December 05, 2023
Mauritius: Safeguarding or Undermining Democracy?
The first reading of the Financial Crimes Commission Bill is a major development. This bill, according to the Prime Minister, aims at consolidating the fight against financial… Read more »
July 13, 2023
Mauritius: Demystifying the Privy Council
On Monday, we skipped lunch, put our work on hold, wore a do-not-disturb notice on our foreheads and sat for four hours watching the live debates of the Judicial Committee of the… Read more »
June 22, 2023
Mauritius: Asha Burrenchobay - «I Was Happy Not To Have Been Entangled In Possible Hanky-Panky Dealing»
I find it hard to believe that supersession was done on the basis of qualifications or experience. There were other reasons. Services rendered, religious and communal appurtenance,… Read more »
June 15, 2023
Mauritius: CAN anyone bell the cat?
The Special Striking Team struck this country in August last year like a violent thunderstorm, shrouded in mystery: no one knows its mandate, standing orders, who reports to who… Read more »
April 30, 2023
Mauritius: Chagos Maritime Boundaries - Why the ITLOS decided to split the claims of Mauritius and Maldives
On Friday the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea (ITLOS) delivered its verdict on demarcating the maritime boundaries between Mauritius' Chagos islands and Maldives. Here… Read more »
April 09, 2023
Mauritius: Why is it so hard to get convictions for police brutality?
The US State Department in its 2022 report on Human Rights has pointed to the lack of prosecutions for human rights violations leading to a culture of impunity within the Mauritian… Read more »
April 01, 2023
Mauritius: Annual Audit report - Getting away with murder
Le dernier rapport de l'Audit a mis au jour un grand nombre de manquements, de gaspillages, mais aussi des opérations de vol des ressources de l'État savamment… Read more »
March 09, 2023
Mauritius: Congratulations, Mr Dip!
The move of Commissioner of Police Anil Kumar Dip to challenge the decision of Magistrate Jade Ngan Chai King in court is an excellent idea. It will put an end to the evil debate… Read more »
March 06, 2023
Mauritius: Why has the case of Bruneau Laurette become so controversial?
A pro-government social media has accused the new Director of Public Prosecutions Rashid Ahmine of being involved in a politico-legal plot with the Labour Party to release the… Read more »
February 16, 2023
Mauritius: Ritish Ramful - "The AG has a legal and moral obligation to explain the lack of collaboration"
The Tribunal Judiciaire de St Denis, which held its sittings in public, has already brought it to the public arena that such a request had been made by the French authorities and… Read more »
January 23, 2023
Mauritius: How the cases of Boolell and Mohamed vs. Phokeer are raising all-new questions...
Labour party MPs Arvin Boolell and Shakeel Mohamed have legally challenged the speaker Sooroojdev Phokeer at the Supreme Court over their previous suspensions from the National… Read more »
January 19, 2023
Mauritius: Presidential pardon - A moral disaster
One wonders what is more indecent: the pardon extended to the son of the commissioner of police or the citizen being treated as an insignificant idiot given the opacity within… Read more »
January 16, 2023
Mauritius: Chagos - Are we seeing an attempt at using the 'falklands option'?
Chagossian groups in the UK are attempting to throw a spanner in ongoing talks between London and Port-Louis over the future of the Chagos. The latest is a legal notice sent by… Read more »
January 12, 2023
Mauritius: Dip Kid and the Justice System
Alright, alright! We have heard the argument time and time again and we have now come to anticipate it at every debate. The Commission for the Prerogative of Mercy (CPM) exists in… Read more »
January 08, 2023
Mauritius: The corruption problem in Mauritian prisons
This week kicked off with news that some prison officers at Beau-Bassin prison are under investigation for allegedly working with a drug trafficker inmate. The news only highlights… Read more »