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Abd al-Rahman al-Rafai

In this book he showed his political views by writing about issues such as constitutional rule and national independence, rule of law and human rights from different aspects of Islam.

Ana de Palacio y del Valle-Lersundi

The World Justice Project works to lead a global, multidisciplinary effort to strengthen the Rule of Law for the development of communities of opportunity and equity.

Gordon Hewart, 1st Viscount Hewart

In 1929 Hewart published The New Despotism, in which he claimed that the rule of law in Britain was being undermined by the legislature.

Janne Kristiansen

She was the head of Forsvarergruppen av 1977 (a group of defence lawyers working to promote the principles of the Rechtsstaat and rule of law) between 1985 and 1990.

Joyous Entry

A formal first visit to a city by an inheritor of the throne of Belgium upon his accession and since 1900 for a crown prince upon his marriage, is still referred to as a "Joyous Entry", a reminder of this tradition of the rule of law.

Muhammad Ali Jinnah's 11th August Speech

He spoke of an inclusive and impartial government, religious freedom, rule of law and equality for all.

Richard Hely-Hutchinson, 6th Earl of Donoughmore

In 1929 he chaired the Committee on Ministers' Powers following Viscount Hewart's controversial book, The New Despotism, in which Hewart claimed that the rule of law in Britain was being undermined by the legislature.


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Antikiller

Fox settles accounts with Shaman (Aleksandr Baluev), the criminal boss who sent him to jail; kills Ape (Viktor Sukhorukov), a sadistic gang leader who kills and rapes randomly for art’s sake; topples the city’s major gangs; and reestablishes his version of the rule of law.

Ashraf Ghani Ahmadzai

In 2005 Ghani gave keynote speeches for meetings including the American Bar Association’s International Rule of Law Symposium, the Trans-Atlantic Policy Network, the annual meeting of the Norwegian Government’s development staff, CSIS’ meeting on UN reform, the UN-OECD-World Bank’s meeting on Fragile States and TEDGlobal.

Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini

Jan Sithole, the Secretary-General of the Swaziland Federation of Trade Unions, was critical of the appointment, saying that Dlamini worked to "suppress political organisations and advance the strong rule of the monarchy" during his earlier period as Prime Minister; he also accused Dlamini of "strong-hand tactics and lack of respect for the rule of law".

Basil Fernando

He has written extensively on this theme, basing his work on studies on Sri Lanka, Cambodia and several other Asian countries.In three interconnected publications, The phantom limb: Failing judicial systems, torture and human rights work in Sri Lanka; Recovering the authority of public institutions: A resource book on human rights in Sri Lanka; Sri Lanka: Impunity, criminal justice and human rights, he analyzed to collapse of rule of law institutions in Sri Lanka.

Conciliation and Arbitration Act 1904

The Act introduced the rule of law in industrial relations for Australia by establishing the Commonwealth Court of Conciliation and Arbitration.

Conciliation Resources

In August 2013, the Reverend Akuila Yabaki, Chief Executive Officer of CCF, one the partners in the region, received a sentence of three months imprisonment, suspended for twelve months, concerning the reprinting of an article quoting a 2011 report by the UK Law Society Charity, Fiji: The Rule of Law Lost, in which questions were raised over the impartiality of Fiji's judiciary.

Elisabeth Rehn

Elisabeth Rehn is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law.

Emergency Committee for Iraq

The Emergency Committee for Iraq was formed by Ramsey Clark, Roland Dumas, Ahmed Ben Bella and Tun Mahathir Mohammad all former senior politicians, to strive to encourage respect for the rule of law in Iraq.

Gu Su

Gu Su (2010) Democratization: The Chinese Model and Course of Political Development in Yu Keping (2010) Democracy and the Rule of Law in China Leiden: Brill

Imrana Jalal

"I am not pro-Qarase. I am pro-democracy and for the rule of law," the Times quoted her as having said the previous day (10 December).

Jamaica Committee

More radical members of the Committee wanted him tried for the murder of British subjects (Jamaica was at that time a Crown Colony), under the rule of law.

Juan Carlos Botero

Juan Carlos Botero is a Colombian researcher, currently serving as Executive Director of the World Justice Project in Washington, DC and as co-author of its WJP Rule of Law Index®.

Juan Gabriel Valdés

Juan Gabriel Valdés is a Member of the Global Leadership Foundation, an organization which works to support democratic leadership, prevent and resolve conflict through mediation and promote good governance in the form of democratic institutions, open markets, human rights and the rule of law.

Mattias Kumm

Mattias Kumm (b. August 15, 1967 in Bremen, Germany) is Inge Rennert Professor of Law at New York University School of Law, as well as holding a Research Professorship on "Globalization and the Rule of Law" at the Social Science Research Center (Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung, WZB) and Humboldt University in Berlin.

Project on Middle East Democracy

Larry Diamond, Director, Center for Democracy, Development, and Rule of Law, Stanford University

Republican Rally for Democracy in Rwanda

The motto of the RDR is “A reconciled people in a rule of law.” Ms. Victoire Ingabire Umuhoza is the current president of the RDR.

Rule of Law Initiative

ABA Rule of Law Initiative, American Bar Association's overseas rule of law programs

Thomas Bingham, Baron Bingham of Cornhill

On 14 March 2008, Bingham received the Doctor of Jurisprudence degree honoris causa from the University of Rome III, delivering a Lectio Magistralis at the Faculty of Law entitled "The Rule of Law".

Timur Kuran

"The Rule of Law in Islamic Thought and Practice: A Historical Perspective," in Global Perspectives on the Rule of Law, ed Robert Nelson, (London: Routledge, 2009), pp.

World Justice Forum

Justice Arthur Chaskalson, former Chief Justice of South Africa, and Aruna Roy, who spearheaded efforts to enact India’s ground-breaking Right to Information Act through her organization Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS), were honored with the inaugural World Justice Project Rule of Law Award.