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Redress and civil litigation report [PDF]

, 2015
The Royal Commission has examined the extent to which ‘justice for victims’ of institutional child abuse has been, or can be, achieved through previous and current redress processes and civil litigation systems.
Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse
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The Relevance of Apology to Reparations for Historical Injustice

Journal of Applied Philosophy, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article explains the centrality of apology to an adequate account of reparations. I look in depth at what goes on in apology. As I have previously argued, apology is an expressive action through which we seek to mark adequately the significance of our own wrongdoing. I claim that apology so understood is not merely ornamental.
Christopher Bennett
wiley   +1 more source

National Mechanisms for Ensuring Social Rights [PDF]

, 2017
The paper highlighted the role of national mechanisms for the protection of social rights. For this purpose its judicial and administrative remedies have been analyzed.
Aliyev, Shahriyar
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Major Cybersecurity Breaches: Shaping Corporate Cybersecurity Policies and Closing the Gaps

Journal of Corporate Accounting &Finance, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT As digitalization accelerates, cybercrime has intensified in both scale and impact over the past two decades. This study aims to critically examine major cybersecurity events, assess them through the lens of routine activity theory, examine insight from three other established criminological and organizational theories, and address central ...
Laura K. Rickett, Deborah Smith
wiley   +1 more source

One Hundred Years of the German Soil Science Society (DBG) 1926–2026: Origins, Facts, and Background of an Eventful History

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT On its 100th anniversary in 2026, the German Soil Science Society (DBG) is looking back not only on an eventful history with traditions and impressive achievements but also with painful interruptions and ruptures. One curious fact is that the DBG was initially founded as the national section of the International Soil Science Society (ISSS ...
Karl‐Heinz Feger
wiley   +1 more source

Precarious Residents: Migration Control, Membership and the Rights of Non-Citizens [PDF]

This paper examines the situation of a subgroup of non-citizens found in virtually all contemporary states, what I call “precarious residents”. Precarious residents can be defined as non-citizens living in the state that possess few social, political or ...
Matthew Gibney
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Universal human rights: the rhetoric but not the reality

The United Nations faces an uphill battle in its bid to secure the universal realisation of human rights. At present, the universal pledges of the United Nations core human rights treaties are not, as yet, a universal reality: millions the world over ...
Tait, Kim Louise
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Liebig Review: Essential and Beneficial Elements in the Regulation of Cadmium Uptake and Tolerance in Crop Plants

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Cadmium (Cd2+) contamination in agricultural soils has been reported to pose risks to crop productivity, food safety, and human health. This review synthesizes current knowledge on the mechanisms by which essential (S, Zn, Fe, Mg, K, Ca) and beneficial (Si, Se, rare earth elements) elements mitigate Cd2+ toxicity in plants.
Maria Manzoor, Karl Hermann Mühling
wiley   +1 more source

Consumer protection laws and regulations in deposit and loan services : a cross-country analysis with a new data set [PDF]

Consumer protection and financial literacy can contribute to improved efficiency, transparency, competition, and access in retail financial markets by reducing information asymmetries and power imbalances between providers and users of financial services.
Mylenko, Nataliya, Ardic, Oya Pinar, Ibrahim, Joyce A.   +2 more
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Optimising Sulphur Fertilisation in Ryegrass–White Clover Swards Reduces Leached Nitrate Nitrogen Losses, While Increasing Plant Yield and Nitrogen Off‐Take

Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, EarlyView.
The inclusion of sulphur at two inorganic nitrogen rates (0 and 150 kg N ha−1) improves plant productivity in a ryegrass–white clover sward and reduces nitrate‐N loss to groundwater in a free‐draining sandy loam soil. ABSTRACT Background Reducing nitrogen (N) losses to water, lessening reliance on inorganic fertiliser and maintaining agricultural ...
Donal Kinsella, Imelda A. Casey, Patrick J. Forrestal   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source