It is learned that this is the first time for president of the Provincial Higher People's Court and chief procurator of the Provincial People's Procuratorate to appear in court at the same time to perform their duties in accordance with law since the provincial judicial reform and even the establishment of the provincial higher court and the procuratorate.

The author was indicted by the First Chamber of the Provincial Court of Malaga (Sección Primera de la Audicencia Provincial de Malaga).

On 22 February 2002, the Supreme Court dismissed the author's appeal and confirmed the sentence of the Provincial Court.

Subsequently, the first section of the Murcia provincial high court rejected an appeal.

On 19 October 1998, the Torun Provincial Court similarly rejected the author's appeal against the decision of the Regional Court.

Oral proceedings were held in the Murcia provincial high court on 21 January 1997.

She then lodged an appeal with the Murcia provincial high court, which was also denied.

On 30 June 1997, the Provincial High Court of Valladolid rejected an appeal by the author.

Her motion was considered by both the Torun District Court and the Torun Provincial Court and sufficient reasons were adduced for not allowing the complainant's motion.

He was fined after having been summarily convicted in the Ontario Provincial Court for unlawfully fishing out of season.

The Provincial High Court set aside that ruling and concluded that there had in fact been intent to steal.

The author filed an appeal with the Provincial High Court of Oviedo, which was rejected on 3 October 1998.

2.3 The complainant filed suit with the Vizcaya Provincial Court alleging that he had been tortured, and on 7 November 1997 the Court found three Civil Guards guilty of torture.

Subsequently, the author filed an application for amparo with the Constitutional Court, alleging, among other arguments, the failure of the Provincial High Court to state the grounds for its decision.

The Court of Appeal recognized the provincial government's inherent right to legislate and limit expenditures in the area of health care.

The trial of a juvenile offender shall be conducted by a juvenile court, which shall be established in all provincial capitals.

The judicial system consists of the Supreme Court, provincial high courts, and other lower courts, which exercise civil and criminal jurisdiction.

2.5 On 24 November 1998 and following a decision of the Provincial Court of 20 October 1998, the author was assigned a legal aid lawyer to prepare her appeal to the Supreme Court.

In the judiciary branch alone, the ratio of female judges at the People's Supreme Court is 22 , provincial courts 27 , district courts 35 .

Li Jing, president of the province's Higher People's Court, served as the presiding judge of this case, Wang Jin, chief procurator of the Provincial People's Procuratorate, appeared in court to support the process of indictment.

(g) On 6.9.2002, was posted as Registrar of the Lahore High Court which is considered to be the senior most position of Provincial Judicial Service.

From April to June 2002, another six complaints brought by the author were rejected by prison supervision courts or by the Provincial High Court of Madrid.

According to the authors, it is the practice of the first section, unlike other sections of the provincial high court, not to fulfil this legal obligation.

In December 1985, the First Chamber of the Provincial Court of Malaga, allegedly composed of the same judges who had indicted him, sentenced him for fraud.

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Both the provincial court and the Constitutional Court restricted the right of the defence to question the experts to the submission by the defence in writing of the questions that it was proposed to put and to the questions being relevant.

On 8 January 1996, the Provincial High Court of Madrid upheld the prison supervision court's decision, despite which the author continued to be subject to the special regime.

The provincial Women Development Departments (WDD)s assist it at the provincial level.

2.2 The authors allege that, during the proceedings in the provincial high court, the court did not inform them of the names of the judges who were members of the court nor the name of the reporting judge in the case, which is contrary to article 203.2 of the Judiciary Act.

2.1 On 9 December 2001 the Second Chamber of the Provincial Court of Almería (Audiencia Provincial de Almería) sentenced the author to seven and a half years of imprisonment for destruction of property, attempt to commit homicide and manufacturing of illegal explosives, and to one year imprisonment for continuous threats.

A number of justice sector facilities were rehabilitated, including the Ministry of Justice building and the Attorney General's offices in Kabul, as well as the provincial court building in Kondoz.

However, the Committee notes that these facts did not prevent the Provincial High Court from ruling on the appeal, and that the author subsequently made an amparo application to the Constitutional Court, in which she described the events and the rights which had been violated.

The Committee also notes that the Constitutional Court, in its decision of 29 September 1998, found that, with a minimum of diligence, the first author could have ascertained the composition of the division of the provincial court and filed the appropriate motion for disqualification.

According to the authors, the fact that the provincial court concluded that the questions which their defence counsel proposed to put to the defence experts were superfluous means that the court acknowledged that there had been no equality in the questioning of the defence experts.

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3.3 The author further alleges a violation of article 17 of the Covenant because the sentence of the Provincial Court of Malaga depicted him as a swindler, notwithstanding the evidence he presented.

3.2 The Murcia provincial high court denied the author justice, in violation of article 14, paragraph 1, of the Covenant, by holding that the unjustified failure of counsel to appear at the hearing had prevented the court from learning of the causes and grounds for the opposition to and disagreement with the ruling of the court of first instance.

The Court then appointed as ex officio defence counsel an official of the General Attorney's Office working at the Provincial Court's labour tribunal, who allegedly was not qualified to practise as a lawyer.

With regard to the identity of the reporting judge in the appeal before the provincial high court, the State party asserts that the first author was aware of the appointment of the judge.

(g) On 12 April 1999, the Constitutional Court rejected another application for amparo submitted by the author against the decision issued on 10 June 1998 by the Provincial High Court of Huelva concerning a complaint by the author that the prison authorities were not providing him with daily newspapers.

The State party affirms that the author was removed from the FIES roster by order of the Madrid prison supervision court dated 17 August 1995, as confirmed by an order of the Provincial High Court of Madrid dated 8 January 1996, and that that ruling is being implemented.

5.2 Concerning the non exhaustion of domestic remedies, the decision of the Provincial High Court acknowledged that the counsel's failure to appear in no way prevented the court, in the exercise of its review functions, from considering all the evidence supplied and then handing down an appropriate ruling.

Concerning the violation of the right to adversary proceedings, the State party indicates that the items of information or circumstances referred to in the ruling handed down by the provincial high court already appeared in the technical reports included in the case file in the court of first instance.

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