Russians on the Correlation Between the Interests of the State and Human Rights. An Empirical Analysis

In this article, a model of the mechanism of ensuring public security and orderliness in accordance with the principles and tasks of the relevant institu- tions in public administration, taking into account resources, technologies, mea- sures for the state policy implementation in the spheres of ensuring the protection of human rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combating crime, maintaining public security and order. It was found that ensuring public security and order in Ukraine is a mechanism for the implementation of national goals of state policy in the areas of ensuring the protection of human rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combating crime, maintaining public security and order, by defining tasks according to certain principles. The idea is that if one considers the state policy in the spheres of ensuring the protec- tion of human rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combat- ing crime, maintaining public security and order as a national priority (purpose, task), then the mechanism of ensuring public security and order in Ukraine needs coordination with the state development strategy. From the point of view of the implementation of the state policy in the areas of ensuring the protection of hu- man rights and freedoms, the interests of society and the state, combating crime, maintaining public security and order, the mechanism of ensuring public security and order in Ukraine can be considered as the main system providing intercon- nection such elements as institutions (implementing the specified state policy), resources (human resources, logistical, natural and so on, with the help of which it is possible to implement state policy), technologies (skills, knowledge, means and so on the implementation of state policy), measures (action plans), as well as external (internal) threats.

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Human Rights Activities as a Function of the Prosecutor’s Office

RUSSIAN JUSTICE ◽

10.37399/issn2072-909x.2020.3.88-93 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 3 ◽

pp. 88-93

Author(s):

K.N. Golikov ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Civil Rights ◽

Russian Federation ◽

The State ◽

Main Function ◽

Federal Law ◽

The Subject ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

The Law

The subject of this article is the problems of the nature, essence and purpose of prosecutorial activity. The purpose of the article is to study and justify the role of the human rights function in prosecutorial activities in the concept of a modern legal state. At the heart of prosecutorial activity is the implementation of the main function of the Prosecutor’s office – its rights and freedoms, their protection. This means that any type (branch) of Prosecutor's supervision is permeated with human rights content in relation to a citizen, society, or the state. This is confirmed by the fact that the Federal law “On the Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation” establishes an independent type of Prosecutor's supervision-supervision over the observance of human and civil rights and freedoms. It is argued that the legislation enshrines the human rights activities of the Prosecutor's office as its most important function. It is proposed to add this to the Law “On the Prosecutor's office of the Russian Federation”.

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Respect for the social and economic rights of citizens as an imperative to reduce poverty in the Khabarovsk territory

POWER AND ADMINISTRATION IN THE EAST OF RUSSIA ◽

10.22394/1818-4049-2020-93-4-161-169 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 93 (4) ◽

pp. 161-169

Author(s):

I. I. Chesnitskiy ◽

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Russian Federation ◽

The State ◽

Economic Rights ◽

Priority Area ◽

Regional State ◽

The Social ◽

The Russian Federation ◽

A Priority ◽

Social And Economic Rights

The article presents an analysis of the state and problems of implementing the socio-economic rights of population of the Khabarovsk territory as a priority area for reducing poverty. Attention of the authorities was drawn to the situation of poverty in a number of northern municipalities, where the population is experiencing difficulties in realizing their socio-economic rights due to the lack of jobs. Concern was expressed about the socio-economic rights of persons released from the places of deprivation of liberty. The Commissioner for human rights in the Khabarovsk territory, taking into account the study of situation in the region, sets out his vision for solving the problem of reducing poverty in the Khabarovsk territory and makes proposals that, in his opinion, can be used by the regional state authorities to achieve the indicators set by the President of the Russian Federation.

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DECENTRALIZATION AT THE STATE AND LOCAL LEVEL: An Empirical Analysis

National Tax Journal ◽

10.1086/ntj41862103 ◽

1976 ◽

Vol 29 (2) ◽

pp. 201-209

Author(s):

J. FRED GIERTZ

Keyword(s):

Empirical Analysis ◽

Local Level ◽

The State ◽

State And Local

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The relationship between human rights and refugee protection: an empirical analysis

The International Journal of Human Rights ◽

10.1080/13642987.2021.1874358 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Lamis Abdelaaty

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Empirical Analysis ◽

Refugee Protection ◽

The Relationship

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Diplomatic Assurances Against Torture – An Effective Strategy? A Review of Jurisprudence and Examination of the Arguments

Nordic Journal of International Law ◽

10.1163/157181008x374870 ◽

2008 ◽

Vol 77 (4) ◽

pp. 319-364 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Lena Skoglund

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

International Law ◽

War On Terror ◽

The State ◽

Security Threats ◽

International Human Rights ◽

Actual Risk ◽

Substantial Risk ◽

International Human ◽

Controversial Area

AbstractHuman rights organisations have warned repeatedly that basic human rights are being challenged in the so-called 'War on Terror'. One particularly controversial area is the use of diplomatic assurances against torture. According to international human rights instruments, the state shall not return anyone to countries in which they face a substantial risk of being subjected to torture. In the 'War on Terror', an increasing number of non-citizens are being deemed 'security threats', rendering them exempt from protection in many Western states. To be able to deport such 'threats' without compromising their duties under international law, states are increasingly willing to accept a diplomatic assurance against torture – that is, a promise from the state of return that it will not subject the returnee to torture. There is wide disagreement as to whether and/or when diplomatic assurances can render sufficient protection to satisfy the obligations of non-refoulement to risk of torture. Whereas the human rights society label such assurances as 'empty promises', others view them as effective, allowing states to retain their right to remove non-citizens without violating international law. This article reviews international and selected national jurisprudence on the topic of diplomatic assurances against torture and examines if and/or when such assurances might render sufficient protection against torture to enable removals in accordance with international law. The courts and committees that have reviewed the use of diplomatic assurances against torture have identified essential problems of using them, thus rejecting reliance on simple promises not to torture. However, they have often implied that sufficient protection might be rendered by developing the assurances. I argue that this approach risks leading the governments into trying to perfect a system that is inherently flawed – whilst, incidentally, deportations to actual risk of torture continue. Even carefully modelled assurances render only unreliable protection against torture. For this, and reasons connected to undesirable side-effects of their use, I argue that the practice should be rejected.

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The Neutral State: Optional or Necessary?: A Triangular Analysis of State–Religion Relationships, Democratisation and Human Rights Compliance

Religion and Human Rights ◽

10.1163/187103206781172934 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 1 (3) ◽

pp. 269-303 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Jeroen Temperman

Keyword(s):

Human Rights ◽

Religious Freedom ◽

Detrimental Effect ◽

The State ◽

Political Commitment ◽

Religious Denomination ◽

Policy And Practice ◽

Religious Difference ◽

Full Compliance ◽

State Neutrality

AbstractThis article suggests a signicant correlation between the notions of state neutrality and religious freedom. The absence of a considerable degree of state neutrality has a detrimental effect on human rights compliance. Under states which identify themselves strongly with a single religious denomination as well as under states which identify themselves negatively in relation to religion, there is no scope for human rights compliance. Both extreme types of state–religion identication are characterised by repression of all beliefs and manifestations thereof which do not correspond with the state sanctioned view on belief. This may be either the upholding of a specic religious denomination or of militant ideological secularism. Consequently, discrimination and marginalisation rather than compliance with the norms of freedom of religion and the promotion of non-discrimination comprise policy and practice under these regimes. Intermediate forms of state–religion afliation, i.e. types of identication in which the state is not drenched with the excluding ideals of a single denomination or with anti-religious sentiments, allow for a degree of democratic inclusion of religious difference and of religious tolerance. The most substantial scope for full compliance, however, lies in the combination of democratic inclusion of people from different religions and the indispensable political commitment characterised as state neutrality with respect to all people. State neutrality refers to a regime of state–religion identi cation that can best be understood as 'accommodative non-partisanship'.

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