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1. E Newsletter Issue 39 August 2014 IN THIS ISSUE Editorial Sexting Learning to close the gap Le droit l oubli Combatting trans national organised crime at sea Expert Meeting on Transnational Organized Crime in East Africa Zanzibar Tanzania Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature La Convention Europ enne Des Droits de L homme Mode D emploi UNDOC Botswana Conference Recovering the Proceeds from Wildlife and Timber Crimes Asian and African experiences Distribution de Tanya so zistwar Cit Anoska Le dernier des g ants est parti Case Summary EDITORIAL TEAM Pg3 Pgs 4 6 Pg 7 Pg 8 Pg 9 Pgs 10 11 Po 12 Pgs 13 14 Pgs 15 18 Mrs Zaynah Essop State Counsel We look forward to hear about Mr Ashley Victor Public Relations Officer your comments suggestions on Mr Nitish Bissessur LRO Mr Toshan Rai Bundhun LRO odppnewsletter gmail com Mr Yashvind Kumar Rawoah LRO Mr Ajmal Toofany LRO EDITORIAL Dear Readers Welcome to the August 2014 issue in which we provide you with an insight into the events and activities of the Office Mr Satyajit Boolell SC DPP discusses the issue of sexting among teenagers and the need for police officers to become more familiar with technology so as to tackle such crime On the other hand Mr Ajmal Toofany Legal Research Officer makes an analysis of the right to be forgotten and the right to privacy of an in2. de son usage Ces informations doivent par cons quent faire l objet d un traitement L apport de la Cour en la mati re a trait l interpr tation de l article 2 b relative la notion de traitement de donn es caract re personnel Aux conditions num r es l article ci dessus la Cour apr s l analyse de l activit du moteur de recherche vient ajouter que la recherche l indexation le stockage et la mise disposition de l information constitue un traitement au sens de la Directive Les termes utilis s pour qualifier l activit du moteur de recherche correspondent aux termes de Particle 2 b dans le sens ou la recherche est assimil e la collecte l indexation l organisation et le stockage la conservation sachant que a mise disposition figurant d j au titre de l article 2 b La Cour dit pour droit que le fait de 1 trouver des informations publi es ou plac es sur Internet par des tiers 2 dindexer ces informations de mani re automatique 3 de stocker ces informations temporairement et de 4 mettre la disposition des internautes ces informations selon un ordre de pr f rence donn constituent un traitement de donn es caractere personnel En se pronon ant de la sorte on est en mesure d observer que la d cision accorde certaines particularit s la mani re de traiter l information On retrouve des lors le caract re temporaire du stockage et une mise disposition cal
3. G Marie Joseph Drugs Meaning of possession and joint possession Both accused stood charged with having willfully unlawfully and knowingly possess for the purpose of distribution dangerous drugs heroin together with an averment of trafficking Accused No 1 pleaded not guilty whilst accused No 2 pleaded guilty The trial court referred to the case of Jean Jacques Sew Fah Kin Yow Ok Cheungv The State 1997 SC 92 in which two August 2014 Issue 39 English case law were referred namely R v Ashton Rickhardt 1977 65 Cr AppR 67 and R v McNamara 1988 87 Cr App 246 Relying on those cases the Learned trial judge listed down the principles to be taken into account when deciding whether there was possession a a person cannot have possession of something which had been put into his house without his knowledge b possession can be either manual or otherwise established on proof of some overt act or circumstance connecting the accused with the incriminating item c mere possession ts not enough as knowledge of the presence of the drugs is essential d in addition to knowledge the circumstances must show that the person exercised or purported to exercise some measure of physical control over the drugs and e even if a person knows that someone else has drugs in premises that he shares with is not enough to establish possession of the drugs and there must be proof of Joint possession With r
4. an effect on the sentence that Was passed In the present case unlike in Ramtohul supra the entry on the record did not show that the learned Magistrate informed the appellant that he had the right to adduce evidence as the penalty provided involved disqualification and cancellation However the question that arose was whether from the entry on record it could be presumed that the appellant was guided by the Court by being explained the different options that were open to him and that he thereafter chose to make a statement from the dock It is generally known that where an accused party pleads guilty and there is a hearing for the purpose of sentencing the prosecution normally causes to be read out in Court the statement of an accused party showing the accused s reaction and explanation in respect of the offence In the present case also the prosecution produced the appellant s statement However where the sentence that the Court has to tmpose provides for compulsory disqualification unless August 2014 Issue 39 there are special circumstances shown even if there may be special circumstances present in the exp lanation given by an accused party in his statement which has been produced and read over in Court these would not be considered by the Court unless the accused has given evidence to that effect An accused party who is inops consilii and sees that his explanation has been read over in Court may not know that if h
5. cette personne Dans un lan de faciliter l exercice du droit l oubli et l obligation de suppression la Cour affirme que ni l absence de suppression pr alable ou simultan des informations des pages web ni la lic it de la publication sur ces pages peuvent faire obstacle une revendication de supprimer ces liens Ajmal Toofany Legal Research Officer August 2014 Issue 39 Combatting Transnational Organised Crime at Sea The response of the international community to the problems caused by COMBATTRE LA CRIMINALIT TRANSNATIONALE Pn Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean has been to set up a voluntary ad hoc gt e organisation called the Contact Group on Piracy off the Coast of Somalia CGPCS Participation in the work of the CGPCS is open to any State and there are five working groups which co ordinate action in a particular area such as capacity building or the military approach against the pirates There is another working group under the leadership of Italy to deal with the money laundering aspect of the problem On ast and 22nd May the European Union EU and Interpol hosted a workshop in Brussels Belgium on the theme of chasing the money trail The workshop was attended by nearly 150 representatives from more than twenty States and bodies who work in the fields of law enforcement and financial intelligence There were also representatives from the private sector There has been since the
6. d passait nos fronti res C est un ami qui nous quitte aujourd hui un homme que j ai eu Pinsigne honneur de connaitre et c toyer avec ses qualit s remarquab les certes mais aussi sa forte personnalit Quelques adjectifs pour cerner le personnage qu tait Robert Ahnee visionnaire extr mement intelligent courageux charmeur aussi pour certains et intol rant pour les autres Je consid rais Robert Ahnee comme mon ma tre Ensemble pendant plus de 35 ans nous avons v cu des aventures exaltantes Ce serait bien sur trop long ici pour les num rer Il suffit simp lement de dire que nous avons connu non seulement des grands moments inoubliables mais nous avons aussi partag des moments bien difficiles Robert Ahnee tait un tr s grand professionnel Tr s organis dans son travail il tait surtout un avant gardiste guere soucieux d tre populaire mais pr t tout pour aider devant un cas de d tresse humaine Son analyse des affaires et d un dossier tait toujours pertinente et percutante Dans la tr s grande majorit des cas ses Jugements taient sans appels et ses opinions tranch es Cet aspect de son caract re lui a d ailleurs h las valu quelques inimiti s car il avait un franc parler qui ne plaisait pas forc ment tout le monde Mais tous cependant taient unanimes reconna tre en lui une comp tence hors pair Robert Ahnee a bien incarn le perfectionnisme au cours de sa carri re Sa passion et sa
7. superfluous if August 2014 Issue 39 the accused admits his previous convictions as set out in the previous conviction certificate In Raffaut v State 2014 SC 223 the Appellate Court held that before passing sentence which includes a mandatory sentence the trial court must be satisfied that the procedure set out in section 211 of the Criminal Procedure Act has been observed and that the previous conviction has been proved or admitted by the accused In the light of the above principles the Appellate Court quashed the sentence and remitted the case back to the lower court for a fresh hearing on sentence Jaudhub v State 2014 SC 256 S Peeroo amp D Chan Kan Cheong Right of accused to adduce evidence The appellant pleaded guilty before the District Court of Flacq to the offence of unlawfully permitting an unlicensed driver to drive a goods vehicle on a road in breach of ss 40 1 b 2 52 and 163 1 b and and Schedule of the Road Traffic Act as amended by Act 46 2002 He was sentenced to pay a fine of Rs 1 000 and Rs 100 costs and he was further disqualified from holding and or obtaining a licence for a period of one month in respect of all types of vehicles His licence was cancelled and endorsed He appealed against sentence The court record showed that after the prosecution had produced the statement given by the appellant where he explained the circumstances in which the offence was committed the case was c
8. this workshop was to sensitize agencies to use financial investigation and anti money laundering techniques to dismantle transnational organized crime involving the trafficking of protected fauna and flora Stakeholders brought together for this workshop included mainly prosecutors involved in wildlife protection and also in asset recovery investigators Le police involved in asset forfeiture and specialized organizations such as the World Wildlife Fund amp the World Bank Presentations were made by different countries to exp lain the scope of wildlife crimes Wildlife crime ts an escalating problem worldwide Currently wildlife crime is the 5th most serious crime in the world after drug trafficking counterfeiting human trafficking and oil Wildlife and Timber crimes are neglected in Africa amp Asia The penalty provided for these crimes are trivial and therefore it is more profitable for an offender to get involve in these criminal activities compared to drug dealing for examp le which is more risky Some insightful statistics were given during the conference Recently in Hong Kong 603 tusks and 3 9 tons of ivory have been seized in false compartment containers There has been a drastic rise in the illegal trade of rhino horns from 14 in 1990 to 1004 in 2014 In relation to timber crimes East Asia accounts for 70 of the illegal timber exports Indonesia lost 2 Billion US dollars in 2006 due to illegal logging and corruption in the forest
9. 995 relative la protection des personnes physiques a l gard du traitement des donn es caract re personnel et la libre circulation de ces donn es ainsi que de article 8 de la Charte des droits fondamentaux de Union Europ enne La CJUE estima qu en vertu de la Directive une personne concern e peut pr tendre la suppression des liens vers des pages web sur la liste des r sultats au motif qu elle souhaiterait que les informations y figurant relatives sa personne soient oubli es apr s un certain temps Selon la Cour toute incompatibilit avec la Directive justifie l effacement des informations et des liens figurant dans la liste de recherche La Cour consid re que eu gard l ensemble des circonstances les donn es en questions apparaissent inad quates pas ou plus pertinentes ou excessives au regard des finalit s pour lesquelles elles ont t trait es et du temps qui s est coul Cependant le principe n est pas absolu car ce droit Voubli est appr ci la lumi re du droit l information du public de l int r t conomique de Pexp loitant du moteur du droit au respect de la vie privee et le droit protection de donn es caract re personnel La CJUE pr cisa que la recherche d un quilibre peut d pendre de la nature de l information en question de sa sensibilit pour la vie priv e ainsi que de l int r t du public recevoir cette information notamment en fonction du r le jou pa
10. Ahnee de mani re aussi privil gi e je voudrais t moigner dema profonde sympathie son pouse Th r se ses enfants Fran oise Catherine et Brigitte Je tiens dire tous ses proches qu il nous aura laiss un h ritage d une valeur inestimable et que le souvenir de son passage dans notre vie restera m morable Jean Roger Boodhna OSK SUMMARY OF SUPREME COURT JUDGMENTS July 2014 State v Seepaul 2014 SC 271 G Marie Joseph Wounds and blows death The accused stood charged on an amended information for having willfully and unlawfully inflicted wounds and blows causing death without intention to kill in breach of s228 1 2 of the Criminal Code He pleaded guilty The accused had confessed to the police that following an altercation between him and his brother he had splashed a plate He took a piece of the broken plate and stabbed his brother at the neck At the trial he expressed remorse The Learned Judge took this into consideration but he emphasized that one cannot be over lenient in sentencing the accused as a man has lost his life Given that the offence took place before the coming into force of Act 36 of 2008 the maximum penalty that can be imposed is 10 years penal servitude After taking into consideration all mitigating factors the trial court sentenced him to 8 years penal servitude from which was deducted the 1552 days spent on remand State v Chowrimoothoo amp Anor 2014 SC 253
11. agistrats juges et greffier provenant de diff rents horizons notamment de France Allemagne Belgique Roumanie et a L Italie Le Directeur du cours tait Mons Pascal Dourneau Josette Ce dernier occupe actuellement le poste de Chef de Division J la Cour Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme Le Cours tait ax d une part sur le fonctionnement de la Cour Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme et d autre part sur les f diff rentes volutions de la jurisprudence de cette Cour Mons Patrick Titiun Chef du Cabinet du Pr sident de la Cour Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme nous a indiqu que les affaires pendantes devant cette Cour en 2013 taient au nombre de 160 000 Cependant avec l entr e en vigueur du Protocole 14 mettant en place un systeme de filtrage les affaires pendantes pour 2014 ont diminu au nombre de 93 000 Belle avanc e Vu son essence les langues recevables aupr s de la Cour de Strasbourg P sont les deux langues les plus parl es lues et crites dans le monde savoir l anglais et le fran ais Les divers sujets qui furent trait s sont en outre l interaction entre le Juge national et la Cour Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme le traitement des requ tes par la Cour L interaction entre la Cour de Cassation et la Cour Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme et les relations entre la cette Cour et Union Europ enne On a aussi eu l occasion de participer la discussion d un cas pratique en sous gro
12. ation to the proceeds of wildlife and timber trafficking financial investigation into these proceeds LS usually carried out by trained financial investigators They hold their sources of information from the suspect himself transport shipping carriers mobile phones contact lists financial institutions utilities insurance companies vehicle registration department credit agencies and land registry Wildlife amp timber crimes generate a huge amount of proceeds and in this context all countries present during the workshop were urged to take appropriate measures to recover the proceeds from these crimes Much emphasis was laid on the role of the Asset Recovery Units which can play a vital role to recover these proceeds The money obtained from the proceeds of such crimes by an Asset Recovery Unit can help put into operation a better structure for the supervision and prevention of such crimes being committed The conference marks a milestone in the fight against wildlife crime as it is the first time that a workshop was organized on the theme Recovering the Proceeds from Wildlife and Timber crimes and many countries have been able to participate and share their valuable experience Miss Nitisha Seebaluck amp Mr Jihad Nazir State Counsel Distribution de Tanya so zistwar Cit Anoska Le bureau du Directeur des Poursuites Publique a t invit par la Student Union de la branche mauricienne de l Universit de Wo lv
13. ce including telecommunication service for the transmission or reception of a photograph which is indecent commits an offence and shall on conviction be liable to a fine not exceeding one million rupees and to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 5 years Similarly under Section 15 of the Child Protection Act it is an offence visited by a fine not exceeding twenty five thousand rupees and imprisonment up to twenty years for a person who distributes or has in his possession an indecent photograph of a child defined as a person under the age of eighteen with a view to distribution If cases of sexting are seldom reported because of the attached social stigma cases of insults and other forms of abuses online are on the other hand reported more often and on the rise We may not know the size of the problem facing us yet but it is not uncommon these days for many young persons to use facebook or twitter to bully insult threat harass and make all kinds of threats This antisocial behavior unknown to many also constitutes a crime under section 46 h of the ICTA The police will certainly be inundated with comp laints relating to online crimes as technology penetrates deeper in all layers of society They will have to prepare themselves for a culture change by becoming more tech savvy police officers The new recruits will certainly learn faster but they will lack the experience of seasoned enquiring officers The challenge is to close the lea
14. ce before a specific court The collective know how of the joint investigation team members would overcome any procedural technical hurdles before the ultimate trial court The idea of a JIT was developed by Europol over ten years ago in its combat against organised crime such as the smuggling of drugs but it would be highly relevant in the combat against the money laundering aspect of Somali piracy As the Interpol President Mrs Mireille Balllestrazzi stated in her opening address to participate effectively in the fight against maritime crime we must anticipate the threats and respond in a coordinated manner Mr Denis Mootoo Ag Assistant DPP 4 eal August 2014 Issue 39 Expert Meeting on Transnational Organized Crime in East Africa Zanzibar Tanzania The Expert Meeting on Developing a Regional Mechanism for International Cooperation in Criminal Matters to address Transnational Organized Crime in East Africa was held from the 10 to 12 June 2014 in Zanzibar Tanzania The meeting was organized by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime UNODC and was chaired by Ms Karen Kramer Senior Expert of the Organized Crime Branch Officials from Tanzania Zanzibar Ethiop ia Dj ibouti Uganda Madagascar the Seychelles and Comoros Island were present at the meeting Also were present representatives from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development IGAD African Union AU Eurojust The Netwo
15. dividual some of our officers have attended several training during the past month Among the subjects discussed are a trans national crimes at sea b recovering the proceeds from wildlife and timber crimes and c the application of the European Convention on Human Rights Following the invitation from the student union of the Mauritian branch of the University of Wolverhampton two of our officers distributed forty copies of Tanya so Zistwar to members of the NGO Mouvement d Aide a la Maternit at Cit Anoska Forest Side Mr Jean Roger Boodhna OSK pays tribute to late Mr Robert Ahnee former judge Finally we provide you with a summary of the latest Supreme Court judgments We wish you a pleasant reading Zaynah Essop State Counsel ons August 2014 Issue 39 Sexting Closing the learning gap Sexting occurs when individuals share explicit images of themselves over the mobile phones or across social networks It is common almost a trend for our teenagers especially girls to send explicit photos of themselves to their boyfriends If the relationship turns sour as is often the case the explicit photograph is circulated to school college friends or simply posted on a social media page online Sexting is a serious offence It is a breach of section 46 h of the Information and Communication Technologies Act ICTA which provides that any person who uses an information and communication servi
16. e does not give evidence to that effect or swear or solemnly affirm to the truth of the statement containing the circumstances the Court will not be able to take them into account even if the exp lanation happens to show that there were special circumstances which would have warranted the Court to exercise its discretion not to impose disqualification This is precisely why in such cases although it is not expected of the Court to act as defence Counsel for an unrepresented accused party it is the duty of the Court to see that the rules of evidence and procedure are observed and that an accused is given a fair trial Balloo v R 1969 MR 128 Within that bound a Court can provide certain guidance to the accused in order to help him not to miss important opportunities which are open to him under the existing procedure to put forward his defence Sunassee v State 1998 SC 324 The Court should in the first place properly inform an accused party of his rights to depose in Court or make a statement and to call evidence and clearly indicate on the record that this has been done and what option the accused has chosen or what he has decided to do The Learned Judges found that a serious irregularity had occurred and that the appellant should not only have been given but seen to have been given a proper hearing The sentence was quashed and the matter was remitted to another magistrate for a proper hearing on sentence
17. e previous conviction of the appellant An accused party whether guilty or not is entitled to enjoy a fair hearing He has to be informed of his right to give evidence in mitigation at sentence stage as has been repeatedly reminded by the Courts and most recently in Bardottier v The State 2014 SC 10 and Teeluck v The State 2014 SC 16 Further at the time of sentencing where previous conviction of an accused party is produced it will be good practice for the prosecution to remind the Court especially in cases like the present one where the law provides for a higher sentence in the case of a second or subsequent offence and there is mandatory disqualification of the need not only to ensure that the accused is explained of his right to depose or call evidence in respect of any special reasons that may exist but also that the previous conviction against the accused is proved Section 211 of the Criminal Procedure Act provides inter alia how a previous conviction may be proved by producing the certificate containing the substance and effect of the charge and conviction signed by the clerk or registrar of a Court and proof of the identity of the accused with the person named in the certificate The proof of identity will be satisfied if the accused admits the previous conviction As stated in Diouman v R 1990 MR 312 regarding proof of the previous conviction of an accused imposed by section 2n Those requisites na turally become
18. egard to the specific issue of joint possession it was held in Nawoor v R 1948 MR 104 that to secure a conviction against any one of the five accused it was not necessary to establish manual possession but that it was essential that there should be proof of some overt act or circumstance connecting each particular accused with the articles found thus justifying the inference that those articles were at least under his control exclusive or joint In applying the principles set out above to the present case it was appropriate to observe that the fact that the drugs were found concealed under the mattress of accused No 1 in his bedroom and in his presence was not sufficient to prove possession or joint possession in terms of the law There must also have been proof of some overt act on his part that could justify the inference that he had knowledge of the presence of the drugs and that they were under his exclusive or Joint control Accused No 1 made the incriminating statements imputed to him namely missie mo fek gagne sa 100 gm heroin la Mo lors caution laisse Patrice prend charge la when the drugs were found under the mattress and missi pas mette sa when the tape was found on the table of the kitchen The trial court found that such incriminating statements constituted an overt act or circumstance connecting accused No 1 with the drugs and justifying the inference that they were at least under his exc
19. erhampton a participer une journ e de bienfaisance avec l association Mouvement d Aide la Maternit MAM L v nement s est fait au centre communautaire de Cit Anoska Forest side Le Mouvement d Aide la Maternit MAM est une organisation non gouvernementale nationale fond en 1905 Elle est ouverte tous les Mauriciens qui partagent le respect de la vie d s sa f condation faisant office dun lieu de rencontre d coute et de formation qui accompagne les futures meres qui font face des probl mes cause de leur grossesse surtout dans le cas de grossesse pr coce Ashley Victor charg des relations publiques aupr s du bureau du DPP et Mlle Jouana Genave travaillant avec le Victim and Witness Support Unit de VODPP sont respectivement intervenus afin de pr senter au public un livret sur le droit des enfants intitul Tanya so zistwar et un expos sur les droits de la famille Le livret a t fait en collaboration avec l ambassade am ricaine Cette publication illustr e explique la proc dure p nale du d p t de la plainte la d lib ration du jugement en mati re d abus sexuel sur les enfants Le besoin d une publication s est fait ressentir afin de permettre aux victimes et leurs familles de collaborer avec les autorit s concern es en mati re de preuve vitant toute marge d erreur La rencontre s est poursuivie avec l intervention de Mlle Jouana Genave En tant que sociologue de f
20. he applicant conceded that there had never been any such final pronouncement That disposed of the application as grounded under s81 1 a of the Constitution As regards the remaining ground the Applicant s counsel made a submission that the police was not lawfully entitled to investigate and prosecute such an offence The Learned Judges did not consider that such matter was of such great and general public importance The application was set aside with costs Ropun v State 2014 SC 279 S Peeroo amp P Fekna Previous conviction Irregularity Inops consilii The appellant was prosecuted before the District Court of Black River for driving without due care and attention in breach of section 123 C 1 a and 52 of the Road Traffic Act He pleaded not guilty and he was inops consilii He was found guilty and was a sentenced to pay a fine of Rs 7 000 and Rs 100 costs He was further disqualified from holding or obtaining a driving licence for any type of vehicle for a period of 6 months and his licence Was endorsed At the hearing of the Appeal learned counsel appearing for the State conceded that there had been serious irregularity in sentencing the Appellant in that a at the sentence stage the learned Magistrate did not inform the appellant of his right to adduce evidence in mitigation and b section 21 of the Criminal Procedure Act was not properly followed by the learned Magistrate in the admission of th
21. losed for the prosecution Regarding the case for the defence the record shows that the appellant was explained of his rights to adduce evidence especially in view of disqualification amp cancellation Acc states that he is driver amp earns his living as such and the case was closed for the defence Thereafter the learned Magistrate found the appellant guilty as charged The Appellate Court quoted the following extract from the case of Ramtohul v The State 1992 SC 229 MR 240 where the appellant was f charged with an offence under the Road Traffic Act The Court Lallah SPJ as he then was and Boolell J said the following We agree that in every case an accused who is inops consilii should be informed of his rights to depone or make a statement and to call evidence and that the record should indicate this as well as what the accused decides to do This is particularly important in cases like the present one where the Court is given a special discretion not to pass the otherwise compulsory sentence provided in the Second Schedule That discretion is contained in section 52 of the Act which is to the effect that the Court should impose the obligatory sentences unless there are special reasons which dictate otherwise In that case it was found that according to the entry on record it did not appear that the appellant was explained of his rights and given the opportunity to say anything that might have had
22. lusive or Joint control Taking into account the confession of accused No 2 which he confirmed under oath the trial court had no difficulty in finding proved joint possession of the drugs with accused No 1 Accused No 1 was accordingly found guilty Both accused were sentenced to undergo 25 years penal servitude from which shall be deducted the time spent on remand and to pay a fine of Rs 100 000 each Kala v State of Mauritius 2014 SC 259 K P Matadeen C amp N Devat Leave to Privy Council This was an application for leave to appeal to the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council against a judgment of the Supreme Court dismissing an appeal by the applicant from a judgment of the Intermediate Court finding her guilty of August 2014 Issue 39 smuggling in breach of section 156 of the Customs Act and sentencing her to pay a fine of Rs 438 339 The application was grounded both under s81 1 a of the Constitution and under s81 2 b of the Constitution coupled with s70A of the Courts Act The appeal was also grounded as of right under section 83 1 of the Constitution for a breach of s82 1 of the Constitution Section 83 of the Constitution relates to the original jurisdiction of the Supreme Court in constitutional matters The Court noted that the judgment which was sought to be appealed from was not a final pronouncement over any question as to the interpretation of the Constitution Indeed learned counsel for t
23. ormation Mlle Genave a d but son expos par l implication de la femme mauricienne et sa participation au sein de la soci t poursuivant avec les diff rentes difficult s qu elles font face et August 2014 Issue 39 les mesures protectrices op rationnelles Elle a par ailleurs abord aspect de la violence domestique comme tant un cancer qui ronge la soci t mauricienne et a fait tat des diff rents recours l gislatifs la disposition des personnes concern es Les interventions des participants se sont sold es par la remise d une quarantaine de copies du livret de Tanya SO zistwar l association Mouvement d Aide la Maternit Ces livrets permettront MAM de judicieusement expliquer les recours l gaux lors de leurs causeries aupr s des personnes risque situ es dans les diff rentes poches de ye pauvret travers Vile 34 l Wh Ajmal Toofany Legal Research Officer Page 12 August 2014 Issue 39 Le dernier des g ants est parti L Ex Juge Robert Ahnee nous a quitt en ce lundi 7 juillet 2014 le m me jour et presqu au m me moment o un autre montre sacr cette fois ci du football Alfredo Di Stefano a quitt ce monde J ai eu la chance inoute et le grand privil ge au tout d but de ma carri re dans le judiciaire d avoir connu et collabor avec cet homme redoutable et redout tant Maurice qu l tranger o sa grande comp tence
24. qu sur un ordre pr f rentiel Chaque traitement de donn es doit faire l objet d une l gitimation en vertu de l article 7 f de la Directive Cette l gitimation commande de garantir que les droits et libert s fondamentaux pr valent sur l int r t l gitime poursuivi par le responsable du traitement A ce titre les droits fondamentaux qui figurent aux articles 7 et 8 de la Charte de l Union Europ enne font office de protection contre toute ing rence dans la vie priv e et une protection l gard de donn es caract re personnel En l esp ce la Cour wh sita pas affirmer que l int r t conomique poursuivi par l exploitant west vas en mesure d autoriser ni une atteinte la vie priv e ni une atteinte la protection des donn es August 2014 Issue 3 caractere personnel Cette ing rence a aussi t appr ci e eu gard au caract re sensible de information Ainsi dans les faits il fut consid r qu une vente aux ench res immobili re li e une saisie pratiqu e aux fins du recouvrement de dettes en mati re de s curit sociales constitue une information sensible eu gard la vie priv e La particularit de la d cision tient l largissement octroy l article 7 f Pour la Cour le droit au respect de sa vie priv e et la protection des donn es caract re personnel fait chec non seulement l int r t conomique mais galement au droit l information d
25. r la personne dans la vie publique La garantie du droit l effacement de ses donn es qui figure l article 12 b de la Directive 95 46CE a t renforc e par la d cision de la CJUE qui est venue toffer le control de conformit de la Directive l gard des i August 2014 Issue 39 responsables de traitement de donn es En sus de l exactitude des donn es qui a trait a la v racit de l information la conformit la Directive requiert que les donn es trait es soient ad quates pertinentes et non excessives eu gard AUX finalit s du traitement La Cour qualifie ces crit res en sp cifiant que inad quation et la non pertinence se concr tisent par absence de mise jour tandis que l excessivit quant elle se mat rialise par une conservation exc dant une dur e n cessaire Dans la lign e de son raisonnement la Haute Juridiction prend en consid ration le temps qui s est coul En l esp ce une publication effectu e 16 ans auparavant justifie ce que ces informations ne soient plus li es par le nom de la personne au moyen d une liste La dur e de la conservation n est pas prise en cons id ration lorsque cette derni re est faite des fins historiques statistiques ou scientifiques Ainsi P incompatibilit se mesure dans les faits eus gard la nature de l information dans son aspect utilitaire et temporel ainsi qu l gard de la finalit
26. rfois tr s sensibles et il incarnait la justice aux yeux des concitoyens Robert Ahnee nous a quitt s C tait quelqu un de profond ment humain Sa r putation il Pa b tie sur l int grit l ind pendance d esprit le fair play Pour lui le mot Ethique dans le milieu judiciaire avait son sens pl nier Ila d ailleurs contribu donner tout son sens ce mot si noble Il ne sera plus l pour nous guider alors que nous avons tellement besoin de lui de sa vision de ses lumi res Mais ce quil nous a appris restera A JAMAIS SA MEMOIRE AUSSI Robert Ahnee s en est all Cependant il laissera une trace ind l bile dans le c ur de ceux qui restent Je m en voudrais si avant de terminer je ne disais pas un mot sur ce qui tait connu comme les grandes col res de Robert Ahnee Je me permets une comparaison avec les critures saintes J sus s est lui aussi mis en col re C tait quand il avait chass les vendeurs du temple St Marc nous dit J sus prom ne sur eux un regard de col re Saint Thomas d Aquin un th ologien qui vivait en 1250 a assur qu il ya des saintes col res Serait ce possible Oui c est possible si la col re vient de l indignation contre le mal La col re contre l injustice est saine et bonne La col re contre la domination du fort sur le faib le est saine et bonne La col re contre Pexp loitation du riche sur le pauvre est saine et bonne Toute col re contre le mal est juste Ayant connu Robert
27. rigueur ne peuvent qu inspirer la jeune g n ration de juristes Robert Ahnee avait bien compris les valeurs quand on d fend la justice et a toujours port bien haut le flambeau de cette justice Une des qualit s que je retiens de lui c tait sa d termination in branlable son courage intellectuel la lutte qu il a men pour ses principes et ses convictions Cette force le poussait des changes tr s passionn s et il ne laissait jamais personne indiff rent Ce que beaucoup de personnes cependant ne connaissent pas de lui c est qu il tait un homme g n reux avec un c ur d or Tous ceux qui comme moi ont travaill troitement avec lui peuvent en t moigner Par contre sil y avait quelque chose que Robert Ahnee d testait c tait la m diocrit car il tait un homme dot d une volont hors du commun Son franc parler son approche NO nonsense fait de lui un homme redoutable intraitable sur la qualit August 2014 Issue 3 et l int grit Qui dit Robert Ahnee dit Justice tre juste tre objectif impartial et avoir une ind pendance d esprit Robert Ahnee a jou un r le pr pond rant pour donner un sens au mot justice Il tait un passionn de la justice Son tr s grand m rite aura t le fait qu il a su se faire accepter par toutes les couches sociales et culturelles du pays car il a su tre l coute de cette soci t comp lexe dans laquelle il avait prendre des graves d cisions pa
28. rk of West African Central Authorities and Prosecutions WACAP Asset Recovery Inter Agency Network of Southern Africa ARINSA and East African Community EAC The issues that were raised during the meeting concerned the challenges which the countries of the region are presently facing with regards to transnational organized crimes such as drug trafficking trafficking in wildlife endangered species and natural resources trafficking in human beings smuggling of migrants money laundering illegal fishing terrorism and piracy lt was noted that criminal groups operate on the basis of supp ly and demand with the aim of generating illegal profits The countries of the region are the source the transit and destination for some of the transnational organized crimes It is therefore incumbent that they work together in order to combat the crimes The chairperson gave an overview of the United Nations UN and the UN tools which can be used in assisting international cooperation The UNODC provides technical assistance in several areas for example to combat terrorism there is the Legal Curriculum Module on nternational Cooperation in Criminal Matters Counter Terrorism and the Manual on International Cooperation in Criminal Matters Relating to Terrorism Also training is given to national criminal Justice officials on mutual legal assistance and extradition Amongst the numerous recommendations which the meeting put forward it was sugge
29. rning gap fast Satyajit Boolell SC DPP August 2014 Issue 39 Le droit l oubli Seize ans apr s avoir fait l objet d une annonce dans un journal local un ressortissant europ en constata que lorsqu un internaute introduisait son nom dans le moteur de recherche du groupe Google ce dernier affichait 2 toujours des liens vers les pages du journal r v lant ainsi des donn es relatives sa personne En 2010 le ressortissant introduisit aupr s de l Agence Espagnole de Protection des Donn es AEPD une r clamation l encontre de l diteur du journal ainsi qu l encontre de Google Spain et de Google Inc afin que ces derniers prennent les mesures n cessaires pour supprimer ses donn es personnelles apparaissant sur les r sultats de recherche L AEPD rejeta la r clamation dirig e contre l diteur en estimant que les informations avaient t publi es l galement mais accueilli la demande concernant Google Spain et Google Inc en ordonnant ces derniers de retirer les donn es de leur index et de rendre l acc s impossible l avenir Par cons quent Google Spain et Google Inc introduisirent deux recours en annulation de la d cision devant la juridiction nationale Audience Nationale Espagne La juridiction nationale d fera des questions pr judicielles la Cour de Justice de l Union Europ enne CJUE portant sur l interpr tation de certaines dispositions de la Directive 95 46CE du 24 Octobre 1
30. sector Illegal timber trafficking has had an impact on the prices of legal timber sales with prices of legal timber falling between 7 16 As part of our presentation we talked about the issue of poaching in Mauritius which can be summed up in 3 categories e Killing of bats e The hunting of deer e The poaching of fish The most relevant legis lation in relation to the protection of Wildlife and trees in Mauritius are e The Forest and Reserves Act 1983 e The Wildlife and National Parks Act 1994 e The Fisheries Act 1980 EE A August 2014 Throughout the Conference viable solutions have been identified to fight wildlife and timber crimes amongst others Real inter agency coordination 7 Develop ing more international cooperation and addressing the entire supp ly chain Strengthening the ex isting enforcement mechanism More sop histicated investigations and prosecutions e Review of domestic legis lation in respective countries to increase the penalty applicab le if a wildlife trafficker LS found guilty In relation to the proceeds of wildlife and timber trafficking financial investigation into these proceeds LS usually carried out by trained financial investigators They hold their sources of information from the suspect himself transport shipping carriers mobile phones contact lists financial institutions utilities insurance companies vehicle registration department credit agencies and land registry In rel
31. sted that the States should enhance awareness about the economic social health and security tmpact of transnational organized crimes hence the policy makers should secure political commitment and support for criminal justice initiatives States of the region should in cooperation with regional and other international organisations as well civil society intensify awareness raising activities for example via sensitisation campaigns or participating in meetings for all relevant stakeholders about the types of crimes and the negative impact at the national and regional level The States should further consider strengthening the cooperation between relevant national authorities which includes the support to adopt and make use of regional agreements informal and formal mechanisms The meeting ended with a strong desire from all the countries present to work towards the strengthening of their relationship so as to combat the transnational organized crimes within the Eastern African region Mr Roshan Varma Santokhee Ag Senior State Counsel E d August 2014 Issue 39 Ecole Nationale de la Magistrature La Convention Europ enne Des Droits de L homme Mode D emploi Agr able tait la surprise qui m attendait en entrant dans la salle o se d roula la formation continue des magistrats orchestr e par L ENM portant sur La Convention Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme datant du 12 au 16 mai 2014 Paris J tais entour par des m
32. u public Cons quemment le droit l information du public ne justifierait pas une violation des droits fondamentaux pr vus par les articles 7 et 8 sauf si le r le jou par la personne dans la vie publique est justifi e par l int r t pr pond rant du public avoir acc s l information En l esp ce il n existait pas de raisons particuli res justifiant un tel int r t Avec l interpr tation protectionniste accord e l article 7 f le droit de s opposer au traitement de donn es en vertu de Particle 14 a de la Directive 95 46CE fait l objet d une application plus efficace Le droit l oubli fraichement consacr par la Jurisprudence de la CJUE constitue ce droit ce que l information relative sa personne ne soit plus li e son nom par une liste de r sultats affich e la suite d une recherche effectu e partir de son nom La CJUE a facilit l exercice de ce droit en lui enlevant toute subordination l tablissement d un pr judice Cette approche d montre la fois une volont protectionniste et pr ventive qui tend rejoindre la philosophie ayant entrain l adoption de la Directive Ce droit incombe parall lement une obligation l exploitant de moteur de recherche qui est tenu de supprimer de la liste de r sultats affich e la suite d une recherche effectu e partir du nom d une personne des liens vers des pages web publi es par des tiers et contenant des informations relatives
33. upe de participants Pour les intervenants la l gitimit de la Cour de Strasbourg tait double notamment i par la signature de la Convention Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme et ii par le principe anglo saxon de control by peers Aussi pour pouvoir y avoir recours a la Cour Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme un demandeur doit Epuiser toutes les voies de droit interne et e D montrer clairement quel article de la Convention a t viol son gard Une interpr tation vivante c est la mani re dont la Convention Europ enne Des Droits de L Homme est interpr t par la Cour de Strasbourg Ainsi se pose les r cents d ve loppements jurisprudentiels sur la possibilit du mariage homosexuel adoption par un homosexuel recherche et reconnaissance de filiation et les droits successoraux des enfants adult rins Ajoutant le a et le d Paris devient Paradis Ce que disent les amoureux de Paris Nulle besoin de vous dire que je partage cet avis notamment pour les infrastructures ind niablement architecturales mais aussi pour la qualit des interlocuteurs du cours dont j avais suivi Mr Abdool Raheem Tajoodeen State Counsel a August 2014 Issue 39 UNDOC Botswana Conference Recovering the Proceeds from Wildlife and Timber Crimes Asian and African experiences The UNDOC Botswana Conference on wildlife and timber crimes was held from the 3rd June to the 5th June 2014 The aim of
34. year 2012 a marked drop in the activities of Somali pirates at sea especially because of the effectiveness of the naval task force Operation Atalanta which is headed by the EU However the problem of piracy cannot be viewed simply as preventing pirates from operating Looking beyond the level of the foot soldier there are kingpins and masterminds busy at work In a comprehensive expos Mr Henny Bakker a senior financial investigator from the financial intelligence unit in Holland showed that just as the acts of piracy were beginning to decrease there was a significant increase in the amount of money transfers from Somalia to Holland with bogus transactions to camouflage the tainted origins of the inflows Other speakers talked about the transnational aspect of Somali piracy inasmuch as the organisers behind Somali pirates may also be trafficking in arms drugs and humans My expos was centred on the issue of gathering evidence in one jurisdiction and presenting it in a court of law in another jurisdiction There are already well established mechanisms on mutual legal assistance but the procedure may turn out to be cumbersome where the circumstances require a timely decision On the other hand a multilateral and practical approach such as by way of a joint investigation team JIT has the advantage that the investigation of a case is carried out by a team of officers from all the jurisdictions involved with a view to presenting the eviden
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