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Report on the State of - Education in 2014. Exterior exams in the educational policy and practice

Raport o stanie edukacji 2014. Egzaminy zewnętrzne w polityce i praktyce edukacyjnej

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish

Keywords: education; education in Poland; knowledge; society

W dyskusjach o edukacji coraz częściej mówi się o jakości i coraz ważniejszą rolę odgrywają różne sposoby jej mierzenia. Jeszcze kilkadziesiąt lat temu porównania systemów oświatowych ograniczały się do zestawiania odsetków absolwentów kończących poszczególne etapy edukacji czy wskaźników upowszechnienia edukacji, np. w przedszkolach czy w szkolnictwie wyższym. W nadzorze nad szkołami dominował model tradycyjnej, hierarchicznej kontroli, polegającej na sprawdzaniu, czy przestrzegane są przepisy i inne zewnętrznie zdefiniowane normy. W ostatnich dekadach zwiększyły się oczekiwania stawiane przed edukacją. W większym stopniu zaczęto też postrzegać edukację przez pryzmat poziomu wiedzy i umiejętności absolwentów. W nadzorze nad szkołami zaczęto zwracać uwagę nie tylko na procesy, ale też i efekty, w tym zwłaszcza efekty uczenia się. Międzynarodowe badania osiągnięć edukacyjnych pokazały problem zróżnicowania poziomu umiejętności uczniów, w tym istnienia sporej grupy uczniów, którzy kończą szkoły z zasobem umiejętności nieodpowiadającym wyzwaniom współczesnego społeczeństwa i potrzebom rynku pracy.

Trends in Radicalisation that May Lead to Violence: National Background Study, Greece

Trends in Radicalisation that May Lead to Violence: National Background Study, Greece

Author(s): Dia Anagnostou,Dimitris Skleparis / Language(s): English

Keywords: Trends; Radicalisation; Violence; Greece

This report focusses on the case of Greece, where the phenomenon of radicalisation has been present throughout the period from the mid-1970s. Greece displays one of the most persistent problems of terrorism in Europe, raising anew the question of why extremist and revolutionary organisations continue to emerge and be active in democracies. Since the 2010, right wing and left wing extremism and radicalisation have intensified, especially in the context of a deepening social and economic crisis. The report provides a background study on radicalisation in Greece and the various forms that it takes, as a basis to bridge existing knowledge gaps on the subject. It provides and overview of past and current radicalisation trends. The national background study aims to first, identify and assess the legal and institutional responses to the processes of radicalisation that may lead to acts of violence and second, to review and analyse trends (ideas, actors, actions, motivations and root causes) in three strands of radicalisation (right and left wing, Islamist radicalisation and football hooliganism).

Organised Crime and the Fight Against Crime in the Western Balkans: a Comparison with the Italian Modelsand Practices. General overview and perspectives for the future

Organised Crime and the Fight Against Crime in the Western Balkans: a Comparison with the Italian Modelsand Practices. General overview and perspectives for the future

Author(s): Natale Argiro,Mauro Baldascino,Mario Battello,Atanas Rusev,Luigi Gay,Dafne Papandrea,Domenico Zinzi / Language(s): English

The policy paper (ed. Forte, R., Sapucca, 2013) offers a description of the situation of organized crime in the Western Balkans in general and in individual countries - Croatia, Macedonia, Serbia and Montenegro - as well as a focus on the recent legislation on the recovery and management of criminal assets in Bulgaria, used as a term of confrontation with the consolidated approach applied in Italy to such issues. It offers as well a feasibility analysis on the extension of the model to the Western Balkans. Author of the chapter on the management and disposal of confiscated criminal assets in Bulgaria is Atanas Rusev, Research Fellow at the Center for the Study of Democracy. It examines the Bulgarian Asset Recovery System and the problems with the management of the seized real estate property following court orders and with the sale of confiscated property. On this basis, recommendations are made to improve the safeguarding of confiscated estates, the sales procedures and the transferring of confiscated real estate property for social re-use.

Guide Through Information Security in the Republic of Serbia

Vodič kroz informacionu bezbednost u Republici Srbiji

Author(s): Irina Rizmal,Vladimir Radunović,Đorđe Krivokapić / Language(s): Serbian

Centar za evroatlantske studije predstavlja Vam Vodič kroz informacionu bezbednost u Republici Srbiji, objavljen u projekta Srbija ide napred: Mapiranje normativnog okvira informacione bezbednosti, koji je podržala Misija OEBSa u Srbiji. Cilj Vodiča je da ukaže na obaveze koje proističu iz članstva i učešća Srbije u međunarodnim telima i organizacijama, ali i koje mogućnosti ovo članstvo pruža za razvoj politika i kapaciteta u ovoj oblasti. Vodič obuhvata postojeći normativni okvir, strategije, principe i preporuke tela kao što su Evropska unija, NATO, Organizacija za evropsku bezbednost i saradnju i Ujedinjene nacije.Vodič takođe pruža osnovne smernice za dalje korake u procesu sveobuhvatnog uređenja oblasti informacione bezbednosti u Srbiji, poput razvoja Strategije razvoja informacione bezbednosti, kao i očekivanih podzakonskih akata koji detaljnije uređuju određene oblasti obuhvaćene Zakonom. U tom smislu, Vodič je namenjen donosiocima odluka, odnosno predstavnicima relevantnih državnih institucija, kao podrška naporima usmerenim na uređenje oblasti informacione bezbednosti u Srbiji, ali i predstavnicima privatnog sektora, akademske zajednice i civilnog društva zainteresovanim za ovu oblast.

Gender and Security Sector Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Gender and Security Sector Reform in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Author(s): Majda Bečirević,Željka Šulc,Maja Šoštarić / Language(s): English

This report presents the findings and analysis generated by a needs assessment on gender and securi-ty sector reform (SSR) in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH). The needs assessment is a joint initiative by the Geneva Centre for the Democratic Control of Armed Forces (DCAF) and two BiH civil society organiza-tions: the Atlantic Initiative and Žene Ženama with the objective to examine and outline national- and local-level good practices on gender and security sector reform (SSR), as well as areas where further improvements are required. This will enable the development of sustainable and locally-driven future initiatives on gender and SSR, and ensure stakeholder support.The report provides data and analysis on the current state of gender integration in the armed forces, police, judiciary, and penal institutions at the central, entity, and cantonal levels and Brčko District. The gender and security concerns discussed are considered within the current sociopolitical situation and institutional organization of BiH. The report examines the implementation of key national legislation and international instruments relevant for addressing gender in the security sector and explores the gender sensitivity of current policies and practices. Furthermore, the role of civil society organizations (CSOs) working on gender and security, and the forms of cooperation they have with state agencies and institutions, are examined.

Prisons in Serbia (July – October, 2010)

Prisons in Serbia (July – October, 2010)

Author(s): Marija Jelić,Gordana Lukić-Samardžija,Ljiljana Palibrk,Ivan Kuzminović / Language(s): English

Keywords: Požarevac penitentiary; reformatory for women; quality and conditions of life; security; legality of the prison regime; re-socialization; contact with the outside world; institutional personnel; special prison hospital; county prison in Novi Sad;

The team of the Helsinki Committee for Human Rights in Serbia (HCHRS) has always paid particular attention to the Penitentiary-Reformatory for Women in Požarevac given that it is the only institution in Serbia for women under sentence, with numerous specificities this entails. Having in mind the reports on previous visits, it can be concluded that the prison conditions are still far from adequate, although steps have been taken regarding the maintenance and renovation of this institution. Certain parts of the prison are decently adapted and furnished given that these activities are funded by modest working capital, however the majority of accommodation facilities remain in need of urgent transformation. This refers to an entire wing of the prison ward in particular, as well as to the numerous premises used both by the prisoners and the staff. It should be noted that some of the buildings of the Penitentiary-Reformatory for Women in Požarevac are among the oldest in the system of the execution of criminal sanctions of the Republic of Serbia. The main building was built 136 years ago, and has since been considerably reconstructed twice (in 1911 and 1971).

Glass bead trade in Northeast Africa. The evidence from Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia. PAM Monograph Series 10 - Chapter 1-8

Glass bead trade in Northeast Africa. The evidence from Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia. PAM Monograph Series 10 - Chapter 1-8

Author(s): Joanna Then-Obłuska,Barbara Wagner / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: glass beads; Meroitic and late Antique Nubia; trade in antiquity; glass manufacturing; chemical composition; provenance study

Strings of colorful glass beads were a popular commodity traded throughout ancient Nubia in the earlier half of the first millennium AD. Combining macroscopic examination with laboratory analyses, the author breaks new ground in Nubian studies, establishing diagnostic markers for a study of trading markets and broader economic trends in Meroitic and post-Meroitic Nubia.Archaeometric results, lucidly presented and discussed, identify the origins of the glass from which the beads under investigation were made. The demonstrated South Indian/Sri Lankan provenance of some of the ready-made beads from Nubian burial contexts and a reconstruction of their distribution patterns in Northeast Africa is the first undisputed proof of contacts between Nubia and the Red Sea coast. Reaching beyond that, it shows Nubia’s involvement in the Asian maritime trade, whether directly or indirectly, during a period of intensive interchanges between the 4th and 6th centuries AD.

The Role of the Constitutional Court in Profiling the Federal Structure of BiH

Uloga Ustavnog suda BiH u profiliranju federalnog uređenja BiH

Author(s): Harun Išerić / Language(s): Bosnian

Keywords: Bosnia and Herzegovina; federalism; Constitutional Court; constitution; federal state;

In the Paper I examine the role of the Constitutional Court in profiling the federal structure of Bosnia and Herzegovina. Although the Court has missed the opportunities to define Bosnian state as a federation, it has treated it as such, by, for example, indicating the comparative experience of federal states when resolving different cases. Furthermore, I discuss how the Court interpreted the supremacy clause (which proclaims supremacy of the state over entities) and where it failed to do so. When it comes to the competence division between state and entities, the Court has played important role in expending exclusive competences of the state, strengthening state institutions and introducing common competences, precisely framework legislation, which is unknown to the Constitution. On the other hand, the Court failed to introduce unwritten constitutional principle of “federal comity”, especially regarding sensitive issues such as foreign policy. Finally, I discuss how the Court has profiled a cooperative federalism in Bosnian constitutional law and what legal and political consequences it has for the country.

The 3rd Alternative Report on the Implementation of CEDAW and Women’s Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Annex on Changes in Law and Practice

The 3rd Alternative Report on the Implementation of CEDAW and Women’s Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina with Annex on Changes in Law and Practice

Author(s): Aleksandra Petrić,Fedra Idžaković,Gordana Vidović,Natalija Petrić,Mara Radovanović,Diana Šehić,Sabiha Husić,Selma Hadžihalilović,Sadžida Tulić / Language(s): English

Keywords: Human rights; Bosnia and Herzegovina; women’s rights; gender studies; gender equality; implementation of CEDAW; women’s human rights; law; politics; discrimination;

BiH is still burdened by ethnic and national divisions, which hinder the social, economic and political development, and dominate the public discourse. Thus the issues of gender equality, realization of women’s human rights in public and private spheres, and the application of domestic laws and international obligations, including the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) have been pushed into the background. Despite the progress that has been realized in regards to development of the formal and legal framework and public policies in the field of promoting and protecting women’s human rights, women in BiH do not have equal opportunities to participate and are underrepresented in political decision-making within the legislative, executive and judicial authorities at all levels. The State has failed to ensure the harmonization of the BiH Election Law with the Law on Gender Equality in BiH. Women have been excluded from the processes of negotiations, peace processes, post-war reconstruction and the European integration process, which remain exclusively reserved for men. Discrimination against women continues to be deepened and maintained by appointing men to managing positions in public companies and steering boards, as well as executive bodies in the economic sector. Institutional mechanisms for gender equality in BiH remain largely isolated within the institutions of the system due to a lack of understanding of their role and resistance to issues of gender equality and women’s human rights. BiH has not invested real efforts to ensure the positioning of the Gender Equality Agency of BiH as the institution that would be directly responsible to the Council of Ministers. Additionally, there are no tangible results in practice regarding raising awareness and building capacity of government bodies at all levels on implementation of CEDAW.

Annex to the 3rd Alternative Report on the Implementation of CEDAW and Women’s Human Rights in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Dodatak 3. Alternativnom izvještaju o implementaciji CEDAW konvenciji i ženskim ljudskim pravima u Bosni i Hercegovini

Author(s): Aleksandra Petrić,Fedra Idžaković,Gordana Vidović,Sabiha Husić,Mara Radovanović,Selma Hadžihalilović,Sadžida Tulić / Language(s): Bosnian,English

Keywords: Human rights; Bosnia and Herzegovina; women’s rights; gender studies; gender equality; implementation of CEDAW; women’s human rights; law; politics; discrimination;

Dodatak trećem alternativnom izvještaju je nastao kao rezultat zajedničkih napora grupe aktivistkinja i aktivista iz nevladinih organizacija u Bosni i Hercegovini sa dugogodišnjim iskustvom u direktnom radu sa ženama čija su prava ugrožena ili direktno povrijeđena, kao i aktivnostima zalaganja za usvajanje rodno osjetljivih i odgovornih zakona i javnih politika u oblasti zaštite ženskih ljudskih prava i ravnopravnosti polova. Dodatak ima za cilj usmjeravanje pažnje na promjene u ključnim oblastima koje su predmet trećeg alternativnog izvještaja, a koje su se desile nakon 2010. godine, te na nezavisnu analizu i nove podatke koji nisu bili uključeni u treći alternativni izvještaj, a odnose se na stanje zaštite i ostvarivanja prava naročito višestruko marginalizovanih kategorija žena u Bosni i Hercegovini. [...]

Ancient, Byzantine and Islamic lamps from the Nile to the Orontes. The Bouvier Collection

Lampes antiques, byzantines et islamiques du Nil à l'Oronte. La Collection Bouvier

Author(s): Laurent Chrzanovski / Language(s): French / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: antiquity; lighting; lamps; Egypt; Middle East

The Bouvier Collection presents a corpus of almost 800 clay oil lamps from Egypt and the Near East, collected by the Swiss Maurice Bouvier in Alexandria in the first half of the 20th century. Far from collections reflecting their owner’s aesthetic taste or iconographic predilection, the series of lamps published in this volume builds a true panoply of almost all the typologies attested in Egypt from the Phoenician period to the Mamluk sultanate, with a large appendix on Near Eastern types, acquired during trips to Lebanon and Syria. This Swiss collection today is second only to the holdings of the Benaki Museum in Athens. The volume is a milestone of Egyptian, Syrian and Lebanese lychnological studies. The presentation of the material offers in effect a long awaited synthesis of a field that is both difficult and still understudied. The corpus of lamps in the catalog covers all the major historical periods, bringing to the fore many local specificities of Egypt and the Near East, from Phoenician times through the Mamluk period. Complementing the catalog are reviews of the producer’s marks on the bases of the lamps and of the iconographic motifs decorating the discuses of Roman lamps. These will be a ready aid for studies of the actual lamps, both produced locally in Egypt and imports, as well as of the dissemination of decorative motifs. This synthetic and diachronic approach is illustrated by a set of exceptional photographs taken by the collector’s grandson, Marc Bouvier. Students of this category of objects from Egypt and the Near East are also given an exhaustive bibliography on the subject collected by the author, an expert lychnologist, who has dedicated the past twenty years to research on lighting devices and ancient oil lamps in particular. He has given voice to his interests, including the anthropological, social, religious and macro-economic aspects of lighting in antiquity, in an extensive introduction preceding the catalog. The volume is prefaced by Tomasz Waliszewski and introduced by Jolanta Młynarczyk.

Linguarum silva Vol 7 (full)

Linguarum silva Vol 7 (całość)

Author(s): / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Methods for the measurement of real economic convergence in regional and local perspectives. Parallel convergence

Metody pomiaru realnej konwergencji gospodarczej w ujęciu regionalnym i lokalnym. Konwergencja równoległa

Author(s): Piotr Wójcik / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 0

Keywords: regional convergence; parallel convergence; methods; distribution analysis

The author presents an innovative understanding of parallel economic convergence and proposes alternative methods of its measurement. The authors discusses examples of empirical studies that make use of the concept of parallel convergence in different contexts.

Virgil Madgearu: the teacher, the man of the city, the doctrinaire (Full eBook)

Virgil Madgearu: profesorul, omul cetăţii, doctrinarul (Full eBook)

Author(s): / Language(s): Romanian / Publication Year: 2020

Keywords: Romanian higher education history; higher commercial and industrial studies; new disciplines in the curriculum; doctoral seminar; interdisciplinary research; civic activism; schools of economic though

This volume is a collective work dedicated to the memory of Virgil Madgearu (1887-1940) a preeminent professor of the Academy of Higher Commercial and Industrial Studies, the innitial name of the Bucharest University of Economic Studies. Each chapter of the book reveals defining elements of Madgearu’s life and work, his beliefs, viewpoints and active involvement in the academic and institutional development of the university (1917-1940), in the interdisciplinary research of the economy and society, in shaping the Romanian peasant doctrine and promoting Europe wide the interests of agrarian countries, in assuming political responsibilities as parlamentarian or as member of various interwar governments. As a respected professor and a leading politician he vigorously rejected the presence and influence of extreme right movements in the society and that valiant attitude was at the origin of his assassination in November 1940.

National Security & Defence, № 144+145 (2014 - 01+02)

National Security & Defence, № 144+145 (2014 - 01+02)

Author(s): Ella Libanova,Liudmyla Cherenko,Oleksandr Vasylyev,Anna Reut / Language(s): English

SOCIAL FOUNDATION FOR MIDDLE CLASS FORMATION IN UKRAINE: IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA, STRUCTURE, KEY FEATURES // MIDDLE CLASS IN UKRAINE: LIFE VALUES, READINESS FOR ASSOCIATION AND PROMOTION OF DEMOCRATIC NORMS AND STANDARDS // SECTION 1. MIDDLE CLASS: IDENTIFICATION CRITERIA AND DEFINITION OF STRUCTURE // SECTION 2. MIDDLE CLASS IN SOCIAL CLASS STRUCTURE OF UKRAINIAN SOCIETY: MAIN FEATURES // 2.1. SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC FEATURES // 2.2. SOCIAL BACKGROUND // 2.3. SOCIAL COMPOSITION // 2.4. GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION (REGIONAL PROFILE)AND REGIONAL DIFFERENCES // 2.5. FINANCIAL STANDING, POSSESSION OF PROPERTY // 2.6. WORK AND LEISURE TIME // 2.7. SOCIAL WELL-BEING // SECTION 3. MIDDLE CLASS: LIFE VALUES AND SOCIAL BEHAVIOR // 3.1. LIFE VALUES // 3.2. SOCIO-POLITICAL VALUES // 3.3. SOCIAL BEHAVIOR // SECTION 4. MIDDLE CLASS: CIVIC ACTIVISM, READINESS FOR ASSOCIATION AND PROMOTION OF DEMOCRATIC STANDARDS // 4.1. TRUST IN SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT, SOCIAL INSTITUTIONS, GOVERNMENT AND SOCIETY // 4.2. TOLERANCE TO REPRESENTATIVES OF OTHER SOCIAL AND SOCIAL CLASS GROUPS // 4.3. PERCEPTION OF COMMON INTERESTS WITH OTHER SOCIAL GROUPS // 4.4. CIVIC ACTIVISM // 4.5. PROTEST ACTIVITY POTENTIAL // SECTION 5. CONCLUSIONS // POPULATION WITH MEDIUM INCOME AS THE BASIS FOR MIDDLE CLASS FORMATION IN UKRAINE // 1. POPULATION WITH MEDIUM INCOME // 2. SOCIO-DEMOGRAPHIC PORTRAIT OF A HOUSEHOLD WITH MEDIUM INCOME // 3. INCOME: LEVEL, SOURCES, FEATURES OF FORMATION // 4. POSSESSION OF PROPERTY IN MEDIUM INCOME HOUSEHOLDS // 5. CONSUMPTION IN HOUSEHOLDS // 6. EXPENSES OF HOUSEHOLDS FOR NON-FOOD GOODS AND SERVICES // 7. CERTAIN SUBJECTIVE EVALUATIONS OF REPRESENTATIVES OF MEDIUM INCOME POPULATION // 8. MOST IMPORTANT VALUES OF POPULATION WITH MEDIUM INCOME

National Security & Defence, № 148+149 (2014 - 05+06)

National Security & Defence, № 148+149 (2014 - 05+06)

Author(s): Andrey Illarionov,Christopher Langton,James Sherr,Volodimir Sidenko,Arsen Zhumadilov / Language(s): English

THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT: CURRENT SITUATION,CONSEQUENCES, PROSPECTS // CHAPTER 1. THE CURRENT STATE OF UKRAINE-RUSSIA RELATIONS // CHAPTER 2. INTERNATIONAL ASPECTS OF THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT // CHAPTER 3. PROSPECTS OF UKRAINE-RUSSIA RELATIONS: CONCEPTUAL APPROACHES AND PRACTICAL STEPS // UKRAINIAN AND FOREIGN EXPERTS ON KYIV-MOSCOW RELATIONS // DIPLOMATS ON THE RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT // RUSSIA-UKRAINE CONFLICT: EXPERT ASSESSMENTS // CHALLENGES AND PERSPECTIVES OF UKRAINE-RUSSIA RELATIONS: PUBLIC OPINION // POLITICS:HOW TO STOP THE WAR? // UKRAINE: AN INEVITABLE CONFRONTATION OR AVOIDABLE CONFLICT? // REFLECTIONS ON THE NEW EASTWEST DISCORD // ECONOMY: DEGRADATION OF THE UKRAINE-RUSSIA ECONOMIC RELATIONS: WHAT IS NEXT? THE CRIMEA ISSU: EREINTEGRATING CRIMEA: METHODOLOGICAL ASPECTS // THE POINT OF NO RETURN

National Security & Defence, № 161+162 (2016 - 03+04)

National Security & Defence, № 161+162 (2016 - 03+04)

Author(s): Not Specified Author / Language(s): English

UKRAINIAN IDENTITY: CHANGES, TRENDS, REGIONAL ASPECTS // Civic Identity // Aspects of Political Identity // Socio-Cultural Identity // National Identity // Geopolitical Orientations // Attitude Towards Regional Differences, Prospects for Regional Development and Assessments of Historical Past // Attitude Towards the Conflict in the East and Relations with Occupied Crimea // Ukrainian Identity Changes, Trends, Regional Aspects // CERTAIN IDENTITY ASPECTS OF THE RESIDENTS OF VARIOUS UKRAINIAN REGIONS // West // Centre // South // East // Donbas // “REGIONAL FEATURES OF THE IDENTITY OF UKRAINIAN CITIZENS” // IDENTITY FEATURES OF DIFFERENT LANGUAGE AND NATIONAL GROUPS // I. Identity Features of Separate Language Groups // II. Identity Features of Different National Groups (Ukrainians vs. Russians) // FEATURES OF THE IDENTITY OF CITIZENS AFFILIATED WITH THE ARMED RESISTANCE AGAINST RUSSIAN AGGRESSION // THE STATE OF INTEGRATION OF TEMPORARILY INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS // THE CURRENT STATE OF THE IDENTITY OF CITIZENS OF UKRAINE: MAJOR CHANGES AND TRENDS // BUILDING A COMMON UKRAINIAN IDENTITY: PROSPECTS AND CHALLENGES

National Security & Defence, № 163+164 (2016 - 05+06)

National Security & Defence, № 163+164 (2016 - 05+06)

Author(s): Olha Butkevych,Mykola Hnatovskyi,Mykola Koziubra,Tymur Korotkyi,Nataliia Hendel,Pavlo Pushkar,Petro Stetsiuk,Alla Fedorova,Dariia Yartseva / Language(s): English

CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS: CURRENT RESULTS, RISKS AND PROSPECTS // CHAPTER 1. REFORMING CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF JUDICIAL POWER // CHAPTER 2. ISSUES OF DEVELOPING AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTIONOF UKRAINE (ON RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS) // REFORM OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLES OF THE JUDICIARY, HUMAN RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS: CURRENT AND EXPECTED RESULTS // PUBLIC OPINION ON THE JUDICIAL REFORM AND CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS // AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION ON JUSTICE: EXPERT OPINIONS // EXPERT OPINION ON JUDICIAL REFORM // DRAFT AMENDMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF UKRAINE ON HUMAN RIGHTS: EXPERT OPINIONS // EXPERT OPINION ON THE CONSTITUTIONAL PROTECTION OF HUMAN AND CIVIL RIGHTS // THE RIGHT TO ARMED SELF-DEFENCE: COMPLIANCE WITH THE CONSTITUTION AND UKRAINE’S INTERNATIONAL OBLIGATIONS // POSITIVE OBLIGATIONS UNDER THE ECHR AND “POSITIVE COMPLEMENTARITY” UNDER THE ROME STATUTE: INTEROPERABILITY // JUDICIAL SYSTEM OF UKRAINE: HISTORY, CURRENT STATE AND PROSPECTS IN THE CONTEXT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL REFORM // CONSTITUTIONAL AND LEGAL FRAMEWORK OF THE RIGHT TO HEALTH // THE NEED FOR ENSURING NATIONAL SECURITY AS GROUNDS FOR REASONABLE RESTRICTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN EUROPEAN CASE-LAW (ACCORDING TO THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS CASE-LAW) // CONSTITUTIONAL COURT OF UKRAINE: BETWEEN POST-SOVIET PAST AND EUROPEAN FUTURE // REDUCING SOCIAL BENEFITS AND PENSIONS: UKRAINIAN CONSTITUTION AND EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS PRACTICES // ON THE LAWFULNESS OF STATE INTERFERENCE WITH THE RIGHT TO PRIVACYIN THE INTERNET SOCIETY

goEast - 22nd Festival of Central and Eastern European Film

goEast - 22. Festival des mittel- und osteueropäischen Films

Author(s): Heleen Gerritsen / Language(s): English,German

Keywords: festival;film;cinema;catalogue

UNDP - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010 – RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Millennium Development Goals in Russia: Looking into the Future

UNDP - HUMAN DEVELOPMENT REPORT 2010 – RUSSIAN FEDERATION. Millennium Development Goals in Russia: Looking into the Future

Author(s): Sergey Nikolayevich Bobylev,Vladimir Mau,Lilia N. Ovcharova,Alexander V. Akimov,Alexander A. Razumov,Marina Evgenievna Baskakovaa,Irina V. Soboleva,Kirill D. Danishevsky,Natal’ja Vasil’evna Zubarevich,Elena G. Voronkova,Lev S. Voronkov / Language(s): English

Keywords: Social Development in Russia; Political Development in Russia;

Trends in MDG achievement in Russia are mixed. There are clear positive trends: poverty is reduced, education is more accessible, child and maternal mor-tality rates have shrunk, and Russia’s position as an in-ternational donor has strengthened. However, many issues still require serious attention, particularly the spread of HIV/AIDS, lack of committed gender policy, damage to the environment, and significant inter-regional disparities in human development. As the Report makes clear, ensuring sustainability of current positive trends is also a key challenge. We hope that this Report will not only stimulate discussion of the MDGs and Russia’s role in global development among the expert community and a broader public but that it also will provide basis for strategic decisions to strengthen human development, at both federal and regional levels in Russia.