Academic literature on the topic 'Effectiveness and applicability of constitutional standards'

This editorial focuses on the violation of the jus cogens principle of non-impunity for acts of torture as occurred in the Cestaro v. Italy case, where the perpetrators went unpunished due to the statute of limitations. The Italian Supreme Court failed to apply this principle of global constitutional law. Nor did the ECtHR implement effective remedies against impunity. The author proposes reopening time-barred criminal proceedings as a useful tool against impunity to give full effect to ECtHR jurisprudence supporting the generally recognized principle of the non-applicability of statutory limi

Current urbanization trends and projections clearly indicate that the global South cities, especially of Asia and Africa, would be at the receiving end of about 80% of the expected 2.7 billion increase in urban population between 2010 and 2050. These trends and projections make it imperative for the future planning of the global South cities to step out of the box, away from the traditional planning systems, and begin to adopt inclusive and innovative planning approaches that would efficiently tackle the current and emerging urban realities in these cities rather than sticking to rigid planning standards that ignore realities, generate continuous conflict, and fail to take advantage of the potentials of these urbanization consequences, especially the resilient informal economy. The chapter examines the urbanization trends and one of its major challenges in global South cities; informal economic activities, the planning implications of these informal economic activities, various approaches that have been adopted by different governments and the effectiveness or otherwise of the approaches in tackling the challenges of informal economy. The chapter also focuses on the successful planning approaches that have been implemented with a view to portraying the key lessons that can ensure its applicability in other global South cities facing similar challenges.

In the context of the reform of decentralization in Ukraine, which envisages a set of changes, the main purpose of which is the transfer of significant powers and budgets from State bodies to local self-government bodies, the issue of providing high-quality public services to local self-government bodies is extremely important. To do this, you need to first of all not only create the constitutional and legal foundations for improving the quality of public services provided by local authorities, but also expand their number. Methodology. During the writing of the paper, the following research methods were used: the search for available methodological and scientific literature, comparison, clarification of causal relationships, systematization, analysis of documentation and results of researchers' work on the problem of the conducted research and expert evaluation. Results. These processes require not only the renewal or improvement of the elements of the management system that do not function properly, but also a radical transformation of the mechanisms of the state, in particular legal and organizational and functional, ensuring the processes of regulation of decentralization, which is an important factor in achieving the effectiveness of public administration. Practical implications. This issue becomes even more relevant not only from the rosbalanciousness of the system of regulation of procedural elements in the relations of state and local authorities with citizens, but also because of the lack of a slender, clear and understood ideology of such relations, built on the principles of equality, openness and the rule of law. The solution to this problem is especially important in the context of the formation of civil society – it is the quality of administrative services and the qualification of their provision that is evidence of the attitude of the entire mechanism of state power to the person, the degree of respect for his rights and freedoms. Value/originality. The paper proposes to adopt a code "On public services" in order to improve public relations in the provision of public services by subjects of public administration, analyzed legal and regulatory acts on the basis of which local authorities provide public services, as well as legislative acts that define standards for the provision of public services.

The project management theory and standards offer a wide range of project management methods and tools. To ensure the maximum possible effectiveness of application of a particular methods or tools, it is necessary to assess suitability of their application within project life cycle stages, and also their suitability from the point of view of the type of the solved project. The paper authors aimed to identify suitable project management methods and tools, and assess their applicability from the point of view of individual project life cycle stages and from the point of view of the type of the s

Miniature compact tension (Mini-C(T)) specimen can be an effective tool by utilizing together with Master Curve (MC) methodology for fracture toughness evaluation of irradiated reactor pressure vessel (RPV) steels. Recently, Mini-C(T) specimen has been incorporated into the Japanese standard test method related to MC methodology, JEAC4216-2015 and several studies were found focusing on applicability of Mini-C(T) specimen to irradiated RPV materials. However, there exist some other issues to be resolved considering application to irradiated materials. One of them is violation against the limita

There is increasing emphasis on improving the effectiveness of all physical assets, particularly major assets such as rotating equipment where the financial and business consequences of failure are significant. A number of approaches to asset (or maintenance) management have been proposed and attempted with varying degrees of success. Maintenance philosophies such as Total Productive Maintenance, Condition-Based Maintenance and Reliability Centered Maintenance are being heavily promoted by users and consultants alike. However, a consistent and comprehensive solution to business needs has not a

The current global trend towards more stringent environmental standards, technical applicability and cost-effectiveness, became key factors in the selection of adsorbents. After demonstrating the performance of eggshell-derived adsorbent under a range of lab operating conditions, this work focused the adsorption efficiency of calcined eggshell powder (CEP), in the treatment of wastewaters from different industrial units. In order to do it, the removal of organic material, expressed as chemically oxygen demand (COD), was monitored in leachate wastewaters from sanitary landfill (LLWW) and in mun

The US regulations and Canadian standards require that a System Wide Risk Assessment (SWRA) be performed for all pipelines. Typically, an annual SWRA is performed by operators and used to identify high risk sections. Appropriate identification of these high risk sections is expected to avoid significant failures, particularly in higher consequence locations. With current heightened public awareness levels and related regulatory oversight even a failure, such as a rupture, with relatively low safety and environmental consequences is considered undesirable. Post failure analysis often examines S