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(Ne)zakonitost imenovanja upravnih odbora javnih ustanova u Tuzlanskom kantonu

Author(s): Ervin Mujkic / Language(s): Bosnian / Publication Year: 2013

The focus of this article is the appointment of board members of public institutions in the Tuzla Canton, with emphasis on certain controversial issues that arise in this process, for which could be said, quite reasonably, that they result in a violation of the law. First of them is the appointing of “temporary boards” or “temporary board members”, and the second is the issue of appointing candidates who do not meet the general criteria for appointment to the boards. The author of this analysis points out the illegal practice, indicates its negative effects, and draws attention to the attempt to establish a political and even party control over the resources of public institutions.

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735 lat zwalczania i... Rzecz o korupcji w Rosji

Author(s): Katarzyna Laskowska / Language(s): Polish / Issue: 2/2009

The phenomenon of corruption in Russia, shown in the historical perspective, is described here by changes of legislation in this matter throughout the ages. It is clearly seen that changes of legal regulation tried to penalize many new aspects of bribery and to increase of penalty. The attitude of the society, both Russian and Soviet, shows that legal regulations have been ignored not only by citizens, but also by the state’s officers. The scale of corruption now and damages it causes is an evidence that there is no effective system of protection against these crimes in Russia.

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Achievements and Failures of Democratic Governments in Serbia after 2000

Author(s): Ognjen Pribicevic´ / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2010

In the article “Achievements and Failures of Democratic Governments in Serbia” Dr. Pribicevic analyzed transition in Serbia after 2000. As a greatest achievements he pointed out that democracy become “only game in the town”, that political killings were stopped, that Serbia again become part of world and European community and that standard of living has improved. On the other side, Dr Pribicevic underlined slow EU integration process, joblessness, corruption and organized crime as a greatest challenges for new democratic governments in Serbia after 2000. His conclusion is that only through the concrete process of acceding to the EU Serbia will be able to reach a certain level of standards and accept EU values and rules of behavior. Without fast concrete steps towards EU Serbia will continue to be preoccupied with its own past and myths.

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Agenda for marketing excellence in the deregulated petroleum down-stream sector

Author(s): Oluseye Olaleke Ogunnaike,Rowland E.K Worlu / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2010

Deregulation in the petroleum down-stream sector tends to be treated by the masses. Oftentimes, the fear is that it will fuel the exploitative proclivities of the petroleum marketers and constitute a leeway to corruption by government officials. For example, petroleum products may sell at prohibitive prices, at least in the short run and bureaucrats may exhibit corrupt tendencies in the process. These are genuine fears! However, there is a way out! Thus this paper is based on the imperative that the situation is not as hopeless as it may seem. It offers a marketing blueprint for the implementation of deregulation in the petroleum down-stream sector in such a manner that every stakeholder in the industry will be reasonably satisfied. Thus the marketing model of deregulation reduces conflict situations by taking into account the needs, desires and preferences of all stakeholders. It succeeded in Chile, Thailand etc. why can’t it work in Nigeria?

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Agent Provocateur in the Legislation of the Czech Republic, the Slovak Republic and the USA

Author(s): Bronislava Coufalová / Language(s): English / Issue: 1/2016

In relation to the activities of organized crime groups and their dynamic development in the areas of corruptive behavior which seems to be aimed at not only the leading representatives of the national political scene, but also at the area of national economy, economy and culture, discussions keep arising especially in the lay public about the enactment of the institute of the so called agent provocateur into the Czech legal environment. This institute has many supporters and also many opponents. Also some foreign legislations could be an inspiring element for the Czech legislation.

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An empirical analysis of the determinants of economic growth in the Western Balkans

Author(s): Besnik Taip Fetai,Besime Fekri Mustafi,Ariana Besnik Fetai / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2017

The objective of this paper is to assess the main determinants and the policies that affect economic growth in the Western Balkan over the period 1994 to 2015. It employs techniques such as pooled OLS, fixed and random effects model, and Hausman-Taylor model with instrumental variables (IV). The study shows evidence of conditional convergence, indicating the need for an upward move in the steady state level. The results show that foreign direct investments, gross savings and domestic credit to the private sector have a positive effect on per capita growth. On the other hand, initial level of per capita growth, corruption, unemployment, and general government final consumption, have a negative relationship with per capita growth. The study also shows a puzzling result, that schooling is not a significant factor for growth in Western Balkans. The study also highlights the relevance of attracting more foreign direct investments and reduction in corruption

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Anatomia rosyjskiej wojny informacyjnej. Operacja krymska - studium przypadku

Author(s): Jolanta Darczewska / Language(s): Polish / Publication Year: 2014

Wojny informacyjne mają w Rosji długą tradycję. W ostatnich latach zostały zdefiniowane na nowo na gruncie teorii geopolityki, w myśl której są one środkiem do osiągania celów państwa w polityce międzynarodowej i wewnętrznej oraz jego geopolitycznej przewagi. Geopolityka dostarcza także ideologicznych uzasadnień strategii rywalizacji Rosji z Zachodem. W opozycji do ideologii liberalizmu promuje „neokonserwatywne mocarstwo postliberalne, walczące o sprawiedliwy świat wielobiegunowy, broniące tradycji, wartości konserwatywnych, prawdziwej wolności”. W kontekście rywalizacji „cywilizacji eurazjatyckiej” z „cywilizacją atlantycką pod przywództwem USA” objaśnia kryzys wewnętrzny na Ukrainie oraz przyczyny aneksji Krymu przez Rosję. Tekst stanowi próbę zrekonstruowania zarysu teorii wojen informacyjnych wyłaniającego się z prac czołowych przedstawicieli rosyjskiej geopolityki, Igora Panarina i Aleksandra Dugina, a także jej praktycznego zastosowania podczas operacji krymskiej.

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Anonimizacija ili cenzura sudskih odluka? Problemi s Pravilnikom Suda BiH

Author(s): Sevima Sali-Terzic / Language(s): Bosnian / Publication Year: 2012

The enactment of the “Regulation on Access to information under the control of the Court of BiH and Cooperation With the Community” raised serious concerns in both media and legal community who consider that the Regulation introduces a sort of censorship in access to information, in particular in relation to criminal proceedings on war crimes, organized crime and corruption cases and neglects the high public interest to be duly and timely informed on these cases. The analysis shows that the Regulation does not annul the public character of the trial and the pronouncement of the judgment. However, it lacks sufficient clarity in order to avoid misinterpretation of the rules on anonymization of audio-visual and other „informative material“ that Court of BiH provides to media and general public in relation to the ongoing cases and in order to preserve the right of public to be informed as well as the right of a private person to have his/her personal data protected in an appropriate manner. In this regard, the Regulation should be revised in a way to put more emphasis on the need of „public interest test“ in relation to all information related to the ongoing trials on war crimes, organized crime and corruption cases, that are of particular importance to the general public in BiH. Also, the rules on anonymization of judgments should be revised in order to be harmonized with the Law on Prohibition of Discrimination that provides for publicity of the written judgment always when the Court establishes discrimination, but also in order to regulate exemptions from the anonymization of judgments in war crime, organized crime and corruption cases.

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Anti-corruption in Moldova and Ukraine: A V4 Handbook of Best Practices

Author(s): / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2015

Corruption is the most oft-cited obstacle in relations between the EU and two of its eastern partners, Moldova and Ukraine. Seeping through public and private exchanges alike, systemic corruption impedes sectoral reforms—a crucial element of modernisation. The handbook offers concrete case studies from the Visegrad countries’ anti-corruption policy tracks and proposes solutions on how Moldova and Ukraine can best capitalise on the EU’s expertise, financial assistance and political momentum in anti-corruption reforms to minimise risk and optimise success.

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Anti-Corruption Protests Pressure Putin Ahead of 2018 Presidential Election

Author(s): Lukasz Jasina,Agnieszka Legucka / Language(s): English / Publication Year: 2017

In March, the most significant anti-government protests since 2012 took place in Russia, ostensibly against corruption. The biggest political winner was opposition leader Alexei Navalny, who wants to run in next year’s presidential election. The protests have forced Russian President Vladimir Putin to find a new electoral strategy. In addition to social and economic issues, he and his authorities aim to mobilise Russian voters on other important issues, such as the threat of terrorism. This means that the Russian election campaign in 2018 will be dominated by both anti-corruption and state security themes.

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Antidumping Investigations and the Role of the Judiciary in the WTO System

Author(s): Fernanda Florentino Fernandez Jankov / Language(s): English / Issue: 2/2010

The article aims at providing a panoramic view of the main aspects involved in the establishment of antidumping measures, demonstrating the amount of discretion left the countries in their internal investigations and to the WTO adjudicating bodies in assessing their legality. It argues that in order to provide more predictability and transparency to the WTO, the application ‘case law’ (stare decisis) as WTO law constitutes and essential tool in avoiding the use of antidumping duties as protectionist measures by the States.

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Antikoruptivne mjere u novom javnonabavnom regulatornom okviru Europske unije

Author(s): Marko Turudic / Language(s): Croatian / Publication Year: 2016

Korupcija u postupcima javne nabave ima višestruke negativne učinke. Osim direktnog ekonomskog troška za proračune država članica, također i podriva povjerenje građana, ali i nekorumpiranih ponuditelja u postupke javne nabave. Novim javnonabavnim regulatornim okvirom EU suzbijanje korupcije i transparentnost u postupcima javne nabave postavljeni su među glavne ciljeve. Šest je glavnih mjera kojima se pokušava suzbiti korupcija u postupcima javne nabave. To su odredbe o isključenju ponuditelja, o pojačavanju transparentnosti postupaka, o prethodnoj provjeri tržišta, o prijevari i sukobu interesa, o poticanju korištenja elektroničkih alata u postupcima javne nabave i o izmjenama javnonabavnog ugovora tijekom njegova trajanja. Kao što sam već naglasio, smatram kako će neke od navedenih mjera imati pozitivnog učinka na suzbijanje korupcije u javnonabavnim postupcima u Republici Hrvatskoj, dok će neke vjerojatno biti manje uspješne. Crta razgraničenja uspješnosti i neuspješnosti navedenih mjera je u obveznosti njihove primjene, odnosno moraju li ih javni naručitelji primjenjivati ili je primjena odredbi ostavljena njihovoj diskrecijskoj ocjeni. Dosadašnje djelovanje javnih naručitelja u Republici Hrvatskoj naučilo nas je da se odredbe ZJN-a čija je primjena ostavljena diskreciji javnih naručitelja primjenjuju malo, te posljedično imaju mali utjecaj na javnonabavni pravni sustav Republike Hrvatske. gospodarstva je u travnju 2016. završilo prijedlog novog ZJN-a, u koji su implementirane nove javnonabavne direktive EU. Nažalost, taj prijedlog zakona nije došao do Sabora, a zbog raspuštanja Sabora 15. srpnja 2016. upitno je u kojem vremenskom roku se može očekivati izglasavanje novog ZJN-a. Ministarstvo gospodarstva donijelo je mišljenje u kojem govori o izravnom učinku novih javnonabavnih Direktiva u Republici Hrvatskoj. U mišljenju navodi kako bi javni naručitelji u postupcima javne nabave velike vrijednosti, započetim od 18. travnja 2016, uz odredbe Zakona o javnoj nabavi morali uzeti u obzir i odredbe Direktive 2014/24/EU i Direktive 2014/25/EU koje su bezuvjetne i dovoljno određene, te posebno ističe ESPD. Ipak, kako većina antikorupcijskih mjera novog javnonabavnog regulatornog okvira nije primjenjiva bezuvjetno, smatram kako će se moći početi primjenivati tek donošenjem novog ZJN-a.

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Around the Bloc: Albanian Lawmaker Banned From U.S.

Author(s): TOL TOL / Language(s): English / Issue: 04/24/2018

Washington earlier slapped an entry ban on a former chief prosecutor, offers no explanations for the penalties.

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Corrupt Practice of Legal Persons as a Factor Restraining the Development of Russia

Author(s): Julia Pavlovna CHEBUNINA / Language(s): English / Issue: 6(20)/2016

The paper considers necessity to perfect the current law of the Russian Federation with respect to legal persons committing crimes in economy. Evidence of corrupt practice of legal persons utilizing budgetary funds are given. The objective side of such crimes is represented by inappropriate utilization of the federal budget on an especially large scale. At that, criminality has a dual character. On the one hand, the subjects of such crimes are the state or municipal structures possessing the corresponding finances. On the other hand, there are legal entities of private law taking advantage of the legal uncontrolled from the side of the state and liberality of the current law.The recognition of the status of a legal person as a subject of crimes injurious to the public provides a basis for solving the problem. Russian legislation must be reduced to the international norms, protection of the constitutional order of the state, the economy of which is shaped by legal persons. The laws must adequately correspond to the criminological situations, take into account the foreign experience, contribute to the active counteraction to formation of criminal communities, elimination of discrepancies in legal norms of the Russian Federation administrative and criminal law.

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Legislative Regulation and Practice of Imposition of Punishment in the Form of Fine and Forfeiture for the Corruption-Related Crimes in the Republic of Kazakhstan

Author(s): Zhaniya KUMARBEKKYZY,Assel Muratovna ALIBEKOVA,Oxana Borisovna FILIPETS / Language(s): English / Issue: 6(20)/2016

For corruption offenses in the Republic of Kazakhstan administrative and criminal responsibility is stipulated. Criminal responsibility is the strictest legal mean of responding to the manifestations of corruption. Kazakhstan undertakes system legal, organizational and institutional measures of anti-corruption management. At the same time the aim of improving the efficiency of the anti-corruption policy requires active involvement in it of the civil society institutions. The practitioners positively estimate the innovation of multiple fines and only approve the transition of forfeiture of the property obtained by illegal means. So, the methods of the definition of illegal origin of the property should be developed. In these issues the experience of the foreign countries may be useful for Kazakhstan.

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Rat, identitet i egzil u djelu Raymonda Rehnicera

Author(s): František Šistek / Language(s): Bosnian / Issue: 45/2016

The article offers a discoursive analysis and contextualization of several key topics found in the essayistic oeuvre of Raymond Rehnicer (1942–1998), professor of urbanism and architecture at the University of Sarajevo, who lived in exile in Prague after 1992. The paper pays special attention to the problems of multicultural coexistence, causes of war in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the perceived urban/ural dichotomy, the development and role of Rehnicer’s Jewish identity after the breakup of the war and his conceptualizations of Central Europe as a specific historical and cultural area.

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THE FIGHT AGAINST CORRUPTION IN EUROPE: LIGHTS AND SHADOWS

Author(s): Dulce M. Santana Vega / Language(s): English / Issue: 3/2017

This work addresses the fight against corruption in the European area, analyzing the main organizational and criminal normative instruments of the international and the supranational organizations with a European presence: the OECD, the Council of Europe and the European Union, and concludes with some critical considerations.

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'The power gained, we will never surrender' Russian ruling elite versus the succession and economic crisis

Author(s): Jadwiga Rogoza / Language(s): English,Polish / Publication Year: 2009

Even though the economic crisis proved harmful to the Russian economy and people's living standards, it has nonetheless failed to make the elite revise its policy. Despite some problems, the government has managed to sustain economic and political stability, thanks to the reserves it amassed in the times of prosperity, and to the propaganda campaign that protected it, above all Vladimir Putin. The crisis failed to force the elite to implement deeper structural and political reforms. Moreover, it has actually reinforced existing tendencies, such as state control over the economy and its oil-oriented character, the elite's economic expansion at the expense of private businesses, and the preservation of political power. Thus, the crisis has so far failed to dismantle Putinism, indeed quite the reverse - it has in fact contributed to its becoming 'set in stone'.

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