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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Abusive and illegal practices in residential care are a recognised issue in child welfare internationally; thus, the question of how these institutions are supervised is important. However, children's residential care is complex by nature, making its supervision a challenging task.
Jenni Repo
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Child &Family Social Work, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Child protection and welfare systems are entrusted with significant power by governments and are therefore a significant focus of monitoring activities. Monitoring can help to build a better child protection system and to ensure child safety; track policy and legislative implementation and resource allocation; contribute to preventing systemic
Kenneth Burns +3 more
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Politics and Governance, 2017 This article investigates whether the European Ombudsman acts as an ‘independent’ institution vis-à-vis the European Parliament (EP). This is a relevant question because while the Ombudsman is appointed by and reports to the EP, it can also conduct ...
Christine Neuhold, Andreea Năstase
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT A long‐standing topic of concern in the literature on governmental auditing is whether the aims of Supreme Audit Institutions (SAIs) or other central audit institutions should include detecting fraudulent use of public money. The balance of opinion has been against this proposition, largely for reasons of infeasibility.
Michael Barzelay, Sérgio N. Seabra
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Financial Accountability &Management, EarlyView.ABSTRACT SDG 16 emphasizes the need for accountable institutions, often based on the assumption that public officials are accountable to politicians, who in turn are accountable to citizens. However, in many developing countries, neopatrimonial governance can weaken this accountability chain, as politicians themselves may act as “unprincipled ...
Edidiong Bassey, Emer Mulligan
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The Windsor Yearbook of Access to Justice, 2008 National Human Rights i nstitutions [NHRIs] are created by “a Government under the constitution, or by law or decree, the functions of which are specifically designed in terms of the promotion and protection of human rights.” Human rights commissions ...
Linda C. Reif
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Interdisciplinary child custody dispute resolution in Slovakia: Innovation without safeguards?
Family Court Review, EarlyView.Abstract Slovakia introduced a multidisciplinary approach (MAC), inspired by the German Cochem model, to promote interdisciplinary coordination and parental agreements in child custody disputes. However, the national MAC methodology addresses domestic violence/intimate partner violence (DV/IPV) only marginally and does not structurally integrate ...
Slávka Karkošková, Barbora Burajová
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How to Demonstrate Trustworthy Use of AI in Public Services: A Case Study
Information Systems Journal, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Government leaders across the globe are grappling with how to harness and integrate artificial intelligence (AI) to enhance public service delivery and efficiency. Yet, a key challenge faced is how to build and maintain the trust of stakeholders. Trust is critical for the acceptance and sustained adoption of AI technologies, as well as to gain
Natalie Smith +5 more
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Journal of Animal Breeding and Genetics, EarlyView.ABSTRACT The global value of wool from coarse woolled sheep continues to decline, prompting producers to seek alternatives that reduce or eliminate the need for shearing. Several sheep breeds naturally shed their fleece in response to photoperiod, and these breeds are being crossed with populations that have high genetic merit for traits such as ...
Erin G. Smith +4 more
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