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Former Qabala FK soccer club captain Javid Huseynov, whom the journalist insulted on Facebook, faces separate trial for not reporting a crime.
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One motorist reportedly died of hyperthermia after being trapped on a highway near Orenburg for almost 16 hours after a snowstorm hit.
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Reporters are now barred from attending hearings of the two men charged with ‘inciting ethnic strife.’
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Merkel urges Putin to pressure Ukrainian rebels as violence returns to the Donbas war zone.
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In the presentedproject of a position, the author claims that indicated provisions of the Civil Code, inpart which enabled acquisition of a land servitude of similar nature to a transmissionservitude through usucaption, before articles 3051–3054 of the Civil Code entered intoforce, in situation when an administrative decision restricting rights of the owner of theland is non-compatible with provisions of the Constitution. Constitutional protectionof the right of ownership requires every restriction of that right to fulfill certain obligations.From a constitutional standpoint, an institution of land servitude is a restrictionof the right of ownership. In analyzed case the basis for the restriction provided in anact is of primary importance. The author does not agree with the Supreme Court thatthe analyzed provisions regulate land servitude. In her opinion, the provisions cannotserve as a basis for a land servitude as an autonomous right (a transmission servitude),and in consequence cannot serve as a basis for a restriction of constitutional right ofownership. According to the author, the analyzed regulation also does not fulfill thecriterion of necessity.
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In line with the new conditions created by the 1973 economic crisis, the bourgeois state has gained a new form which intervenes more into the economy. This form known as ”authoritarian statism” called by Poulantzas has erased the boundaries between legislation, executive and jurisdiction branches while transferring the power from legislation to the executive. Under the circumstances where the legislation lost its ground in the state structure, the initiative of law proposing is mostly captured by the executive branch. This situation has weakened the Rule of Law because of the increasing tendency of executive branch to pass personalized laws for the “urgent economic necessities”. It’s also the same transformation witnessed in bourgeois state in Turkey particularly after 1980. Because of the strong legislation before 1980, the transformation could not be realized through democratic ways and it was only achieved by the 1980 military coup. 1980 coup have created a strong presidency and executive by means of putting high level electoral threshold (10 percent), by giving increased authority to the executive branch in issuing decrees having force of law and twin bureaucracy. The transformation making hegemonic the executive among the other branches has reached to a new phase after the 2001 crisis. The 2001 Crisis was a moment of collapse for central right and left parties that could not complete the neoliberal transformation. After the crisis, the election held in 2002 transferred the power to a new party, AKP. Since then, during the AKP reign in power, Turkey has experienced many transformations including in the sphere of separation of powers. The reality that shapes the post-2002 process is the transfer of legislation power to the executive branch. This has been realized not only on the ground created by the 1982 Constitution, but also with the omnibus law practices accelerated de facto since the 22nd Legislation Term. Basic law and the omnibus law are often used in the same way, however with different general features and the legalization technics, the omnibus law is a new type of law that developed de facto. This law and the new law-making form it brought have become the main tools of transferring the power from legislation to the executive in the period of post-2001.
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For years, we have consistently strived to enact high- quality legislation, or, in other words, legislation which is comprehensible to its recipients, transparent, uncomplicated, and devoid of legal loopholes and contradictions. In order to bring about a genuine improvement in this regard, it is possible to introduce enhancements to both the process of formulating the goals of changing legislation, as well as to the process- based design of selected legal acts, and acts of a procedural nature in particular. The article presents the efforts which the legislators have undertaken to- date in order to eliminate faults to the legislation process which allow for the creation of contradictory, ambiguous, and overly complicated legislation. The article also presents the actions undertaken in order to implement the methodology, best practices, and tools associated with business process management which have proved to be successful in the business sphere in the field of legislation.
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Simulation modelling performs a prognostic function through model research and the shaping of the future. Thorough insight into the analysed system and exploring its characteristics for the selection of optimal tools of analysis is an extremely significant process that precedes the stage of the simulation itself. For modelling and transaction simulation, the problem concerning the optimal range of the kernel function used for exploring the spatial activity of a property market should be addressed first. A probability function is the basis for the subsequent phase of research, which allows one to answer the question of whether the transaction density in a given year can be reflected in the transactions of the following year and subsequent years, and whether transaction distribution is correlated, in any way, with the transaction density in the previous year. The final results of the work are maps of the dynamics of transactions on the market and of the simulated transaction density.
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One of the judgments/jurisdictions related to the substantive fiqh issues that reflect the practice dimension of Islamic law is the concept of legality expressed in the form of "permissible or not permissible". This concept has been used since the beginning of Islamic law to date. In general, it has been used for situations which religious law has ratified and found appropriate. In this article, the use of the concept of legality and the relevant constructs are discussed.
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Ova publikacija ima za cilj da analizira položaj interspolnih osoba u Bosni i Hercegovini kroz komparativni prikaz normi, stavova i činjenica zastupljenih u međunarodnim okvirima, s naglaskom na područje EU. Na samom početku izložen je osnovni uvid u pojam interspolnosti i interspolnih osoba, te probleme i glavne prepreke s kojima se interspolne osobe suočavaju. Ove prepreke su u velikom dijelu grupisane oko neadekvatnog medicinskog tretmana interspolne djece i novorođenčadi, koji se ogleda u nepotrebnim hirurškim zahvatima i ireverzibilnim medicinskim tretmanima iz često isključivo estetskih razloga i potrebe uklapanja u striktne okvire muškog, odnosno ženskog izgleda tijela, prema ustaljenim društvenim normama. Nakon identifikovanja najvećih prepreka s kojima se interspolne osobe susreću i primjera ugrožavanja njihovih osnovnih ljudskih prava, iznijet je i prikaz situacije u Bosni i Hercegovini, kroz oblasti medicinskog postupanja, diskriminacije i institucionalne zaštite, te zakonskog priznavanja i upisivanja spola. Na osnovu iznesenih podataka i činjenica, a vodeći se stavovima i argumentima utemeljenim na jednakosti i zaštiti ljudskih prava, izloženi su mogući prijedlozi i smjernice za dalje djelovanje i podizanje zaštite interspolnih osoba na viši nivo. U publikaciji su iznesene i činjenice i podaci koji nude komparativni prikaz o tome kako su određeni segmenti ove oblasti riješeni u zemljama članicama Evropske unije. Također su izneseni i pojedini značajni međunarodni dokumenti koji se osvrću na ljudska prava interspolnih osoba i ukazuju na nezavidan polo- žaj u kojem se one nalaze. Ovi dokumenti su poslužili i kao osnovni vodič prilikom pisanja ove publikacije, s tim da su preuzeti argumenti i ideje prilagođeni kontekstu bosanskohercegovačkog društva.
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Vijeće ministara Bosne i Hercegovine je u martu 2016. dostavilo dopunjen i revidiran prijedlog Zakona o ombudsmenu za ljudska prava Bosne i Hercegovine. Novi zakon bi trebao da zamijeni važeći Zakon o ombudsmenu za ljudska prava Bosne i Hercegovine (“Službeni glasnik BiH”, broj 19/02, 35/04 i 32/06). Institucija ombudsmena za ljudska prava Bosne i Hercegovine je centralna nezavisna institucija za zaštitu i promociju ljudskih prava. Imajući na umu da u Bosni i Hercegovini ne postoje druge državne institucije ombudsmenskog karaktera (npr. specijalizovani ombudsmeni za prava osoba sa invaliditetom) niti druge nezavisne institucije za ljudska prava, značaj Institucije ombudsmena za ljudska prava Bosne i Hercegovine (Institucije) još je veći. Postojeće zakonsko rješenje uređuje osnove za rad i djelovanje Institucije ombudsmena, ali je po svojoj strukturi i sadržaju zastarjelo. Stoga, novo zakonsko rješenje neophodno je kako bi se: − osigurala veća nezavisnost i nepristranost ombudsmena i Institucije, − unaprijedila efikasnost Institucije u obavljanju svog mandata zaštite i promocije ljudskih prava, te dodatno regulisale nadležnosti institucije kao a) (nacionalnog) preventivnog mehanizma za prevenciju torture i drugih surovih, neljudskih ili ponižavajućih kazni i postupaka i b) tijela za ravnopravnost i suzbijanje diskriminacije, − omogućilo jače prisustvo Institucije među građanima/kama i jačalo povjerenje u istu, − jačala institucionalna finansijska nezavisnost i kadrovska kapacitiranost, − unaprijedila interna struktura i efikasnost rada Institucije, te otklonilo postojeće preklapanje u obavljanju poslova između imenovanih ombudsmena i uvela struktuirana podjela rada između samih ombudsmena, − jačala i sistemski uredila saradnja Institucije sa predstavnicima/ama organizacija civilnog društva, akademske zajednice i struke, − jasno definisala prava na zakonodavnu inicijativu i apstraktnu kontrolu ustavnosti, − zakon usaglasio sa UN-ovim Pariškim principima, preporukama Međunarodnog koordinacionog komiteta nacionalnih institucija za zaštitu i promociju ljudskih prava (ICC), preporukama ICC pod-komiteta i preporukama Venecijanske komisije, i − stvorili uslovi za reakreditaciju institucije u statusu A kod ICC-a.
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Pekinška deklaracija i Platforma za akciju je usvojena na Četvrtoj svjetskoj konferenciji o ženama, koja je održana 15. septembra 1995. godine definira u Strateškom cilju G.1. da je neophodno „postavljanje konkretnih ciljeva i implementaciju mjera na značajnom porastu broja žena s obzirom na postizanje jednake zastupljenosti žena i muškaraca, po potrebi, putem pozitivnih akcija, u svim vladinim i javnim upravnim pozicijama“ pri tom se pozivajući na prag od 30%
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Art. 3 determines the situations in which the Geological and Mining Law does not apply; Art. 4 applies to mining (with the exception of the law in question) of certain minerals by individuals to meet their own needs. Art. 5 defines therapeutic (curative) waters, thermal waters and brines, and determines that they are minerals within the meaning of the GMA.
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This article discusses legal regulations regarding the decision on environmental conditions, with special emphasis on projects in the field of geology and mining. It covers the matter of investment decisions which are essential for geology and mining. There have been discussed the issues of projects requiring the decision on environmental conditions and the procedure for obtaining such a decision. The basic terms such as geology and mining, the decision on environmental conditions, the concession, selected investment decisions, geological works, the mining area as well as the mine operating plan have also been explained in this article. Moreover, there has been discussed the matter of public authorities competent to issue decisions on environmental conditions. This article includes examples of practical problems derived from jurisdiction. It also indicates changes in the regulations regarding the decision on environmental conditions, taking into account activities in the field of geology and mining.
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The increasing interest in the writings of the forgotten Polish emigrant Andrzej Bobkowski (1913—1961) caused that it is worth to present his publication devoted to an extremely fast building of a cable‑car railway from Zakopane—Kuźnice to Kasprowy Wierch. The article entitled “The overhead tunnel and not [fictional] Kellerman tunnel” between Europa and America under Atlantic Ocean was written in 1958 for the emigration Radio “Free Europe” in Munich on the 25th anniversary of the opening of this railway and published in Poland in 1987. The construction of this cable‑car railway (built in 1935—1936) was mentioned several times in the letters of Andrzej Bobkowski to his uncle Alexander Bobkowski (1886—1966), who was the vice‑Minister of Transport. Aleksander Bobkowski had the idea of this cable‑car railway and personally supervised its construction. The construction of this railway was considered “a scandal” and divided the scientists and the public into two opposite camps: one for preserving nature in Tatra Mountains and the other for the construction of the cable‑car railway. The fact of building this railway was usually presented only from the point of view of preservation of nature who criticized the enterprise. Therefore it seems worth to present the arguments from the article of A. Bobkowski from 1958 for construction of the cable‑car railway. Andrzej Bobkowski was able to foresee the future tendency for mass‑tourism and skiing and its value for the development of Zakopane.
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The research examinesthe subjects of guardianship of a minor’s property in the Sharia Law and the Family Law of the Federation of Bosnia and Herzegovina. The main purpose of the study is to determine the extent to which the normative solutions regarding the subjects of guardianship of a minor are convergant or divergant in the two legal systems. After the term guardianship is defined and its role is discussed, we proceed with a thorough analysis of the subjects of guardianship: a ward, the Guardianship Authority and a quardian. The special attention is given to the analysis of the conditions and criteria for performing duties of a guardian. The question whether being a guardian is voluntarily based or it is a legal duty is treated carefully. In the process of research and writing up the current paper the following methods were used: an analytical-synthetic method and a comparative method. We have reached the conclusion that the two legal systems are compatible with regard to the conceptual definition and theoretical explanation of the purpose of guardianship as well as in with regard to the standardization of work capacity, the ability to perform duties of a guardian and ethical standards being a prereguisite for a quardian. The differences appear in relation to the scope of a guardian’s protection, the concept of the Guardianship Authority, the inclusion of religious criteria in or its exclusion from the requirements for a quardian, and the way in which a guardian of the property is determined.
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Primjenom Zakona o zabrani diskriminacije BiH (ZZD) od njegovog donošenja 2009. godine primjećeni su njegovi određeni nedostaci i propusti koji su u praksi doveli do rijetke i neujednačene primjene ovog zakona. Takođe, Zakon o zabrani diskriminacije BiH nije usklađen sa pravnim poretkom Evropske unije (EU). Usklađivanje pravnog poretka BiH, u ovom slučaju antidiskriminacijskog zakonodavstva, sa pravnim poretkom EU, predstavlja jedan od uslova za članstvo BiH u Evropskoj uniji. BiH je u okviru Struktuisanog dijaloga za pravosuđe (2014) te na sjednici Privremenog odbora (Ugovor o stabilizaciji i pridruživanje, zasjedanje 2013.) od strane Evropske komisije eksplicitno pozvana da ovaj zakon usaglasi sa evropskom pravnom stečevinom. S tim u vezi javila se potreba organizacija civilnog društva da ukažu i predlože određena rješenja po pojedinim članovima zakona. Kroz zajednički rad Agencije za ravnopravnost spolova BiH, Sarajevskog otvorenog centra i naših saradnika/ca nastao je ovaj dokument.
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Institucija ombudsmena/ombudsmana za ljudska prava Bosne i Hercegovine je centralna nezavisna institucija za zaštitu i promociju ljudskih prava. Imajući na umu da u Bosni i Hercegovini ne postoje druge državne institucije ombudsmenskog karaktera (npr. specijalizovani ombudsmeni), niti druge nezavisne institucije za ljudska prava, značaj Institucije ombudsmena/ ombudsmena za ljudska prava Bosne i Hercegovine još je veći.
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Ovaj izvještaj predstavlja osnovne ideje i ciljeve vezane za prilagodbu spola, te pokazuje koji su to bitni aspekti prilagodbe spola, kao i koji su to osnovni standardi u proceduri prilagodbe spola. Predstavljeni su i česti prigovori protiv olakšavanja pristupa priznavanju željenog spola trans* osobama i date konkretne preporuke za poboljšanje položaja trans* osoba u Bosni i Hercegovini. Na kraju su date preporuke za dalje čitanje literature koja problematizira slična pitanja, kao i rječnik korištenih pojmova koji se odnose na pitanja transrodnosti i transeksualnosti. Na ovom mjestu izdvajamo nekoliko osnovnih poteza koje država treba da uradi kako bi se poboljšao pravni i socijalni položaj trans* osoba u bosanskohercegovačkom društvu. 1. Izmjene postojećih zakona i propisa koji regulišu pitanja promjene identifikacionih dokumenata, krivičnopravne zaštite trans* osoba od zločina motivisanih mržnjom, sklapanja braka, roditeljstva i govora mržnje. 2. Država treba kroz navedene propise i edukaciju službenika da osigura da procedura promjene dokumenata bude brza, transparentna, lako dostupna i da nije degradirajuća. 3. Raditi na unaprijeđenju edukacije kroz obuke za policiju i graničnu policiju, kako bi se spriječila maltretiranja osoba koje se izgledom ne uklapaju u očekivane rodne norme spola koji im piše u dokumentima. 4. Donošenje sveobuhvatnog zakona koji bi regulisao kompletnu medicinsku proceduru prilagodbe spola i zdravstvenu zaštitu u skladu sa Preporukama Savjeta ministara Vijeća Evrope. 5. Implementacija postojećeg Zakona o zabrani diskriminacije i pružanje jasnog i efikasnog mehanizma zaštite od diskriminacije na osnovu spola i rodnog identiteta u svim sferama pokrivenih zakonom.
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There is no doubt that Polish courts are obliged to establish content and apply foreign law, if only it is a law applicable according to pertinent conflict of law rule. Nevertheless, there are serious doubts, in respect to the indicated issues, in relation to public notaries practising in Poland. Public notaries apply law in different manner than courts, therefore question arises whether public notary has an obligation to establish content and apply foreign law? Main purpose of this paper is answer to foregoing question. Moreover, it is intended to present mode of application of foreign law by public notaries and impact on this of private international law rules, especially public policy clause, overriding mandatory rules and rules applicable when content of foreign law can not be established. In this paper there are presented measures, which may be use by public notary in order to ascertain content of foreign law.
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