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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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Reporters are now barred from attending hearings of the two men charged with ‘inciting ethnic strife.’
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The article examines the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the For-mer Yugoslavia (ICTY) over twenty years. It shows the internal conflicts of the ICTY relating to the different positions of countries which had influence on the judicial investigation of war crimes committed during the wars in the post-Yu-goslav space.Special role of the USA in creating financing and follow-up activities of the ICTY is noted. The attention is paid to the political importance of the ICTY. At-tention is also paid to the political importance of the ICTY as a factor in prevent-ing crime and the international community – ethnic cleansing and genocide in the future.The ICTY’s activity in the context of search and punishment of the major war criminals of the Bosnian – Radovan Karadzic and Radco Mladic is discussed.The article also tells about the so-called "exit strategy” of the ICTY, that is the completion time of its activities.
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In the writings of Aleksander Wóycicki we see the promotion of the status of women and the family. The family is considered as a temple, while the woman is treated as a priestess. Understood as a small society, the family is understood to be the basis of the wider society and nation. Wóycicki identifies the collapse of the family with the collapse of the entire society. Yet, he connects its fall to the earlier "fall" of women - by which he means a wide emancipation of women which deprives them of men's protection. In his texts, Wóycicki also outlines plans for the repair of the situation of the family, as well as of the woman and her child. This plan involves the woman's right to self-protection and to the protection of her work, especially during pregnancy and motherhood. Furthermore, this plan can be implemented at the present time.
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The article presents the activities of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia. the text is divided into the following chapters: Genesis of the establishment of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia, activities and structure of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia, the hearing before the court, the practical activities of the icty. The author described situation of Serbia and relations between Serbia and european union. this example shows the meaning of the meaning of the international criminal tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The objective of the article was to discuss the structure and activities of the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia and to present the thesis that the establishment of cty was the right decision.
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The requirement of coherence implies that the EU should build on the acquis of international and European human rights law when interpreting its legislative powers. Discrimination based on “racial and ethnic origin” as enshrined in Article 19 TFEU covers discrimination based on belonging to a national minority as well. Clash of views might (and certainly would) arise regarding the constitutive elements of national minority; however, this should not be a legal obstacle when adopting EU legislation concerning national minorities. Noting that the Union have competences to adopt legislation concerning the Roma minority (whether or not the text of the treaties uses the term minority) and that “ethnicity” covers nationality, religion, language or cultural and traditional origins, the General Court could – without too much judicial activism – find that the EU indeed has competences to adopt legal acts – amongst others – concerning national minorities.
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If we accept that the success/failure criteria of the Hungarian state’s strategy are to help secure the cultural reproduction of these transfrontier communities, then we are forced to conclude that success has eluded its formulators. In sum, the transfrontier communities are shrinking in size, whether through outmigration or assimilation. More seriously, they appear to have lost any strong sense of a lasting future (cf. Prague Germans after 1918, Serbs of Kosovo, Gaeltacht in Scotland). In part, this is explained by a palpable level of insecurity in these communities, to which can be added fear in some cases. Note too that the Hungarian citizenship law has not succeeded in turning this around.
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The official names and titles in the whole or in certain parts of Transcarpathia seen as a historical-geographical region, have often been adjusted to those used in Budapest, Prague or Kiev, which in itself tells us a lot about the nature of the different periods and systems. People who were living there always had to get integrated into the new system while each of the new regimes without exception incorporated or liquidated subsystems formed in the previous period. Language has always had a key role in the self-identification of nation states and individuals – as well as in the peculiar formations of regional and ethnical identity.
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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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Prvu sigurnu kuću na području BiH, kao jedan od odgovora na ratna dešavanja, stradanja žena i djece koja su u ratnim okolnostima preživjela različite vidove nasilja i traume, osnovala je 1993. godine nevladina organizacija Medica Zenica.
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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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Kako se može ostvariti mir i prosperitet u jednoj zemlji čija je prošlost obilježena jakim napetostima, i čak, ratom? U Bosni i Hercegovini, Daytonski sporazum je odgovorio na ovo pitanje tako što je postavio temelje za federalnu strukturu i uveo mjere i mehanizme za zaštitu ljudskih prava.Kao što svjedoči iskustvo drugih zemalja (uključujući Švicarsku ili SAD) međusobni odnos ovih elemenata je bliži i složeniji nego što se često misli. S jedne strane, često se tvrdi da je uvođenje neke vrste federalne strukture samo po sebi efikasan instrument za zaštitu ljudskih prava. Drugi tvrde, s druge strane, da je isuviše jaka lokalna ili regionalna vlast značajan izvor represije.
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The objective of this study was to present comparative findings of the decent work practice (the ILO Convention 189) among the migrant domestic workers (MDWs) in two countries e.g., Italy and Singapore. The study covered three main aspects of these decent work practices, such as working hours and annual leave, maternity protection, and minimum wage. The study was based on a content analysis method. The search for relevant literature was completed in two stages. First, we examined peer-reviewed articles found in electronic databases using keyword searches; secondly, we used the ‘snowball’ method for searching the journal articles and published reports.
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Mail-order brides are not a new concept to society, and unfortunately, it is still an issue that persists today. The trafficking of women illegally through the mail-order bride system is a well-known and documented phenomenon across the world. This paper will look specifically at the mail-order bride phenomena in the United States, the United Kingdom, and Ireland, as well as the International Marriage Broker Regulation Act of 2005 and the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Prevention Act of 2000. By analyzing these nations’ mail-order bride laws and systems, as well as the international laws governing mail-order brides, it is clear that although measures have been taken to protect trafficked women, more could be and should be done to protect women from falling into the hands of the abusive and dangerous mail-order bride ecosystem. By reforming laws, strengthening punishments, and placing more accountability on nations to actively prevent women from being mistreated as mail-order brides, we may one day be able to live in a world in which mail-order brides do not exist. The author presents the historical development of the mail-order bride phenomena and its current implications on women and family life. Moreover, the paper analyzes the problem in a broader, comparative perspective which gives a greater understanding of the occurrence within the realm of common law countries.
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Enes Karić, Pravni centar, Fond Otvoreno društvo Bosne i Hercegovine, Sarajevo, 1996. str. 439
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This paper considers the legal and factual status of the Muslim religious associations in the Republic of Poland. That specific panorama one by one discusses strictly Muslim religious associations as well as the religious associations of the denominations that are linked to Islam or come from Islam. The first attempt was made to reconstruct the legal status of the Muslim Religious Union in Poland. Then the discussion considered the legal status of the Association of Muslim Unity, Islamic Assembly of Ahl-ul-Bayt, Ahmadiyya Muslim Community, the Sufi Order of the West in Poland, the Bahaʼi Faith and the Muslim League in Poland in order of their entry in the register of churches and other religious organizations. Then their operational capability, links to foreign religious organizations and elements of their financial status have been analyzed. The conclusion may be only one. All those organizations are legally equal but it does not change the fact that their abilities to implement their statutory objectives are varied. However, the paper is preliminary and should be an inspiration for further, in-depth research.
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