Experts say Japan and Switzerland are the only other countries that hold some kind of judicial elections.

VOA: special.2009.06.12

Republicans in the Senate say they will ask about her lack of judicial experience during confirmation hearings.

VOA: special.2010.05.15

The university judicial committee decides punishment on a case by case basis.

VOA: special.2009.04.02

He asked Congress to reorganize the federal judicial system.

VOA: special.2011.04.21

To rule on the law and the facts." Sessions added,however, that Sotomayor has impeccable academic and judicial credentials.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

Survivors of the tragedy and activists fear that such an appeal is again likely to get entangled in India's slow moving judicial system.

VOA: standard.2010.06.10

"He said in his speech that there can be no reconciliation with justice unless, the credibility of the judicial system is not reestablished."

VOA: standard.2010.06.30

The most serious abuses include extra-judicial executions and wide scale rapes and sexually based gender violence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

"In fact,there has not been a nominee in several generations who has brought the depth of judicial experience to this job that she offers."

VOA: standard.2009.05.30

Communication Advocacy and Campaigns Manager for the South African National AIDS Council, Junaid Seedat says the judicial and police systems are monitoring these activities.

VOA: standard.2010.05.29

The U.N.'s Human Rights chief says the judicial response to the abuses have been wholly insufficient.

VOA: standard.2009.09.12

Polanco and other civil rights advocates say that for years the judicial and political systems in Guatemala blocked attempts to reconstruct the country's troubled past.

VOA: standard.2009.12.18

In addition to the controversy about the use of the word Allah, the judicial system has put new emphasis on enforcing Sharia law among Muslims.

VOA: standard.2010.02.24

Authorities in the UAE say they cannot access information needed for judicial investigations.

VOA: standard.2010.08.02

A 22-member electoral reform panel appointed by President Yar'Adua had recommended that the head of the electoral body should be appointed by the National Judicial Commission "to truly make it an independent body."

VOA: standard.2009.08.22

East Timor's leaders, many of them former rebels who fought Indonesia, see reconciliation with the former occupier as more crucial for the future of the country than judicial action to bury the ghosts of past violence.

VOA: standard.2009.09.07

Many Senate Republicans say they are troubled by the remark, as it suggests the federal appeals court judge is inclined to consider race and gender in judicial decisions rather than adhering to an impartial application of the law.

VOA: standard.2009.05.31

What Mr.Calderon may be able to accomplish, in Grayson's view, is substantial reform of Mexico's police and judicial system so that the public will have more confidence in its law enforcement system and be more willing to cooperate with authorities.

VOA: standard.2009.06.09

The human rights group Reprieve is submitting a lawsuit that will demand a judicial review of the government decision not to examine Madni's claim that he was one of at least two known suspects that were moved through Diego Garcia.

VOA: standard.2009.07.28

The offer came after opposition leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif asked for an end to executive rule in Punjab, the dropping of the judicial ruling that banned he and his brother from holding elected office and the restoration of an independent judiciary.

VOA: standard.2009.03.13