Archive for August, 2010
Newsweek Hails President among “World’s Ten Best Leaders”
18 August 2010: Newsweek magazine has fêted President Mohamed Nasheed as one of the “world’s ten best leaders.” In this week’s edition of the magazine, President Nasheed is ranked 2nd in a list of “ten leaders have managed to win serious respect.” [Read More]
Japanese Ambassador Pays a Courtesy Call on President
16 August 2010: Japanese Ambassador to the Maldives, Mr Kunio Takahashi, has paid a courtesy on President Mohamed Nasheed today. Discussions at the meeting were mainly on the bilateral relations between Japan and the Maldives. Ambassador Kunio Takahashi said he hoped with [Read More]
Technical Cooperation between the Maldives and Japan
16 August 2010, Male’: A Technical Cooperation Agreement was signed between the Government of the Republic of Maldives and the Government of Japan today at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Maldives in Male’. H.E. Dr. Ahmed Shaheed, Minister of Foreign Affairs [Read More]
ICJ to Support Judicial Independence in the Maldives – Cooperation to be led by 2 former UN Special Rapporteurs
13 August 2010, Male; Building on the momentum generated by this week’s swearing in of the Maldives’ first-ever permanent Supreme Court, and the related adoption of the Judges Act, the Government today announced details of partnership agreement with the International [Read More]
President Appoints New Attorney General
President Mohamed Nasheed has today appointed Dr Ahmed Ali Sawad as the new Attorney General. The swearing-in ceremony was held this morning at the President’s Office. The oath was administered by Supreme Court Judge Abdulla Areef. Speaking after the presentation of the [Read More]
New Chief Justice and Judges for Supreme Court Appointed
President Mohamed Nasheed has today appointed Ahmed Faiz as the new Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, and appointed five others as Judges of the Supreme Court. The People’s Majlis approved the new Supreme Court bench nominated by President Nasheed on Tuesday evening. [Read More]
President Ratifies Amendments to the Judges Act
President Mohamed Nasheed has ratified the amendments bill to the Judges Act, which was passed by the People’s Majlis on Tuesday evening. Following ratification, the bill has been published in the Government Gazette. The amendments were made to Article 15, which specifies [Read More]
President Ratifies Bill on Judges
President Mohamed Nasheed this afternoon ratified a Bill on Judges, which was passed by the People’s Majlis on Tuesday morning. The Act on Judges deals with the main principles concerning judges in the country, including the powers and responsibilities that judges [Read More]
President discusses interim matters with the Speaker
8 August 2010: President Mohamed Nasheed today met with the Speaker of the People’s Majlis and discussed ways to expedite People’s Majlis’ work. The meeting was held this morning at the President’s Office. President Nasheed acknowledged the contribution by the [Read More]
President Decrees Interim Administrative Body to Ensure Continuation of Supreme Court Administration
8 August 2010: President Nasheed issued a decree at 12am Sunday to ensure the administrative functions of the Supreme Court continue. The decree follows the People’s Majlis’ failure to pass legislation necessary for the court to continue after the end of the interim [Read More]
Government invites International Commission of Jurists
Male, 4 August 2010; The Government is in talks with the International Commission of Jurists ICJ) about receiving a high-level ICJ mission to the Maldives to help the Government, the Majlis, and the JSC develop a judiciary for the country which complies with the very [Read More]
