PANAMA REFORMS
January 1st, 2004
BY ALAN OSBORNTHE EUROPEAN Commission is to provide Euro 6.65 million to Panama to help the country rebuild its judiciary system over the next 41/2 years. Brussels said the reforms were necessary because of numerous inadequacies in Panama, including the slow pace of legal procedures, the large number of persons (60 per cent of the prison population) under detention awaiting trial, and the excessive number of judgements overturned on appeal. There are only 40 court-appointed defence lawyers in the country, with poor facilities and limited access to the judiciary, ...
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