So before we begin the discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. The concept of rule of law goes back a long way. The greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. Internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. The most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators to talk a
So before we begin the discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. The concept of rule of law goes back a long way. The greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. Internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. The most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators to talk a
So before we begin the discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. The concept of rule of law goes back a long way. The greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. Internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. The most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators to talk a
Mean is a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is a dictatorship. And internationally today to understand that it has several requirements. First and most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Thats absolutely critical. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental rights of citizens including among others, the right to freedom of speech and freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded and the fourth is that the enforcement of laws is done by independent tribunals, by ajudd indicators who are capable and independent of the forces that be. And so with that background, i would like to begin by asking our commentators to talk a little bit before we turn to the immediate issues about their experiences and perspective on these issues drawing from some of their backgrounds. Eal is one of the nations leading advocates and argued cases
[applause] so before we begin te discussion, its worth saying a word on the concept of the rule of law. The concept of rule of law goes back a long way. The greeks and romans talked about it and its meaning has evolved over time. But eventually what its come to mean is basically a fundamental way in which society prevents the situation in which there is an oligarchy or dictatorship. Internationally, the understanding is that it has several requirements. The most important is that government officials and their agents are accountable under the rule of law. Second is that laws are protective of the fundamental right of citizens, including among others the rights to the freedom of speech and the freedom of press. A third is that laws are made in an open and public manner and that they are fair minded. And the fourth is that the enforcement of law as done by independent tribunals, by adjudicators that are independent of the forces that be. With that, i will begin by asking our commentators