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THE COMMISSIONER FOR CIVIL RIGHTS PROTECTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF POLAND: 20 FROM 200 YEARS OF THE OMBUDSMAN’S EXISTENCE IN THE WORLD

open access: yes, 2009
 Summary: 1. The roots of the Ombudsman’s office; 2. The institution of the Ombudsman in Poland; 3. The commissioner for civil rights protection as an independent organ of a State; 4. The commissioner as an organ of control of the law; 5. Principles of functioning of the commissioner; 6. The new challenges for the commissioner.
Zubik, Marek
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National preventive mechanism – the functions and tasks of the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection of Poland

open access: green, 2013
The paper points out that the Commissioner for Civil Rights Protection of Poland performs the functions of a visiting body for the prevention of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment (national preventive mechanism)
Ryszard Czerniawski
openalex   +3 more sources

الاستراتيجيات الدولية لمعالجة أزمات اللاجئين / International Strategies for Addressing Refugee Crises [PDF]

open access: yesمجلة البحوث الفقهیة والقانونیة
تتناول هذه الدراسة ظاهرة اللجوء بأسبابها المتنوعة، بدءًا من الأسباب التقليدية التي عرفها المجتمع الدولي منذ القدم، وصولًا إلى الأسباب المعاصرة المتزايدة بسرعة، مثل النزاعات المسلحة، والاضطهاد، والتغير المناخي، والكوارث الطبيعية. كما تناولت الدراسة الإطار
شيرين قطب
doaj   +1 more source

Harvests of violence : neglect of basic rights and the Boko Haram insurgency in Nigeria [PDF]

open access: yes, 2013
Drawing on core commitments of Critical Terrorism Studies (CTS), and mostly, the ethic of emancipation, this article focuses on the Boko Haram insurgency to investigate recurring violent conflict in Nigeria. It identifies a governance gap not adverted to
Yusuf, Hakeem; id_orcid   +3 more
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Revisiting Jacobson

open access: yesVoices in Bioethics, 2014
In recent years, public health and the law have frequently interacted. A variety of issues have led to the government stepping in to create legislation that affects the individual in order to protect the general public.
Henry Curtis
doaj   +1 more source

Border harm and affective injustice: The politics of anger at the Melilla border, Spain

open access: yesAmerican Journal of Community Psychology, EarlyView.
Abstract This article examines protests in a detention center in Melilla, Spain—a site where structural violence intersects with the everyday harms of confinement. Adopting a justice and dignity‐centered perspective, we analyze grassroots forms of resistance emerging at the border. The study focuses on the protests of Tunisian migrants and explores the
Corina Tulbure
wiley   +1 more source

The forgotten children: national inquiry into children in immigration detention 2014 [PDF]

open access: yes, 2015
This report argues that prolonged detention of children leads to serious negative impacts on their mental and emotional health and development. Foreword Australia currently holds about 800 children in mandatory closed immigration detention for ...
Gillian Trigg
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Navigating Whiteness in Australia's Anti‐Racism Movement: A Duoethnographic Inquiry by Women of Colour Scholars

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This paper applies Critical Race Theory (CRT) to explore how whiteness operates within Australia's anti‐racism movement as a structuring force that shapes discourse, practice and policy. Despite the anti‐racism movement offering crucial spaces for resistance and reform, it remains entangled in Australia's settler‐colonial present and systemic ...
Franka Vaughan, Aish Ravi
wiley   +1 more source

Judicial Perspectives on Neurodiversity in Queensland Courts, Tribunals and Commissions: Experiences With Disclosure and Witness Credibility

open access: yesAustralian Journal of Social Issues, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT Little is known about the impacts of the disclosure, or the non‐disclosure, of medical conditions associated with neurodiversity in the context of court proceedings and hearings before tribunals and commissions. This paper examines the experiences of twenty‐three Queensland Judges, Magistrates, and Tribunal and Commission Members with ...
Danielle Bozin   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

The WTO as a Node of Global Governance: Economic Regulation and Human Rights Discourses. [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
The paper explores the relationship between trade liberalisation and regulation as developed through the World Trade Organisation (WTO) and human rights principles and discourses.
Picciotto, Salomone
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