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European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments can have a huge impact in Member States by highlighting systemic and serious problems in human rights protection. But what happens once the initial furore over an ECtHR judgment dies down? The implementation process is critical to the success of the ECtHR system.

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European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgments can have a huge impact in Member States by highlighting systemic and serious problems in human rights protection. But what happens once the initial furore over an ECtHR judgment dies down? The implementation process is critical to the success of the ECtHR system.

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A five-year effort taking place in Michigan, New Jersey and North Carolina, and sponsored by the Vera Institute of Justice with support from the Bill and Melinda Gates, Ford, Kellogg, Open Society and Sunshine Lady foundations, is providing prisoners the opportunity to study college or vocational coursework two years before and after their release.

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The WJP Rule of Law Index  is an assessment tool from the World Justice Project that offers a comprehensive picture of adherence to the rule of law. It uses polls of experts and the general populations of countries to assess issues of government accountability, fundamental rights, openness of government, and access to justice.

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The latest publication in the Justice & Development Working Paper Series, "The Drug Treatment Court Concept: the Jamaican Drug Courts" by Stephane Jackson-Haisley, is now uploaded on the World Bank's Justice for the Poor webpage (http://www.worldbank.org/justiceforthepoor) and the INPROL Digital Library (

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