APPLICATION OF FIREARMS AS ONE OF THE MEANS OF COORDINATION BY THE STATE WITHIN THE COMPETENCE OF EMPLOYEES OF INTERNAL AFFAIRS

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Vladymyrov M. ◽  
Paliukh V.
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Groups ◽  
Law Enforcement Officers ◽  
The State ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

The article considers the main competencies of law enforcement officers who have the right to use firearms, as a force representing the state to maintain law and order, and prevent violations of human rights and security, which allows to determine the levels of possible use of firearms as a form of coercion and influence on civil society, as well as to identify its subjects and objects - to identify all participants in such a process, and the impact on large social groups in order to comply with the rule of law in society.

Law at the Heart of Violence

2020 ◽  
pp. 118-157
Author(s):  
Nikita Agarwal
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Development Project ◽  
The State ◽  
Law And Order ◽  
Legal Aid ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Women Lawyers ◽  
State Apparatus ◽  
The Subject

This essay seeks to draw upon the updates of the Jagdalpur Legal Aid Group (JagLAG), a group of women lawyers working in the conflict-torn region of South Chhattisgarh representing adivasis of Bastar at various sites of law and documenting law in conflict. Using the JagLAG updates as archives of the life of law in Bastar, the chapter draws upon the life of law in a terrain of violence, wherein the Rule of Law collapses under the weight of the gun and the subject of law is dehumanized; reduced to a development project of the state requiring uplifting and is denied all human rights. Divided into three parts, the chapter maps out the capacity of law to fashion itself to suit the needs of the state apparatus which grows increasingly offensive and brazenly disregards human rights, silencing any form of dissent as it storms through the forests of Bastar, destroying countless lives in its stead. Notwithstanding the bourgeoisie nature of law which by design seeks to alienate and oppress, the chapter leaves behind questions worth pondering over. Are there possibilities in the law of articulating, ascertaining and asserting the voices of the marginalized, of those who are perceived as enemies of the state, mere casualties in the State’s endeavour of combating a law and order situation or is vesting any energy and hope in such a possibility of law a useless exercise?

Particularitățile procedurii de contestare a actelor executorului judecătoresc în legislația din Republica Moldova

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 (2021) ◽  
pp. 101-111
Author(s):  
Igor COBAN ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
European Convention ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Republic Of Moldova ◽  
Civil Court ◽  
Procedural Law ◽  
The Republic ◽  
The Right

Enforcement is a fundamental institution of civil procedural law and an essential component of justice in a state governed by the rule of law. Enforcement in the light of the European Convention on Human Rights is an integral part of the „right to a fair trial”. The mere recognition of the right or the obligation of the debtor to restore the violated or contested right is often not enough. The legislator of the Republic of Moldova modernized the enforcement system by reforming it to the private system of enforcement of civil court documents. The object of this study is the particularities of the procedure for contesting the acts of the bailiff according to the legislation of the Republic of Moldova.

scholarly journals Human Rights and Law Enforcement

2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (1) ◽  
pp. 114
Author(s):  
Fransiska Novita Eleanora ◽  
Andang Sari
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Human Rights Violations ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
The World ◽  
The Government

Humans born into the world have declared their rights and naturalrights as gifts from the Almighty, God and every State must recognize them aslegal subjects who must always be respected and protected to realize human valueswell. Therefore; no one can or can act negatively, including the state or even theauthorities or the government. Conceptually, a country that is expected to realizeit is only a legal state that is considered legitimate and adheres to the notion ofdemocracy, namely democracy will become a rule and law. The realization of therule of law is to take action against perpetrators who are proven to have committedcrimes and human rights violations. This paper explains that there are still manycases of gross violations of human rights that have not been clearly revealed andthe perpetrators have not been given appropriate punishment, by giving sanctionsto the perpetrators, so that law enforcement is not realized. The embodiment ofthe rule of law is that it can capture cases of gross violators of human rights andconvict the perpetrators in accordance with the laws that apply in accordance withthe characteristics of the rule of law. The problem is whether law enforcement hasbeen realized especially in human rights violations and can be resolved throughnegotiation, conciliation and mediation.

scholarly journals Ensuring the exercise of the right to access to justice as a mandatory attribute of a constitutional state

2021 ◽  
pp. 311-316
Author(s):  
Y. І. Sverba
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Case Law ◽  
The State ◽  
European Convention ◽  
Access To Justice ◽  
Special Role ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Constitutional State ◽  
The Right

The article analyzes both the positive and negative obligations of the state regarding the right to access to justice. Based on the principle of separation of powers into legislative, executive and judicial, emphasis on the need for real justice in constitutional state, as well as ensuring its accessibility, is made. Some aspects of the European Court of Human Rights case-law in the field of access to justice are considered. It is also hypothesized that the ECtHR case-law ensures the dynamic development of the European Convention on Human Rights provisions. In particular, the article analyses several ECtHR decisions which explicitly state that the Convention is intended to guarantee not theoretical and illusory, but practical and effective rights («Matthews v. The United Kingdom», «Bellet v. France and others»). The decision of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is studied, which, inter alia, reveals the special role of constitutional and administrative proceedings in ensuring the rule of law. The obligation of the state to ensure equal access to justice is stated, since the purpose of justice is to protect violated, disputed rights, freedoms that belong directly to the person applying to the court for their protection. Therefore, the exercise of the right guaranteed by part two of Article 55 of the Constitution of Ukraine to appeal court decisions, actions or omissions of subjects of power must be ensured in accordance with the stated purpose of justice. At the same time, this right connects to the opportunity of every person to justify before the court conviction in the illegality of interference by the subjects of power in rights and freedoms concerned. The article analyses the decision of the Grand Chamber of the Supreme Court, which reveals the legal nature of ensuring access to justice in criminal, or administrative offenses. It is stated that the attributes of the rule of law are not limited to the justice and access to it, and their autonomous existence is impossible in a society where other democratic institutions do not work. Keywords: the rule of law, justice, access to justice, constitutional state, human rights, legal aid.

scholarly journals CONSTITUTIONAL COMPLAINT AS A NEW INSTITUTE OF CONSTITUTIONAL LAW OF UKRAINE

2020 ◽  
Vol 1 (3) ◽  
pp. 25-33
Author(s):  
R. V. Chernolutsky
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Public Relations ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Constitutional Law ◽  
The State ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
The Individual ◽  
The Impact

The article is devoted to the analysis of the institute of constitutional complaint as a new mechanism of protection of human rights and freedoms for Ukrainian practice. The significance of the constitutional complaint as a new institution of the constitutional law of Ukraine lies in two aspects. First, it is an important additional mechanism (means) to protect individual rights and freedoms. This increases the impact of law on public relations, and the state strengthens its status as a legal entity. This also strengthens the applicability of the rule of law as one of the fundamental principles of law. Secondly, the importance of the constitutional complaint as a separate institution is related to the functioning of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine, which is legally called to ensure the supremacy of the Constitution of Ukraine. A person's appeal to a body of constitutional jurisdiction with a complaint emphasizes the closeness of the entire judicial system to a person, as well as the desire of the state to properly protect his rights. Thus, at the individual (complainant) level, the constitutional complaint increases the importance of the rule of law (due to the protection of human rights and freedoms), and at the public level (constitutional jurisdiction) - promotes the rule of law as the foundation of the entire legal system. The author reviews the current legislation in this area of relations, focuses on the features of the constitutional complaint and aspects of its significance, as well as clarifies some problematic aspects of its implementation in Ukraine. It was noted that due to this the function of protection of human rights by the Constitutional Court of Ukraine will be more effectively and fully implemented.

scholarly journals Features of documenting an administrative offense in the field of violation of human quarantine rules

2020 ◽  
pp. 60-74
Author(s):  
Mykola Sambor
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
The State ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Evidence Collection ◽  
Theory Of Evidence ◽  
Administrative Responsibility

The article examines legal, organizational aspects of documenting administrative offenses for violating the rules of quarantine of people. The decisions of the courts of Ukraine are studied, in which the evidence is examined from different angles, the question of their belonging, admissibility and sufficiency is studied. Based on the analysis of law enforcement practice of judicial bodies, the generalization of fundamental legal positions of courts aimed at observance of the principles of the rule of law and observance of human rights and freedoms has been carried out. Conclusions are made about the peculiarities of the use of sources of evidence when documenting violations of human quarantine rules. It is proposed to supplement the Code of Ukraine on Administrative Offenses with a number of articles that would contain procedural norms aimed at regulating the procedure and rules for collecting evidence on violations of human quarantine rules. Approval of the legality of the actions of authorized officials who have been authorized by the state to draw up reports on administrative offenses and to bring persons to administrative responsibility under Art. 443 CUAO it is necessary to supplement CUAO with articles of Art. 2511 CUAO “Belonging of evidences”, Art. 2512 of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Admissibility of evidence”, Art. 2513 CUAO “Reliability of evidences”, Art. 2514 of the Code of Administrative Offenses “Sufficiency of evidence”, Art. 2515 CUAO “Obligation of evidence”. Art. 2516 CUAO “Collection of evidence”. These additions to the Code of Administrative Offenses will allow to a theory of evidence in cases of administrative offenses. Keywords: documentation, administrative offense, violation of human quarantine rules, affiliation, admissibility, sufficiency, reliability of evidence, collection of evidence.

APPLICATION OF THE RULE OF LAW IN JUDICIAL PRACTICE

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lyudmyla Bogachova ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Social Relations ◽  
Political Power ◽  
Early Stage ◽  
The State ◽  
Broad Sense ◽  
Constitutional Court ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Judicial Practice

The article defines the concept of the principle of the rule of law both in the narrow and broad sense. In the narrow sense, the principle of the rule of law is understood as the rule of law over legislation, and in the broad sense - as the rule of law over the state, state arbitrariness. Different approaches to disclosing the content of the principle of the rule of law in national and European legal doctrines are systematized. The lack of a single generally accepted concept of the principle of "rule of law" is emphasized. The decisions of the European Court of Human Rights are analyzed; attention is focused on their interpretation of the rule of law. The realization of the principle of the rule of law, primarily presupposes the domination of inalienable and inviolable human rights and freedoms over the political power of the state, and also requires quality laws and observance of the principle of legal certainty. The interpretation of the principle of the rule of law in the decisions of the Constitutional Court of Ukraine is considered. The CCU emphasizes that the rule of law is first and foremost the "rule of law in society"; characterizes the principle, linking it to the ideas of social justice, freedom and equality, without which it is impossible to imagine true human development and existence. The Constitutional Court calls justice as one of the basic principles of law, which is crucial in defining it as a regulator of social relations, one of the universal dimensions of law. Examples of application of the rule of law in the practice of the Supreme Court of Ukraine are given. Judges not only make a formal reference to the rule of law, but also try to analyze and disclose the content of its constituent elements (requirements) within a specific legal case. The main problems that hinder the effective implementation and realization of the rule of law in judicial practice are identified, namely - the lack of proper regulation and official interpretation; low quality of laws and legislative process; excessive number of conflicting laws; low level of legal awareness and legal culture of Ukrainian society, and early stage of civil society development in Ukraine. It is concluded that the rule of law is a principle whose main content is expressed in the following aspects: ensuring the rule of law over political power; subordination of state institutions to the needs of human rights protection and ensuring their implementation; priority of these rights over all other values of democratic, social, and legal state; preventing the manifestation of arbitrariness of state power, as well as ensuring compliance with the requirements of justice.

scholarly journals RETURNS OF ASSETS IN CORRUPTION CRIMINAL ACTS AS ALTERNATIVE RESTORING STATE LOSSES

2020 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-34
Author(s):  
Komang Ekayana
Keyword(s):  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Criminal Procedure ◽  
The State ◽  
Recovery Model ◽  
Formal Approach ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Asset Recovery ◽  
Criminal Procedure Law ◽  
The Law

Corrupted state assets certainly hurt the country narrowly, but also broadly where it harms the country and its people. However, the formal approach through the current criminal procedure law has not been able to recover the losses suffered by the state. In fact, state losses resulting from corruption are state assets that must be saved. Then there needs to be a new breakthrough to recover state losses through the asset recovery model. When looking at the country from the perspective of the victims, the state must obtain protection, in this case recovery from the losses suffered due to corruption. This paper examines the model of returning assets resulting from corruption in the law enforcement process that focuses on the rule of law in the 2003 UNCAC Convention and the mechanism of returning state assets in terms of Law No. 20 of 2001 concerning amendments to Law No. 31 of 1999 concerning Eradication of Corruption Crimes. 

scholarly journals The Protection of the Rights to Life and Health in Emergencies: An Examination of the Handling of Covid-19 Pandemic in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (2) ◽  
pp. 259-279
Author(s):  
BONTUR LUGARD Sunday
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
World War Ii ◽  
Law Enforcement ◽  
Video Camera ◽  
Law Enforcement Agencies ◽  
Continuous Training ◽  
Moral Duties ◽  
Entire Society ◽  
The Right ◽  
The Impact

The Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19) is inarguably the most disrupting occurrence in human affairs since the World War II. This virus left governments, communities and systems with the legal, social and moral duties to protect from its impacts. However, some of the approaches adopted towards protecting the victims, potential victims, and the entire society, especially in Nigeria, caused more harm than the disease itself. This work reviews the impact of the curtailment measures adopted by governments in Nigeria and their adverse bearing on human rights, especially the right to life as a sacrosanct and universal right. It further examines how law enforcement agencies’ operations - within the confines of the institutional and international best practices - their non-adherence to the rules of engagement or principles of ethical operations have resulted in the violation of human rights, rather than protecting them. It also analyses the impact of the virus on the right to health and access to medical facilities in times of emergencies in Nigeria and concludes that both rights were either violated or not realized within the context of the ‘war’ against the COVID-19 pandemic. This work advocates for the continuous training on human rights responsibilities of law enforcement agents, a more rigorous recruitment process with a minimum qualification from school certificate to ordinary national diploma, the use of video camera in the course of operations, among others that would help safeguard the rights of citizens in times of emergencies like the COVID-19.

scholarly journals Evaluating ‘Life Steeped in Power’: Non-Domination, the Rule of Law and Spatial Restrictions for Irregular Migrants

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lieneke Slingenberg
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Rule Of Law ◽  
Practical Relevance ◽  
Human Rights Law ◽  
The Rule Of Law ◽  
Irregular Migrants ◽  
Normative Framework ◽  
Protection Of Human Rights ◽  
State Coercion ◽  
The Right

Abstract Irregular migrants in Europe are increasingly subjected to state coercion, surveillance and spatial restrictions, such as containment, dispersal and forced transfers. Lawyers usually evaluate such practices in the light of human rights law, which only provides limited protection. For this reason, I propose an alternative normative framework to evaluate and assess coercive state practices towards irregular migrants: the concept of freedom as non-domination. In this article, I conceptualize non-domination from a rule of law perspective. To this end, I start from Lovett’s procedural account of arbitrariness; and complement this with Benton’s focus on unaccountable power and Palombella’s argument for ‘duality of law’. In the second part of this article, I apply this normative framework to coercive practices in shelters for irregular migrants in the Netherlands. This allows me to demonstrate the practical relevance and consequences of the theory. It discloses how the protection of freedom as non-domination, conceptualized from a rule of law perspective, sets more demanding criteria for the (courts of) law than the protection of human rights. At the same time, it does not require non-interference or elaborate positive obligations from the state. For irregular migrants, who do not have the right to reside in the territory, but who are entirely under the control of state power, non-domination as conceptualized in this paper provides, in my view, a necessary framework of review that ensures a kind of protection that is currently lacking.

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