scholarly journals Limited Tendering – A Barrier to Get the Best Value for Money or Effective Solution for Extraordinary Situations?

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 192-214
Author(s):  
Hana Kováčiková ◽  
Ondrej Blažo
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Effective Solution ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Public Authorities ◽  
A Value ◽  
Best Value ◽  
International Human

Summary A public procurement should be an effective tool through which public authorities shall spend public finances sparingly. With modernisation of this area of law in 2014, a new concept of bids evaluation came forward – a value for money. Now it is more important than any time before to ensure fair tenders to be submitted during the procurement. It is a well-known fact, that only a true competition between the bidders decreases the prices and raises the quality of their bids. But how contracting authorities deal with these goals while procuring without competition? This article analyses limited tendering with focus on extreme urgency. Authors try to give an answer to the question, which attribute of this procedure prevails – its flexible use in extraordinary situations or its interfering effect to value for money achievement.which makes Slovakia open to severe criticism from international human rights bodies.

scholarly journals Extraterritoriality of EU law and human rights after Lisbon: The case of trade and public procurement

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samantha Velluti ◽  
Vassilis P. Tzevelekos
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Legal Order ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Eu Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Special Issue ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Human ◽  
The Eu

The paper introduces the theme and topics of this Special Issue on the extraterritoriality of EU law and human rights in the fields of trade and public procurement since the entry into force of the 2009 Treaty of Lisbon. It briefly explores the meaning of extraterritoriality in international (human rights) law and the EU legal order highlighting the complexity of such notion in both legal systems. In so doing, it provides the context and focus of analysis of the collection of papers that make up this Special Issue, which addresses a number of topical questions concerning the extraterritorial conduct of the EU, as well as the extraterritorial effects of EU law in those specific fields, from the perspective of human rights.

International Human Rights and Consumer Quality of Life: An Ethical Perspective

2007 ◽  
Vol 27 (4) ◽  
pp. 370-379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ronald Paul Hill ◽  
William F. Felice ◽  
Thomas Ainscough
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Human Rights ◽  
Ethical Perspective ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
International Human

scholarly journals Towards innovative and sustainable education in primary schools

Tehnika ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 75 (6) ◽  
pp. 665-677
Author(s):  
Aleksandra Kovačević ◽  
Zoran Pendić
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
United Nations ◽  
Primary Education ◽  
Primary Schools ◽  
Universal Declaration ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Sustainable Education ◽  
International Human ◽  
The United Nations

One of the most important human rights is the right to quality education for all. It is embedded in the foundations of the UNESCO mission and is contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights of 1948 and many other international human rights instruments. It is embedded in the foundations of the UNESCO mission and is contained in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights of December 10, 1948 and many other international human rights instruments. The United Nations has defined priorities for the development of human civilization until 2030 in the form of 17 goals of sustainable development goals. Education is the fourth element of this set of goals, because it is an indisputable fact that only an educated society is capable of solving problems aimed at achieving all goals. Primary education that children receive in primary schools is especially important, because the success of the entire system of formal and non-formal education in one country largely depends on the quality of this education. It is also the beginning of a marathon of lifelong learning. We must not forget that this education largely depends on the quality of preschool education of children and the involvement of their parents in the process of early stages of education. The paper will include our vision of innovative and sustainable education in primary schools, as well as proposals for continuous improvement of the quality of this education in accordance with the requirements of relevant international standards and accepted world, but also our, experience in primary education.

Water Security and Human Rights

2020 ◽  
pp. 59-82
Author(s):  
Rhett B. Larson
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Water Security ◽  
International Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
Human Right ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Sustainable Implementation ◽  
International Human ◽  
The Government

There is a growing movement in both international human rights law and within domestic national constitutions to recognize water as a human right. In this movement, the human right to water is almost exclusively formulated as a positive right—an obligation on the government to provide a minimum quantity and quality of affordable water. However, this formulation can be interpreted and implemented in ways that frustrate goals of water sustainability, because water may be underpriced as a human right. This chapter describes the history and evolution of the human right to water and proposes reforms to encourage its sustainable implementation.

scholarly journals HUMAN RIGHTS CATEGORIZED JUS COGENS AND IT’S RELATION TO THE RIGHT OF EDUCATION

2017 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 69
Author(s):  
Virgayani Fattah
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Right To Education ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
Social Community ◽  
National Education ◽  
International Human ◽  
Jus Cogens ◽  
The Right

Jus cogens as a norm of general international law accepted and recognized by the international community as a whole with the main characteristics is the nature of non derogable rights.The right to education is a fundamental human right, so that its existence can’t be reduced under any circumstances based on the importance and importance of education for children.The national education policy is not yet fully aligned with the international human rights instruments causing the development of education sector not yet fully based on human rights.The Government is obliged to fulfill the right to education primarily in relation to the budget for building and repairing school buildings and improving the quality of education in Indonesia, as set out in the International Human Rights Instrument, in particular the Covenant on Ecosystem Rights.The importance of the right to education as the primary vehicle for lifting and empowering children from poverty, as a means to participate actively and totally in the development of its social community and as a powerful road to humanity.

scholarly journals Securing Human Right to Water through Public Procurement in Slovakia

2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (2) ◽  
pp. 254-273
Author(s):  
Adam Máčaj
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Drinking Water ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Third Parties ◽  
Human Right ◽  
International Human Rights ◽  
National Institutions ◽  
International Human

Summary The paper aims firstly to assess the deficiencies in access to drinking water that are present in Slovakia. Recently, the country was condemned for various violations in ensuring access to drinking water for all, whether by third parties, but also national institutions and international organizations. Drawing upon the identified failures and violations, the actions undertaken to remedy the situation are analysed, especially in order to establish whether Slovakia dispenses with its obligations under the human right to water and addresses the identified problems satisfactorily. Finally, the process of public procurement in providing drinking water is considered, having regard to its role in promptness and efficiency of addressing the unsatisfactory situation which makes Slovakia open to severe criticism from international human rights bodies.

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