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Delroy Chuck Justice Minister Delroy Chuck has welcomed the judgment handed down on Monday by the Judicial Committee of the UK-based Privy Council in the longstanding Trafigura matter involving former Prime Minister Portia Simpson Miller and other bigwigs of the People’s National Party (PNP). Chuck, in a statement in the House of Representatives on Tuesday, said it was time for the 15-year-old matter to be brought to an end. “The case is significant as it brings to an end the legal challenges brought by the appellants to avoid giving evidence in open court. But more importantly the JCPC...

Assessment, policy and goals Description of the relevance of human rights for the company (i.e. human rights risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on Human Rights. At Aspen Medical, we believe passionately that having a Social Purpose ensures that the business can benefit shareholders and the community. We aim to create a better world by the very act of conducting business and to be a positive force in society. Social Purpose is much more than Corporate Social Responsibility in that it is embedded into our operational and strategic decision making. ...

Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms Over centuries, human society has achieved remarkable progress. Just an example: only 3-4 centuries ago people went for fun to public executions, as they go now to football matches! Now death sentence is only practiced in very few countries. We have become more humane, more civilized, even more rational, but are we also acting more responsibly and ethically? Unfortunately, there is no simple, affirmative answer to this question. Namely, we are systematically destroying our planet, and with very few exceptions, corruption is still pra...

Senior Additional Solicitor General Sarath Jayamanne, PC, retires from service on January 16 after 32 years as a prosecutor with the Attorney General’s Department. As a counsel, he figured in the prosecution of many landmark cases including the Hokandara murder, Katuneriya double murder, Tony Martin case, Kobeigane beauty queen case, Murder of High Court Judge Sarath Ambepitiya and Mirusivil massacre. Jayamanne also served as the Director-General of the Commission to Investigate Allegations of Bribery or Corruption (CIABOC) at one time. He is a lecturer in Evidence and Criminal Procedure...

Detection of foreign bribery, as well as awareness of related risks, are still lacking in Iceland. In spite of having been one of the original signatories to the OECD Anti-Bribery Convention, Iceland has only recently commenced its first foreign bribery investigation. Detection of foreign bribery by the Icelandic authorities needs therefore to be significantly improved. The 44-country OECD Working Group on Bribery has just completed its Phase 4 evaluation of Iceland’s implementation of the Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions an...