The clerical establishment, headed by the supreme leader, now Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, controls the judiciary and large sectors of the economy.
Rather than combating corruption and implementing sorely needed reforms to the judiciary and media sector, Prime Minister Hun Sen's government has shrunk space for alterative voices and independent institutions.
We're going after anyone with any connection with this Gülenist cult, here and there, in the judiciary, the private sector, the newspapers, and other places".
These self-governing institutions often overlap with the UN, which retains major powers (the police, the judiciary, the security sector and foreign policy among them), lack accountability and produce layers of bureaucracy and resentment, not good governance.
But the president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, has shrugged off international criticism of his post-coup crackdown, which has included a purge of the military, civil service, judiciary and education sector, the arrest of more than 18,000 people, telling the west to "mind its own business".
These reforms are the result of an extensive consultation process involving local authorities, social landlords, the judiciary and voluntary sector, and, most importantly, victims and members of the public who've told us they want a more measured and effective response.
SADC was supposed to ensure a road map was put in place to guarantee fair elections, including a free and fair media, independent judiciary and security sector reform designed to make military chiefs more accountable.
According to Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index 2013, corruption permeates Pakistan's major sectors including judiciary, education, healthcare and taxation, with police and law enforcement topping the list.
Over a five-year period, UNICEF has supported the training of 750 professionals from the social work, police, health, judiciary, media and NGO sectors in 63 municipalities.
Over the five-year period, UNICEF had been supporting the training of professionals from the social work, police, health, judiciary, media and NGO sectors, in which 750 professionals in 63 municipalities took part.
