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Bezpieczeństwo jako prawo człowieka w kontekście stosowania środków przymusu bezpośredniego i broni palnej przez uprawnione podmioty
Safety as a human right in the context of the use of direct coercive measures and firearms by authorized entities

Author(s): Martyna Ławrynowicz-Mikłaszewicz
Subject(s): Law, Constitution, Jurisprudence, Criminal Law, Human Rights and Humanitarian Law
Published by: Wielkopolska Rada Młodzieży
Keywords: safety;public order;freedom and human rights;restriction of freedom and individual rights;direct coercive measures;firearms.

Summary/Abstract: Safety is of course a vital human need and although it is not a right expressed by the legislator directly in the Constitution, the Basic Law treats about safety several times in different contexts and meanings. Through the prism of the use of direct coercive measures and firearms, safety is seen in two ways. On the one hand there are measures factors for ensuring public safety and order, on the other hand their use in fundamental breach of personal security of individuals. These goods, collective and individual, should be balanced in such way that security as a human right is protected and respected in a democratic state ruled by law.

  • Issue Year: 2014
  • Issue No: 4
  • Page Range: 64-77
  • Page Count: 14
  • Language: Polish