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Over the last three years Greece needed to be vigilant and institutionally prepared to deal with "poly-crises", namely traditional and contemporary threats and challenges that evolve simultaneously and which seemed to constitute the “new normal” in the Mediterranean’s extremely unstable environment. Indeed, geographically located on the verge of relative stability (Europe) and total instability (MENA … Continued

Every person has a right to be treated with respect and dignity, be that a person in a suit or a person behind the bars. The prisoners usually face stigma – the government's effort is to avoid their contact with the society and takes away the freedom of mobility. This in turn denies a chance of a prisoner to get reformed. In the recent times, there is upsurge in the sentences in which the court orders that the convicted person should spend the whole life or at least a minimum number of years behind the bars and puts those term beyond the scope of remission by the government. The Supreme Court in the recent case of Union of India v. V. Sriharan declared that these sentences are valid, but only the Supreme Court and High Courts would have power to order such terms. This paper analyses the scope of the life imprisonment with the right to claim remission on which such sentences put bars and their coexistence with the rights of the prisoners, and to find whether this scheme of sentencing hampers rights of prisoners or not from human right's perspective, i.e. right of a person to get reformed and rehabilitated.

Between 1992 and 2010, over 5,000 individuals - charged with genocide or war crimes - were brought to justice before Ethiopian courts in four separate sets of trials. This research offers an in-depth analysis of these domestic prosecutions of core international crimes within the broader frame of international criminal law (ICL). As both the national and international systems deal with the enforcement of rules of ICL, the features of Ethiopian law and practice are compared with the rules and practices used in the international arena. This study includes an unprecedented data collection, an in-depth analysis of Ethiopian laws and judgments, a meticulous exploration of relevant international norms and case law, as well as a full engagement with the existing literature on the domestic application of international criminal law. The study concludes that, overall, the Ethiopian prosecutions of core crimes were conducted in a manner that was inconsistent with the applicable standards of ICL. The comprehensive examination of the setting in motion of the Ethiopian prosecutions reveals that the domestic system failed to remove various legal, political, and institutional impediments to the prosecution of core crimes and that this failure was most probably deliberate. If Ethiopia played a pioneering role in the prosecution of core crimes, the trials shared one - admittedly inhibiting - characteristic: they were designed for political reasons and were in reality not meant to comply with international standards.

The right of freedoms of expression is one of the fundamental human rights. This, among other things, is guaranteed by Article 10 of the European Convention for the protection of human rights and freedoms. However, the freedoms of expression is not an absolute right, which means that in some situations it may be restricted, especially if the public interest requires that. Submission of information for media must be in accordance with the human rights of the people who are involved. These rights are guaranteed by the European Convention for protection of human rights and freedoms, by the Constitution and by Laws. Having in consideration that this freedom carries some duties, the enjoyment of this freedom may be based on formalities, conditions, restrictions or penalties, as it is prescribed by law and they are necessary in one democratic society for the purpose of crime prevention, protection of reputation or protection of the rights of other people, for prevention of disclosure of confidential information or for maintaining the authority and independence of the judiciary. If the courts accept the thesis that somebody has the right to say or write something and it is said in public interest, although it violates the rights of another person, it means that the freedoms of expression prevails over some other rights. This paper aims to examine the aspect of freedoms of expression, especially in the media and the judiciary, versus the need of protection of the public interest and latest legal decisions that are related to this matter.

Ethics of the Sea – Experience of the Vis Archipelago FishermenThis paper is based on the author's years-long research of the experience of fishermen of the island of Vis, their ethics and mutual relationships in the extreme conditions of fishing at distant open sea islands of the Adriatic where they were continously exposed to pirate attacks, open sea elements, with boats powered by wind or man, in small living quarters of a boat and fiercely competing with each other for survival. In such extreme conditions the only answer to the challenge of survival was mutual solidarity, willingness to help another, the principle of egalitarianism and mutual respect. The author also speaks about the transethnic culture of people living at sea, the phenomenon of the sea as the liquid element which does not divide but rather connects different shores, cultures and languages. He speaks about the insular world whose most important social principle is - work, manufacture as the basis of survival, sacrificing for another and high value of an individual who deserves to be held in esteem through his work and sacrifice as the corrective of selfish interests. Etyka morza – doświadczenie rybaków z wyspy VisArtykuł opiera się na wieloletnich badaniach autora nad doświadczeniem rybaków z wyspy Vis (Chorwacja), ich etyką i wzajemnymi relacjami w trudnych warunkach na odległych wyspach adriatyckich, gdzie nieustannie byli narażeni na ataki piratów, kaprysy otwartego morza; posługiwali się łodziami żaglowymi i wiosłowymi, żyjąc na małej przestrzeni i rywalizując między sobą o przetrwanie. W tak skrajnych warunkach jedynym wyjściem, by przetrwać, była wzajemna solidarność, troska o innego, zasada równości i wzajemny szacunek. Autor mówi też o transetnicznej kulturze ludów żyjących na morzu, zjawisku morza jako płynnego elementu, który nie dzieli, lecz raczej łączy różne brzegi, kultury i języki. Opisuje wyspiarski świat, gdzie najważniejszą zasadą społeczną jest praca, poświęcenie dla innego oraz wysoka wartość jednostki, która zasługuje na szacunek dzięki pracy i ofiarności, łagodzącym indywidualne interesy.