scholarly journals Aharon Barak’s Concept of Human Dignity and the Notion of Dignity in Jurisprudence of Polish Constitutional Court

2021 ◽  
pp. 202-212
Author(s):  
Piotr Szymaniec
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Constitutional Theory ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Central European ◽  
Broad Category ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right To Dignity

Israeli scholar and judge, Aharon Barak rejects the position that dignity is an axiomatic, universal concept. Moreover, he is in favor of “spacious” understanding of the right to dignity, making it a vast and broad category. The aim of the paper is to examine whether the concept of dignity presented by Barak is useful to understand the approach to human dignity as a legal concept in those Central European legal systems which have been influenced by German constitutional theory. In that regard the jurisprudence of Polish Constitutional Court is examined. The author is not fully convinced by Barak’s approach to dignity.  The conclusion is drawn, however, that Barak is right when claiming that the status of an absolute right granted to the right to dignity means also that its scope is defined in a restrictive way.

CIVIL AND LEGAL LIABILITY OF JUDGES

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Skoromnyy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Pension System ◽  
Legal Liability ◽  
Judicial System ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Model Code ◽  
European Court ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

The article presents the conceptual foundations of bringing judges to civil and legal liability. It was found that the civil and legal liability of judges is one of the types of legal liability of judges. It is determined that the legislation of Ukraine provides for a clearly delineated list of the main cases (grounds) for which the state is liable for damages for damage caused to a legal entity and an individual by illegal actions of a judge as a result of the administration of justice. It has been proved that bringing judges to civil and legal liability, in particular on the basis of the right of recourse, provides for the payment of just compensation in accordance with the decision of the European Court of Human Rights. It was established that the bringing of judges to civil and legal liability in Ukraine is regulated by such legislative documents as the Constitution of Ukraine, the Civil Code of Ukraine, the Explanatory Note to the European Charter on the Status of Judges (Model Code), the Law of Ukraine «On the Judicial System and the Status of Judges», the Law of Ukraine «On the procedure for compensation for harm caused to a citizen by illegal actions of bodies carrying out operational-search activities, pre-trial investigation bodies, prosecutors and courts», Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the case on the constitutional submission of the Supreme Court of Ukraine regarding the compliance of the Constitution of Ukraine (constitutionality) of certain provisions of Article 2, paragraph two of clause II «Final and transitional provisions» of the Law of Ukraine «On measures to legislatively ensure the reform of the pension system», Article 138 of the Law of Ukraine «On the judicial system and the status of judges» (the case on changes in the conditions for the payment of pensions and monthly living known salaries of judges lagging behind in these), the Law of Ukraine «On the implementation of decisions and the application of the practice of the European Court of Human Rights».

scholarly journals Komisi Pemberantasan Korupsi sebagai Tata Konstitusional Abnormal dan Implikasi Yuridis Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi Nomor 36/PUU-XV/2017

2020 ◽  
Vol 17 (1) ◽  
pp. 130
Author(s):  
Titon Slamet Kurnia
Keyword(s):  
Classical Model ◽  
Chief Executive ◽  
Court Decision ◽  
Constitutional Theory ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Constitutional Order ◽  
The Status

Artikel ini mencerminkan pendapat penulis yang tidak setuju dengan keberadaan KPK dan Teori Konstitusi yang mendasarinya. Artikel ini didasarkan pada teori trias politica klasik dan mengajukan pendapat bahwa keberadaan badan-badan yang bersifat eksekutif harus sesuai dengan preskripsi teori unitary executive. Sesuai dengan teori unitary executive, presiden harus diberikan kewenangan to appoint and remove setiap pejabat eksekutif secara eksklusif. Kaidah ini didasarkan pada status presiden sebagai Chief Executive. Berdasar pengertian ini, KPK, sebagai badan independen, inkonstitusional. Seturut dengan Putusan Mahkamah Konstitusi No. 36/PUU-XV/2017 yang mengkualifikasikan KPK sebagai eksekutif, tata konstitusional kita yang abnormal, dengan keberadaan KPK, harus dinormalkan sesuai dengan teori unitary executive. This article expresses the author’s view to disagree with the existence of the KPK and its supporting Constitutional Theory. This article is based on classical model of the trias politica theory and suggests that the existence of executive bodies should conform with the prescription of unitary executive theory. According to the unitary executive theory, the president should have the power to appoint and remove any executive official exclusively. This norm is based on the status of the president as the Chief Executive. According to this notion, the KPK, as independent agency, is unconstitutional. In line with the Constitutional Court Decision No. 36/PUU-XV/2017, qualifying the KPK as executive, our abnormal constitutional order, with the existence of the KPK, should be normalized in accordance with the unitary executive theory.

scholarly journals A Brief Analysis on Human Rights from Hannah Arendt’s Criticism

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 95
Author(s):  
Janilce Silva Praseres ◽  
Marcelo Ramos Saldanha
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Hannah Arendt ◽  
Ethical Values ◽  
Legal Systems ◽  
Right To Life ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Right

Abstract: human rights are a set of ethical values whose purpose is to protect and enable the realization of human dignity in its various dimensions and also prevent the reduction of the individual to the condition of object or, above all, the reduction of his condition as subject of rights, such as the right to life, freedom, security, equality. The universal character of human rights protection demonstrates some weaknesses, especially in the transposition into concrete legal systems, so what we propose is a brief analysis of human rights from Hannah Arendt.Uma Breve Análise Acerca dos Direitos Humanos a partir da Crítica de Hannah ArendtResumo: os direitos humanos são um conjunto de valores éticos que têm por finalidade proteger e possibilitar a realização da dignidade humana em suas várias dimensões e, ainda, impedir a redução do indivíduo à condição de objeto ou, sobretudo, a diminuição da sua condição na qualidade de sujeito de direitos, a exemplo o direito à vida, à liberdade, à segurança, à igualdade. O caráter universal de proteção aos direitos humanos demonstra algumas fragilidades, principalmente, na transposição para ordenamentos jurídicos concretos, assim, o que propomos é uma breve análise acerca dos direitos humanos a partir de Hannah Arendt.

scholarly journals THE RIGHT TO HUMAN DIGNITY IN THE SYSTEM OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS OF UKRAINE AND GERMANY

2020 ◽  
pp. 27-32
Author(s):  
O. Kosilova
Keyword(s):  
Human Dignity ◽  
Human Life ◽  
Legal Framework ◽  
Fundamental Rights ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Constitutional Rights ◽  
Eral Republic ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Fundamental Value ◽  
The Right

The article analyzes human dignity as a legal category and fundamental natural human right. The place and role of the right to human dignity in the system of constitutional rights of Ukraine and Germany are compared. The scientific substantiation of the right to human dignity in Ukraine and Germany, its normative protection in both countries, is investigated. The approaches to defining and interpreting the right to human dignity in the practice of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine and the Federal Constitutional Court of Germany are compared. The relationship between the right to human dignity and other human rights is determined, as well as the sphere of protection of this right. In particular, there are parallels between the right to life and the right to human dignity, and their relationship is determined. It is substantiated that the human life and dignity of each person enjoy the same constitutional protection regardless of the duration of the individual's physical existence. It is established that among Ukrainian scholars there is no unified view of the right to dignity as a fundamental natural right. The right to human dignity in Ukraine is enshrined in the norms of constitutional, civil and criminal law. For the most part, the protection of the right to human dignity is correlated with the right to the protection of honour and goodwill. The right to human dignity and honour are not clearly distinguished. The legisla- tion of Ukraine does not contain a legal norm defining the concept of the right to human dignity. The case-law of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in this area is not sufficiently developed and does not constitute a proper legal framework. In Germany, the right to human dignity is a decisive and fundamental human right that is fundamental to all other rights. Human dignity is the supreme fundamental value and the root of all fundamental rights. The right to human dignity enshrined in Article 1 of the Constitution of the Fed- eral Republic of Germany defines it as an absolute value, which means that it cannot be restricted by any other norm, even by another fundamental right that follows from human dignity.

Das Grundrecht auf sexuelle Selbstbestimmung

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dana-Sophia Valentiner
Keyword(s):  
Personal Autonomy ◽  
Sexual Consent ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Legal Concept ◽  
Legal Scholarship ◽  
Sexual Autonomy ◽  
Sexuelle Selbstbestimmung ◽  
Federal Constitutional ◽  
The Right ◽  
German Constitutional Law

The thesis deals with the right to sexual autonomy in German constitutional law. The author shows that the approaches adopted by the Federal Constitutional Court and legal scholarship do not adequately reflect social change in the area of sexualities and develops a legal concept of the right that emphasizes on personal autonomy and sexual consent.

BREACH OF THE OATH AS A BASIS FOR THE CONSTITUTIONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF A JUDGE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yaroslav Skoromnyy ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Good Reason ◽  
Legal Responsibility ◽  
Court Case ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Professional Activities ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
Main Basis ◽  
The Right

The article reveals the basic principles of bringing a judge to constitutional responsibility due to violation of the oath as the main basis for this type of responsibility. It has been established that legislative and regulatory support of the procedure and peculiarities of bringing judges to legal responsibility is regulated by the following documents, as the Law of Ukraine «On the Judicial System and the Status of Judges», the Law of Ukraine «On the High Council of Justice», the Constitution of Ukraine, the Decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine in the case on the constitutional submission of 53 People's Deputies of Ukraine on the compliance of the Constitution of Ukraine (constitutionality) with certain provisions of the Law of Ukraine «On the High Council of Justice», the European Charter on the Law “On the Status of Judges”, Conclusion No. 3 of the Consultative Council of European Judges into account of the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe on and the rules governing the professional conduct of judges, in particular, issues of ethics, incompatible behavior and impartiality, the Law of Ukraine «On the Prevention of Corruption», the Code of Judicial Ethics. It was found that only the High Council of Justice has the right to dismiss a judge from office in accordance with the procedure and the decision to dismiss the judge from office. It has been proved that systematic neglect of duties, which is by no means compatible with the status of a judge, revealing a judge's inadequacy to his position, serves as a good reason for dismissing a judge from office. It has been determined that the constitutional responsibility of a judge should be understood as constitutional proceedings for conducting investigations and bringing a judge to justice due to his violation of the provisions of the Constitution of Ukraine and other laws. It has been establishedthat the dismissal of a judge from office as a result of his violation of the oath is one of the grounds for bringing the judge to constitutional and legal responsibility. It has been established that the main types of misconduct committed by judges in the context of breaking the oath are: 1) committing such acts (actions) that tarnish their titles and create doubts about the impartiality, objectivity and independence of their professional activities, in the long term affects the vision of honesty and the integrity of the judiciary; 2) their failure to comply with the restrictions and requirements specified in the Law of Ukraine «On the Prevention of Corruption»; 3) deliberately delaying the time limits for the consideration of a court case, determined by legislation; 4) violation of moral and ethical principles of behavior.

scholarly journals Human dignity as a fundamental basis and a practical tool of “right to hope” in criminal law

2021 ◽  
pp. 23-30
Author(s):  
Slipachyk Slipachyk
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Dignity ◽  
Legal Regulation ◽  
Scientific Article ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Federal Republic Of Germany ◽  
Legal Analysis ◽  
Legal Doctrine ◽  
Judicial Practice ◽  
The Right

The scientific article focuses on the analysis of a sentence of life imprisonment without a realistic prospect of release in Ukraine as a violation of the “right to hope” in the context of the human dignity category. The study provides an overview of approaches to the definition of human dignity in national legal doctrine and practice, a historical and legal analysis of the origins of legal regulation of the idea of ​​respect for human dignity in international legal acts, and analyses the constitutional stages of the evolution of this concept as a matter of international law. The author has reviewed the jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights on this issue and studied the reasons of the Court on setting standards for acceptable treatment of a person through the lenses of human dignity and the inadmissibility of inhuman and degrading offences. Taking into account these standards, a critical assessment has been carried out, in particular, of the judicial practice of the Federal Republic of Germany on the application to a prisoner of such a type of punishment as preventive detention with indefinite duration. Emphasis has been given to the national judicial practice in cases of possible releasing life-sentenced prisoners in the conclusions of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court and the decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine on this issue. Based on the results of the study, a set of measures, including amending the legislation to bring it in line with the requirements of European human rights standards to protect human dignity and ensure the “right to hope” has been offered.

scholarly journals Between Human Rights and Justice Principle in Children’s Civil Rights

MELINTAS ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 32 (2) ◽  
pp. 132
Author(s):  
Wurianalya Maria Novenanty
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Civil Rights ◽  
Civil Law ◽  
Future Generation ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Illegitimate Child ◽  
The Future ◽  
The Status ◽  
Status Difference ◽  
The Right

Children’s rights are fundamental in a country. Children are the future generation of a country. They have rights in civil law field. The examples of such rights are the right to have family name, the right to get alimony, and the right to get inheritance from the parents. Indonesian Law Number 1 of 1974 regarding Marriage (Marriage Law) distinguishes the civil rights of legitimate and illegitimate children. In 2010, the Indonesian Constitutional Court produced a decision which became a controversial decision because it was deemed to ‘legalize’ illegitimate child to have the same rights as legitimate child. The reason behind such decision is the human rights which should apply nondiscriminative principle. Some parties disagree with the reasoning behind this decision. They consider the decision unjust and that it violates social and religious norms in giving illegitimate and legitimate children the same rights in spite of the status difference. The author will discuss children’s civil rights based on civil law, human rights, and justice principle in Indonesia.

scholarly journals PRINCIPLE OF NATURAL COURT: CURRENT PROBLEMS OF LEGAL UNDERSTANDING AND LAW ENFORCEMENT IN UKRAINE

2021 ◽  
pp. 70-74
Author(s):  
S. Prylutskyi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Legal Status ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Exclusive Jurisdiction ◽  
Basic Law ◽  
The Status ◽  
Separate System ◽  
Specialized Courts ◽  
The Subject ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right

In 2016, a provision appeared in Article 125 of the Basic Law, which stipulated that higher specialized courts may operate in accordance with the law. Filling the content of this wording in, Article 31 of the Law "On the Judiciary and the Status of Judges" (2016) establishes that in the judicial system there are higher specialized courts as courts of first instance to consider certain categories of cases. This category of courts today includes the High Court of Intellectual Property and the High Anti-Corruption Court, activities of which are initiated by the relevant legislation. However, in political circles there was a discussion about the constitutionality of this court and, accordingly, the subject of the right to a constitutional petition questioned a number of provisions of the Law "On the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court" and appealed to the Constitutional Court of Ukraine to declare this law unconstitutional. In turn, the Constitutional Court of Ukraine initiated constitutional proceedings on this issue. Familiarization with the legal position of the subject of the constitutional petition indicates that the key issue of this constitutional proceeding concerns the presence of signs of a "special court" (within the meaning of Part 6 of Article 125 of the Constitution of Ukraine) in the mechanism of legislative regulation of the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court. In order to find an objective answer to the existing conflict, it is necessary to abstractly identify the main features of a "special" court. To solve such an applied problem, the author of the article turned to the theory and applied provisions of the principle of natural judgment, which was the subject of this study. As a result of the study, the author argues that by giving the Supreme Anti-Corruption Court exclusive jurisdiction over the system of general courts, the legislator has significantly deviated from the permissible limits of constitutional legality. The author singled out and grouped the key features of a special court, which included: 1) Separation of a judicial institution with a separate system of instances for consideration of certain categories of cases selected from the general array (special jurisdiction) or in respect to a separate category of persons. 2) The court, which is entrusted with special, different from other general courts, the purpose and objectives of the activity. 3) A court formed to expedite the resolution of certain categories of cases specific to a certain period; 4) A court in which judges have a special legal status (special tasks in the administration of justice; special professional qualifications (requirements, selection criteria); a special (extraordinary) procedure for the formation of the judiciary, etc. It is seen that the principle of natural judgment – is a fundamental constitutional and legal heritage of civilized humanity, which is designed to protect people, their rights and freedoms from the arbitrariness of the state, and from the use of courts as an instrument of terror and wrongful persecution.

The Status of Outside Marriage Children (The Study of Constitutional Court Regulation No. 46/PUU-VIII/2010 on February 27th, 2012 Based on the Fuqaha' Perspective)

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 574-584
Author(s):  
Hamam Hamam
Keyword(s):  
Civil Rights ◽  
Legal Protection ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Biological Father ◽  
Her Family ◽  
Library Research ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
The Status ◽  
The Right

Fornication is a kind of jarimah (felony) resulting in confusion of the biological father. However, nowadays, there is clarity on the status of the children out of marriage. The Constitutional Court issued a decision of regulation No. 46/PUU-VIII/2010 on February 27th, 2012 about the out wedlock children who have a civil relationship and the blood rapport with their biological father as long as it can be proven biologically. This regulation drives some criticisms from various parties; the pro-side of the Court Regulation will claim it in the term of the doer of the adultery, while the contra-side of the Court Regulation will review it in the term of legalized the adultery. Furthermore, the aims of this study are: First, to know the opinion of jurists' law (fuqaha‟) about the status of the out of wedlock children; Second, to find the legal implications of the out of wedlock children after the application of the Constitutional Court regulation No. 46/PUU-VIII/2010 on February 27th, 2012 based on the Fuqaha' perspective?. Moreover, this study uses the library research. The data are collected through the documentary of the primary and secondary data sources. The collected data are, then, analyzed qualitatively by using the content analysis. The results of this study are: Firstly, This according by the Shafi'i jurists' of four and the ad-Dzahiri the out of wedlock children (bastard) are not related to their biological father, but they are related to their biological mother and her family. Secondly, This according by some groups of Hanafi and Shaykh of Islam Ibn Taymiyah corroborated by ibn Qayyim al-Jauziyyah the wedlock children (bastard) are related to the men as their biological father and their father's family. Thirdly, the Constitutional Court (MK) regulations do not have any legal implications associated on the civil relationships of the out wedlock children (natural children) with their biological father. Moreover, the attitude of the biological father is classified as a jarimah (felony), and it is entitled to a penalty of the ta'zir; it is an obligation to provide the children, which the amount is considered to the fit and proper in accordance income of his; while the other civil rights includes the right of lineage, inheritance, and the rights of guardians. The ta'zir punishments in the provision of livelihood can be executed after the filing of a lawsuit and obtain an order from the Religion Court. The provision of the living is solely to satisfy the justice and legal protection for the interests of children's rights.

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