2005 Meeting of Commonwealth Law Ministers and Senior Officials

Justice And Good Governance Issues

• Towards Good Practice in Juvenile Justice Policy in the Commonwealth
• Law Reform Agencies: Their Role and Effectiveness
• Developing Legal Education in the Commonwealth: Some Current Issues
• Guidelines for an Independent Regulatory Framework for Commonwealth Broadcasting Organisations
• Constitutional Developments in the Commonwealth
• Gender and Human Rights in the Commonwealth: Critical Issues for Action in the Plan of Action for Gender Equality 2005-2015

Legal Development Issues

• Commonwealth Land-locked States and the Law of the Sea

Criminal Law Issues

• Report on the Proliferation of Small Arms and Light Weapons Within the Commonwealth
• Explanatory Memorandum to the Draft Model Bill on the Protection of Personal Information and the Recommendation From Senior Officials to Law Ministers
• International Humanitarian Law (IHL)
• Criminal Defamation in the Commonwealth - a Case for Abolition
• Human Rights Education and Awareness Projects
• The Harare Scheme on Mutual Assistance in Criminal Matters: Possible Amendments to the Scheme and Discussion of Interception of Communications and Related Matters
• Civil Recovery of Criminal Assets and Terrorist Property: Harare Scheme on Mutual Assistance and Draft Model Legislative Provisions
• Enhancing Legal Co-operation Within the Commonwealth: Proposal for the Establishment of the Commonwealth Network of Contact Persons
• Further Initiatives in Capacity Building to Combat Terrorism
• Revised Commonwealth Statement of Basic Principles of Justice for Victims of Crime

Roundtable Discussions

• Report of Activities of the Commonwealth Secretariat in the Legal Field
• Justice and Good Governance Issues
• Legal Development Issues
• Criminal Law Issues