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*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Afghanistan]]
 
*[[Albania]]
 
*[[Albania]]
*Algeria
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*[[Algeria]]
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*Andorra
 
*Angola
 
*Angola
 
*Antigua and Barbuda
 
*Antigua and Barbuda
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*[[Bolivia]]
 
*[[Bolivia]]
 
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
 
*Bosnia and Herzegovina
*Botswana
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*[[Botswana]]
 
*[[Brazil]]
 
*[[Brazil]]
 
*[[Brunei]]
 
*[[Brunei]]
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*Chad
 
*Chad
 
*[[Chile]]
 
*[[Chile]]
*[[China]]  
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*[[China]]
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**[[Hong Kong]]
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**[[Taiwan]]
 
*[[Colombia]]
 
*[[Colombia]]
*Comoros
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*[[Comoros]]
 
*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
 
*[[Congo, Democratic Republic of the]]
 
*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
 
*[[ République du Congo (Congo-Brazzaville)|Congo, Republic of the]]
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*[[Costa Rica]]
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*Croatia
 
*[[Cuba]]
 
*[[Cuba]]
 
*Cyprus
 
*Cyprus
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*Czech Republic
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*Denmark
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*Djibouti
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*Dominica
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*[[Dominican Republic]]
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*East Timor
 
*[[Ecuador]]
 
*[[Ecuador]]
 
*[[Egypt]]
 
*[[Egypt]]
*El Salvador
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*[[El Salvador]]
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*[[Equatorial Guinea]]
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*[[Eritrea]]
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*Estonia
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
 
*[[Ethiopia]]
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*Fiji
 
*Finland
 
*Finland
 
*[[France]]
 
*[[France]]
 
**French Guiana
 
**French Guiana
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
 
**[[French Polynesia]]
*Gabon
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*[[Gabon]]
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*[[Gambia, The]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
 
*[[Georgia]]
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*[[Germany]]
 
*[[Germany]]
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*[[Ghana]]
 
 
*Ghana
 
 
*Greece
 
*Greece
*Guatemala
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*[[Guatemala]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
 
*[[Guinea]]
*Guinea Bissau
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*[[Guinea-Bissau]]
 
*Guyana
 
*Guyana
 
*Haiti
 
*Haiti
*[[Hong Kong]]
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*[[Honduras]]
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*Hungary
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*Iceland
 
*[[India]]
 
*[[India]]
 
*[[Indonesia]]
 
*[[Indonesia]]
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*[[Japan]]
 
*[[Japan]]
 
*Jordan
 
*Jordan
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*Kazakhstan
 
*[[Kenya]]
 
*[[Kenya]]
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*Kiribati
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*Korea, North
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*[[South Korea|Korea, South]]
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*Kosovo
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*Kuwait
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*Kyrgyzstan
 
*[[Laos]]
 
*[[Laos]]
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*Latvia
 
*Lebanon
 
*Lebanon
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*[[Lesotho]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
 
*[[Liberia]]
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*Libya
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*Liechtenstein
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*Lithuania
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*Luxembourg
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*Macedonia
 
*[[Madagascar]]
 
*[[Madagascar]]
*Malawi
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*[[Malawi]]
 
*[[Malaysia]]
 
*[[Malaysia]]
*Mali
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*Maldives
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*[[Mali]]
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*Malta
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*Marshall Islands
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*[[Mauritania]]
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*Mauritius
 
*[[Mexico]]
 
*[[Mexico]]
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*Micronesia
 
*[[Moldova]]
 
*[[Moldova]]
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*Monaco
 
*[[Mongolia]]
 
*[[Mongolia]]
 
*Montenegro   
 
*Montenegro   
 
*[[Morocco]]
 
*[[Morocco]]
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*Mozambique
 
*[[Myanmar]]
 
*[[Myanmar]]
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*Namibia
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*Nauru
 
*[[Nepal]]
 
*[[Nepal]]
 
*[[Netherlands]]
 
*[[Netherlands]]
 
*New Zealand
 
*New Zealand
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*[[Nicaragua]]
 
*[[Niger]]
 
*[[Niger]]
 
*[[Nigeria]]
 
*[[Nigeria]]
*North Korea
 
 
*Norway
 
*Norway
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*Oman
  
 
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*[[Pakistan]]
 
*[[Pakistan]]
*Paraguay
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*Palau
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*Palestine
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*Panama
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*Papua New Guinea
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*[[Paraguay]]
 
*[[Peru]]
 
*[[Peru]]
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*[[Philippines]]
 
*[[Poland]]
 
*[[Poland]]
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*Portugal
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*Qatar
 
*[[Romania]]
 
*[[Romania]]
 
*[[Russia]]
 
*[[Russia]]
 
*[[Rwanda]]
 
*[[Rwanda]]
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*Saint Kitts and Nevis
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*Saint Lucia
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*Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
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*Samoa
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*San Marino
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*São Tomé and Príncipe
 
*[[Saudi Arabia]]
 
*[[Saudi Arabia]]
*Scotland
 
 
*[[Senegal]]
 
*[[Senegal]]
 
*Serbia
 
*Serbia
*Sierra Leone
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*[[Seychelles]]
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*[[Sierra Leone]]
 
*[[Singapore]]
 
*[[Singapore]]
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*Slovakia
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*Slovenia
 
*[[Solomon Islands]]
 
*[[Solomon Islands]]
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*Somalia
 
*[[South Africa]]
 
*[[South Africa]]
*[[South Korea]]
 
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Spain]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
 
*[[Sri Lanka]]
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*[[Switzerland]]
 
*[[Switzerland]]
 
*[[Syria]]
 
*[[Syria]]
*[[Taiwan]]
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*Tajikistan
 
*[[Tanzania]]   
 
*[[Tanzania]]   
 
**[[Zanzibar]]
 
**[[Zanzibar]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Thailand]]
 
*[[Togo]]
 
*[[Togo]]
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*Tonga
 
*Trinidad and Tobago  
 
*Trinidad and Tobago  
*[[The Republic of the Philippines]]
 
 
*[[Tunisia]]
 
*[[Tunisia]]
 
*[[Turkey]]
 
*[[Turkey]]
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*Turkmenistan
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*Tuvalu
 
*[[Uganda]]   
 
*[[Uganda]]   
 
*[[Ukraine]]
 
*[[Ukraine]]
 
*United Arab Emirates
 
*United Arab Emirates
*[[U.K. - England and Wales]]
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*United Kingdom
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**[[England and Wales]]
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**Scotland
 
*[[United States]]
 
*[[United States]]
 
*Uruguay   
 
*Uruguay   
 
*Uzbekistan
 
*Uzbekistan
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*Vanuatu
 
*[[Venezuela]]
 
*[[Venezuela]]
 
*[[Vietnam]]   
 
*[[Vietnam]]   
*Yemen  
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*Yemen
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*Zambia
 
*[[Zimbabwe]]
 
*[[Zimbabwe]]
  
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{{Languages|Criminal Justice Systems Around the World}}
 
{{Languages|Criminal Justice Systems Around the World}}
  
==Other Countries==
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==We need your help==
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Can you assist the creation of a country-page? Email elearning@ibj.org.
  
 
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See [[Legal Aid Systems and Supporting NGOs around the world]]
 
See [[Legal Aid Systems and Supporting NGOs around the world]]

Revision as of 10:54, 10 April 2018

Criminal justice systems can be loosely classified as either common, civil, Islamic or socialist law in nature. However, today many jurisdictions have adopted hybrid models that combine elements of various legal systems. Many of these systems share a common set of core values. In addition, most criminal justice systems have adopted a legality principle. Almost every criminal justice system is made of of similar actors.

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