manila
New York-based Human Rights Watch has led a barrage of condemnation against the Duterte government’s "assault on media...
TAPOL, ETAN support Papuan case for judicial review of ‘free choice’...
Pacific Media Centre Newsdesk
TAPOL and the East Timor and Indonesia Action Network (ETAN) are calling attention to a judicial review of the “Act of...
‘Sword of Damocles’ condemned after Philippines judges oust chief justice
By Ralf Rivas in Manila
After the ousting of the Philippines' Chief Justice Maria Lourdes Sereno, the six justices who voted against the quo warranto...
Review of laws passed by Parliament ‘not in Tongan king’s power’
By Philip Cass of Kaniva News
The King of Tonga has no right to judge the merits of legislation passed by Parliament, according to a...
Nothing can stop Duterte extending Philippine martial law, says legal chief
By Lian Buan in Manila
Philippine Solicitor-General Jose Calida says nothing - not the Supreme Court (SC) and not even the Constitution - can stop...
Indonesia losing only female top justice amid gender rights worries
By Rieka Rahadiana and Yudith Ho in Jakarta
Indonesia is set to lose its first and only female constitutional justice, whose term is up...