IFES Hosts Judges from China's Top Court

October 03, 2007

For Chinese judges Lang Guimei and Du Qiang, 2007 was a summer to remember. The judges from the Supreme People's Court of China spent nine weeks in the United States as part of IFES' new Judicial Exchange Program.

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Corruption in China: Half-way Over the Great Wall

November 09, 2006

The legal-judicial transformation taking place behind China’s Great Wall outpaces most other developing and transitional countries, but is reaching a critical crossroads.

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China Judicial Reform Program: Q & A with IFES President Richard Soudriette

March 10, 2006

IFES President Richard Soudriette recently returned from a week-long trip to Beijing where he spoke with judges from the Supreme People’s Court about IFES’ judicial reform program in China. IFES conducted two training seminars for judges in Chengdu and Kunming last year covering judicial independence and enforcement. IFES now is hoping to expand the program to other provinces and establish a permanent presence in China

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Global Lessons and Best Practices: Fighting Corruption and Promoting the Rule of Law Through Transparency, Openness and Judicial Independence

January 20, 2006

IFES believes all countries, including China, should publish an annual State of the Judiciary Report that will serve as both an internal and external tool that can be used by multiple stakeholders for multiple purposes, including promoting and systematically reporting on needed reforms and key issues. It should be disseminated to the public at large, as well as to targeted stakeholders, such as the business and human rights communities, bar associations, judges, reformers, policy-makers and donors. We believe the publication and distribution of the report will increase the quality and quantity of concrete information on the judiciary, more transparency, accountability and public awareness, qualitative comparative research and valuable cross-country lessons learned and judicial competition. We invite and challenge you to demonstrate your firm commitment to the important task ahead.   

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Only the Connected are Free

December 01, 2005

The Internet may be promoting incremental liberalization in China’s political environment by opening up space for the discussion of political issues and social problems, and by making possible collective action on societal concerns.

Civil Society

Hong Kong Elections: Transition to Autonomy

June 25, 1997

This report on the Hong Kong elections discusses the institutions involved with the election process, the issues currently under debate and the potential avenues of participation by the Secretariat in the transitional election process.

Governance, Rule of Law, Constitutional Law, Elections, Election Law

Election Questions and Answers for Mayoral Elections

January 1994

Election Procedures, Election Law, Election Management, Elections, Civic Education

Report on the Election in the Republic of China on December 2, 1989

January 1990

This 1989 report on elections in China summarizes the various Chinese political institutions, the contemporary political scene, pre-election observations and the role and structure of major political parties and special interest groups and the voting procedure.  The report concludes with a documentation of the results of the election.  The report also includes an organigram of the Chinese political structure and several drawings of the voting process.

Political Parties, Governance, Rule of Law, Constitutional Law, Election Procedures

Judicial Reform in China

December 31, 1969

A presentation created by participants in IFES' Judicial Fellows' Program

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