scholarly journals The Court Fee in the Context of Access to Justice: a Comparative Legal Aspect

2019 ◽  
pp. 204-211
Author(s):  
Myroslava HARIIEVSKA
Keyword(s):  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
The Law ◽  
Debt Collection ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Article 5 ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
Full Exemption

The issues of the duty to pay court fees in the context of access to justice are considered. Attention is focused on the role of economic conditions in ensuring access to justice, which include establishing a reasonable amount of court fees and providing a procedural mechanism for deferral, installment payment or partial or full exemption from court fees. Attention is drawn to the need for the judicial authorities to ensure an appropriate balance between the interests of the state in collecting judicial fees for considering claims, on the one hand, and the plaintiff's interest in upholding his claim in court, on the other hand. Despite this, a number of provisions have been investigated that contribute to ensuring the right of access to justice to persons without financial insolvency to pay a court fee in the prescribed amount. It should be noted that the legislation provides for identical reasons for both exempting the court from payment of the court fee and reducing the amount of its payment, as well as for deferring and installment payment of the court fee. Emphasis is placed on the fact that the decision to postpone or defer payment of court fees should not come from the court's own initiative. If the person's financial status is unsatisfactory, the initiative to postpone or defer payment of court fees should come from the plaintiff or defendant, in the event of a counterclaim. Criteria are defined that the court must take into account when deciding on a deferral, installment plan or partial or full exemption from payment of the court fee. So, the court must take into consideration the income of the plaintiff, the prolonged non-receipt by employees of salaries, the non-receipt of rents for the land lease, information about the age and incapacity of individuals, debts to other persons, for example, for utilities, debt collection of the plaintiff within the enforcement proceedings, the presence of dependents etc. The issues of the need to delimit cases of exemption from payment of court fees, provided for by Article 5 of the Law of Ukraine «On Court Fee», and cases where the court fee is not paid at all, provided for by Part 2 of Article 3 of the Law of Ukraine «On Court Fee» is considered. Attention is focused on the fact that the grounds for the court's refusal to apply for deferment, installment plan or partial or full exemption from the payment of the court fee should be reasoned enough.

scholarly journals The Issues of Justice and the Right of Access to Justice in Vietnamese Law

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Pham Hong Thai
Keyword(s):  
Social Sciences ◽  
Publishing House ◽  
Criminal Code ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
National University ◽  
History Of ◽  
Legal Document ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

Justice and the right to access to justice are fundamental issues in the law of every country, which are also vast and complex content. The article analyzes the provisions relating to justice and the right to access to justice in Vietnamese law from the feudal period up to present, especially in basic legal document such as the Constitution, the Criminal Code, and the Procedural Criminal Code, etc. The author argues that justice and the right to access to justice have been adopted in Vietnamese law since the feudal period. The provisions of justice and the right to access to justice in current laws of Vietnam are promoted from the related provisions in the feudal law, along with the acquisition of the progressive values ​​of mankind in this area. Keywords: Justice, the right to justice, law, Vietnam. References: [1] Institute of Linguistics (2000), Vietnamese Dictionary, Da Nang Publishing House, p.208. [2] Vietnamese Dictionary (1999), Bach Khoa Publishing House, p.210. [3] Maison du Droit Vietnamien-Français (2009), Dictionnaire du Droit Français-Vietnamien, éditeur de l'encyclopédie, p.494. [4] Vietnamese Dictionary (edited by Nguyen Nhu Y), the Publisher of Culture and Information. 1999. p. 1757. [5] Russian Ozhegov Dictionary, M., 1949. [6] Dai Viet Su Ky toan thu, Volume 1, Publisher of Social Sciences. 1998, p.205. [7] History of State and Law of Vietnam, Publisher of National University, 2017, p. 108. [8] Translated version by Nguyen Ngoc Nhuan and Nguyen Ta Nhi, Justice Publisher, 2013. [9] Le trieu quan che, translated by Pham Van Lieu, the Publisher of Culture and Information. Ha Noi, 1997, p.13.    

EFFECTIVE LIMITATIONS AND ILLUSORY RIGHTS: A COMMENT ON THE MOTHERS OF SREBRENICA DECISION OF THE EUROPEAN COURT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

2014 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 269-286 ◽  
Author(s):  
Valentina Spiga
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
Critical Review ◽  
The Other ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
Alternative Means ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

The latest attempt by the relatives of the victims of the Srebrenica massacre to hold the UN accountable for the inaction of UNPROFOR while the Bosnian enclave was attacked has once again proven unsuccessful. In a unanimous decision in the Stichting Mothers of Srebrenica and others v. the Netherlands case, the European Court of Human Rights declared the application to be ill-founded, finding that the decision of Dutch courts to grant immunity to the UN did not violate the applicants’ right of access to a court. An intrinsic tension between two contemporary trends seems to be embodied in this recent decision. On the one hand the decision follows established and authoritative practice according to which a civil claim cannot override immunity from jurisdiction even though no alternative means of redress is available. On the other hand it conflicts with the growing emphasis placed on the right of access to justice and the right to remedy for victims of gross violations of human rights in the last decade. This note aims to provide a critical review of the decision, focusing on the “alternative means of remedy” test in cases involving the immunity of international organizations. In doing so, the note questions whether such a test must always be a prerequisite for the effective enjoyment of the right of access to a court.

scholarly journals ПРАВО НА ПРИСТУП СУДУ – РОДНА ПЕРСПЕКТИВА

TEME ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. 621
Author(s):  
Anđelija Tasić
Keyword(s):  
Case Law ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
International Courts ◽  
Court Proceedings ◽  
The One ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

Right of access to justice is a fundamental human right, guaranteed on both the international and national levels. Even though generally available to everyone, the right of access to justice is not equally exercised by men and women. On the one hand, women are less likely to bring a claim, including the application in front of international courts; on the other hand, women more frequently face challenges if they decide to protect their rights in the court of law. The author analyzes relevant international and national documents and the available case law, and tries to answer the following questions: what prevents women to exercise the right of access to justice at the time when the equality of men and women is an ideal pursued, supported and promoted both at the national and the international levels; what is the procedural position and treatment of women who bring the claim, and what is the position of female witnesses, judges and public prosecutors; what is the role of stereotypes and biases in court proceedings, and what are the mechanisms for overcoming these issues?

The Obligation to Afford Reparation to Injured Individuals

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Carla Ferstman
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
International Law ◽  
International Organizations ◽  
International Humanitarian Law ◽  
Humanitarian Law ◽  
Human Rights Treaties ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
The Relationship

This chapter considers the consequences of breaches of human rights and international humanitarian law for the responsible international organizations. It concentrates on the obligations owed to injured individuals. The obligation to make reparation arises automatically from a finding of responsibility and is an obligation of result. I analyse who has this obligation, to whom it is owed, and what it entails. I also consider the right of individuals to procedures by which they may vindicate their right to a remedy and the right of access to a court that may be implied from certain human rights treaties. In tandem, I consider the relationship between those obligations and individuals’ rights under international law. An overarching issue is how the law of responsibility intersects with the specialized regimes of human rights and international humanitarian law and particularly, their application to individuals.

A Moving Target

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Philippa Webb
Keyword(s):  
International Law ◽  
Moving Target ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
European Court ◽  
International Court ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
International Law Commission ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
National Practice

The last 50 years have seen significant changes in the law of immunity. The European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) has, over the past 15 years in particular, played an influential role in the law applicable to this ‘moving target’. This chapter examines three approaches of the ECtHR to the identification of general international law: (i) the ECtHR looking to the International Court of Justice; (ii) the ECtHR looking to national practice; and (iii) the ECtHR looking to the work of the International Law Commission and the provisional application of treaties. Although the ECtHR strives to locate itself within general international law, it necessarily approaches the immunities of States, officials, and international organizations through the lens of Article 6 ECHR and whether the immunity in question constitutes a legitimate and proportionate restriction on the right of access to court. This has, at times, taken the Court down a different path to other judicial bodies and we can identify the emergence of a ‘European approach’ to the role of immunity in employment disputes.

Simoncioni v. Germany

2015 ◽  
Vol 109 (2) ◽  
pp. 400-406
Author(s):  
Riccardo Pavoni
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Crimes Against Humanity ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
Sovereign Immunity ◽  
International Court Of Justice ◽  
International Court ◽  
Compensation Claims ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access

With Judgment No. 238/2014, the Italian Constitutional Court (hereinafter Court) quashed the Italian legislation setting out the obligation to comply with the sections of the 2012 decision of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in Jurisdictional Immunities of the State (Germany v. Italy; Greece intervening) (Jurisdictional Immunities or Germany v. Italy) that uphold the rule of sovereign immunity with respect to compensation claims in Italian courts based on grave breaches of human rights, including—in the first place—the commission of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The Court found the legislation to be incompatible with Articles 2 and 24 of the Italian Constitution, which secure the protection of inviolable human rights and the right of access to justice (operative paras. 1, 2).

scholarly journals The Legal Position and Factual Situation of Women Participation to Inheritance in Kosovo

2014 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 271
Author(s):  
LL.M. Egzonis Hajdari
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Legal Aspect ◽  
Practical Situation ◽  
Practical Reality ◽  
Legal Position ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Women Participation

The right to inheritance represents one of the basic human rights. As such this right is regulated by the law. The Law on Inheritance in Kosovo regulates substantially, all the issues related to inheritance. In this context, this Law contains numerous rules that proclaim full equality of women with men to inheritance.Regardless of equality proclaimed by law practical reality of life indicates a different situation. This reality proves that women participation to inheritance nevertheless is very small. The reasons for this situation are numerous and diverse, but mostly they have to deal with the still existence in people's conscience of many customary rules, which constantly treated women as a subject of second hand. In this article a modest attempt is made to reflect besides legal aspect also the practical situation indicating the degree of women participation to inheritance in Kosovo, in all grades that she may appear as heir.

scholarly journals RIGHT OF ACCESS ON UNDERGROUND LAND DEVELOPMENT: GUIDANCE FROM SINGAPORE AND AUSTRALIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 5 (21) ◽  
pp. 267-276
Author(s):  
Najah Inani Abdul Jalil ◽  
‘Ain Husna Mohd Arshad
Keyword(s):  
Urban Areas ◽  
Land Development ◽  
The Creation ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Right Of Access ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Land Code

In 1990, the creation of underground land is created in the National Land Code. The scarcity of land especially in urban areas has pushed the traditional horizontal land development into vertical land development. Apart from transportation purposes, it is suitable for recreational, storage, and service utility purposes. Within this development, it attracts questions such as how to reconcile the right of surface and underground landowners as the law has allowed the ownership of underground land to be independent and separate from the surface owner. In governing the relationship between the surface and the underground landowners, the provision of access, support, and protection are regulated under the express condition in the document of title. This paper explores the concept of the right of support in Malaysia and the requirement for its application. This paper uses the doctrinal method where statutory provisions, cases, legal articles are examined. In discussing this topic, the practice in Singapore and Australia is compared, and it is suggested in regulating the relationship between surface and underground landowners, the creation of easement to be adopted with the compensation to be awarded to the burdened land.

scholarly journals Regional Legal Assistance

Rechtsidee ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abdul Fatah
Keyword(s):  
Public Awareness ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Legal Assistance ◽  
Legal Counsel ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
Equitable Distribution ◽  
Legal Implications ◽  
The Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
Aid Policy

Legal aid policy in the area carried out on several considerations including: Implementation of the authority given to the legal aid act, granting the guarantee and protection of access to justice and equality before the law in the area, equitable distribution of justice and increase public awareness and understanding of the law, and legal implications that accompanied the emergence of the right to legal counsel without pay and the right to choose the legal settlement. How To Cite Fatah, A. (2015). Regional Legal Assistance. Rechtsidee, 2(1), 1-10. doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.21070/jihr.v2i1.7

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