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Employing Older Prisoner Empirical Data To Test A Novel S 7 Charter Claim, Adelina Iftene
Employing Older Prisoner Empirical Data To Test A Novel S 7 Charter Claim, Adelina Iftene
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This article builds the case for expanding s 7 of the Charter of Canadian Rights and Freedoms to apply to prison regulations and decisions in the specific context of an aging prison population. As original empirical data shows, prisons are highly insensitive to age-related problems, and inappropriate or insufficient medical treatment receives official sanction from a wide range of correctional documents. The stark inadequacies of the current system endanger older prisoners’ security of the person, and sometimes their lives, in ways that violate their rights under s 7, since the deprivations they suffer result from legislative policies and state conduct …
Informal Networks Of Corruption: Assessing The Challenges For Public Sector Whistleblowing In Nigeria, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
Informal Networks Of Corruption: Assessing The Challenges For Public Sector Whistleblowing In Nigeria, Olabisi D. Akinkugbe
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Recently, the Nigerian government adopted its first National Anti-Corruption Strategy—the first since its independence in 1960. While the strategy captures varying forms of corruption, whistleblowing is seen as one of the key strategies identified to confront anti-corruption in the public sector. The adoption of the whistleblowing policy and its on-going implementation however occurs without a legislative framework to protect whistleblowers. This article situates the whistleblower program in the wider socio-political context of anti-corruption in Nigeria, and public governance. The paper critically examines the implications of the legislative gaps for the long-term sustenance of the whistleblower protection program. This paper argues …