Saturday, April 21, 2012

Viennese Journal 2.0 - Roman Forts, Pride and Prejudice

On our second day in Lymington we awoke to a beautiful, cool and sunny day and took a walk through a fort built during the iron age, which dates sometime before the Roman Empire.
We came into Lymington, and ate a proper English breakfast on High Street (Main Street) where the weekly Saturday fair was underway.
Then we headed to Chawton, the home of beloved writer Jane Austen.

Inside we saw the writing desk where Jane Austen crafted some of the most nuanced and loved characters in the English language.


Afterward we had a tea and crumpets at the cafe across the street.

We came back to Lymington to a nice candle light dinner together. In the mean time, I studied more publications by the United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime.


Alternatives to Imprisonment
http://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/cjat_eng/3_Alternatives_Incarceration.pdf


Responses to Violence against women
http://www.unodc.org/documents/justice-and-prison-reform/hb_eff_police_responses.pdf


And a collection of United Nations Conventions and Declarations related to criminal justice issues and human rights
http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/justice-and-prison-reform/compendium.html

I also started reviewing draft resolutions that we will be considering at Vienna, including a resolution on providing legal aid to persons accused of crimes.
http://www.unodc.org/documents/commissions/CCPCJ_session21/ECN15_2012_L14_e_V1252078.pdf 

The proposed resolution does not include the provision of necessary funds for experts or investigators necessary to test and investigate the case against the accused. This may be something I may try to suggest for inclusion in the resolution. Are there other things missing?

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