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The incorporation of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights into Taiwan’s domestic law provided death row inmates with the legal basis to submit requests for the President’s mercy ... rendering decisions in support of the Presidents' inaction. The court justifications for these decisions were that the clemency power falls under the executive prerogative, and that it is a political question
, divergent ethical standards, strategic and political differences, and the broader impact of processes and outcomes. To illustrate these ideas, we present examples involving New Zealand’s Māori communities and ... . Political arguments, which are often made less explicitly, center on empowerment and inclusion of, for example, marginalized groups or center on reducing negative stereotypes, such as those held by
relationship among science, values and politics has often been oversimplified. The FDA cannot make decisions on the basis of science alone2, and political considerations sometimes do have a role to play. Rather ... severity and medical need. The dual nature of the FDA’s decision-making means that it cannot avoid political considerations, by which we mean governmental value judgments about competing goods and interests
(the under-representation of women in senior management or political roles). For example, women represent only 25% of Ministers of Health and 23% of heads of delegations at the World Health Assembly7 ... their implications for women’s health. •• Promoting women’s political leadership, enabling diverse women to lead in different fields. •• Implementing affirmative action across political spheres, policy
The political scene of the Department of Caldas is addressed from the constitution of the Barcoyepista Coalition to the demobilization of the AUC, focusing on the influence that the links of ... paramilitarism and political class in Caldas, in the described period, was carried out. The main conclusions showed the political turn of the department towards authoritarianism, the disarticulation of the
yet to be realized. When politicians ignore science, it can reflect a failure of governance and political systems. Some African countries have challenging political systems, including ... electionsthatarenotfreeandfair,longserving leaders, and undemocratic political systems. With these challenges, one could argue that African countries are not represented by leaderswhohavethepopulation’sinterestatheart. However
This article is a comparative study of two state-based lines of research in Argentina. One involves the development of herbicide-resistant rice varieties by the main state agency devoted to agricultural research. The other is the development of a national inventory of glaciers by another state-run scientific institution. Different document sources were used for this analysis...
violations, negative socioeconomic, cultural, political including unequal access to education and and environmental circumstances. health services, unnecessary separation from At the end of 2023, the World
justice. First, beginning with the transition to democracy, this study traces shifts in opportunity structures including political and institutional changes; key judicial decisions as well as legal reforms ... interruption of pregnancy, “IVE”, for its acronym in Spanish), and multi-party collaboration, in a highly polarized political arena, had 1. See Hernán Gullco, One Year of the IVE (Voluntary Interruption of
ARTICLE REFORMING THE APPROACH TO POLITICAL OPINION IN THE REFUGEES CONVENTION Brienna Bagaric * ABSTRACT The number of displaced persons in the world is at an unprecedented high. There are more than ... fear of persecution for one of five very specific reasons. These reasons are race, ethnicity, particular social group, religion and political opinion. If these grounds are interpreted narrowly it
PiS came back to power in 2015, their leaders understood that bringing the judicial system under political control was crucial to the success of their other policy aims.22 PiS?s philosophy and policy ... philosophy and both, to some degree, included a broad spectrum of political interests from right, left, labor, and so on.60 In 2005, the PiS party candidates received a quarter of the vote, sufficient for a
, religion, nationality, membership in a particular social group, or political opinion, and are ultimately seeking refugee status from a receiving State.1 Generally, asylum seekers face an 1. See Anne P ... significant efforts to do so.27 Finally, the “Special Cases” categorization is an unofficial raking for States experiencing ongoing political instability.28 21. See id. at 77–607 (“Country Narratives”). 22
widely adopted innovations. Collection and analysis should be fully automated, with harmonized coding language and core reporting and outcome measures. Regulatory, political and commercial barriers may ... University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. 7NIHR Coordinating Centre and Clinical Trials Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton, UK. 8Department of Philosophy, Macquarie University, Sydney
The theory of syndemics has received increasing attention in clinical medicine since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, due to the synergistic interactions of the disease with pre-existing political ... uniformly distributed across populations. The pandemic has demonstrated how political actions to support public health and the historical patterning of chronic health conditions are situated within contexts
equine scene, has a diachronic connection with history, and through its study, it is possible to analyze historical and political phenomena of the formation of regional powers and emerging elites in
burdensome, policies must be perceived as fair, and open and inclusive decision making contributes to this perception. This general framework is supported by political philosophy and socio-legal research on ... , France 4 Department of Philosophy, Logic, and Scientific Method, London School of Economics , London , UK 5 Transnational Law Institute, The Dickson Poon School of Law, King's College London , London , UK
FORDHAM INTERNATIONAL LAW JOURNAL [Vol. Islamic-Socio-Political Activism? Nina Crimm 0 0 St. John's University School of Law Copyright c 2013 by the authors. Fordham International Law Journal is ... religious rituals and practices in countries of varying levels of economic development, political structures, and religious traditions including those of North America, the Middle East, Asia, and Africa.1
law and Puerto Rico's commonwealth status. Part II provides background information on the political status debate in Puerto Rico and focuses on three key issues that arise in the context of self ... Berkeley Electronic Press (bepress). http://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ilj Resolving Puerto Rico’s Political Status Lani E. Medina In the case of Puerto Rico, the exercise of self-determination has raised, and
This Article is broken into five sections. Part I defines political risk. Part II provides a brief review of the academic literature showing the work that has been done in this area of law. Part III ... that has been done in this area of law. Part III argues that there have indeed been oscillations in the degree of political investment risk in the world and explains that investment risks rise when
organization was not formed to fight for workers’ rights but for political reasons.34 Labor issues in all five complaints were embedded in human rights to the CFA’s eyes, which were typically narrated as a ... , and those who had lost their jobs due to their employer’s financial woes, shall be free to form trade unions of their own choosing, conduct political activities to promote social objectives, and enjoy
