Revisiting the 'Responsibility to Protect'

The Declaration on 'the responsibility to protect' (R2P), unanimously endorsed by the Security Council in April 2006, identified both national and international responsibilities in relation to genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes and crimes against humanity. This was highly significant in appearing to accept that the prevention of mass atrocities was a legitimate international concern. Subsequently, there has been some disappointment about the limited practical impact of R2P, and also anxiety that its progress may be impeded by the fear that it is designed to legitimise military intervention. However, this article concentrates on a different concern. Arguing that an earlier version of R2P (in the International Commission on Intervention and Sovereignty of 2001) linked the issues with those of human security and development, it suggests that the contemporary focus is far narrower, undermining its critical potential with regard to the policies of the global North and reducing its appeal to developing countries.     

浅析我国行政问责制

推行行政问责制既是深化行政管理体制改革的重要内容，但是对于行政问责的理论研究却滞后于问责实践的开展。本文将试图从我国行政问责的发展现状入手，分析我国行政问责实践中存在的主要问题及原因，并试探性地提出了几点建议以及如何完善我国行政问责的路径选择.     

谈道路交通安全法规定的交通事故认定

道路交通事故认定,主要是对事故的事实进行认定.也就是说,在法律规定的权限范围内对事故的真实情况进行确认后所必须履行的手续,以便为日后的法律行为提供必要的事故处理的证据.     

地方政府环境责任冲突及其化解

地方政府具有三种环境责任:政治责任、行政责任和法律责任。地方政府的环境政治责任和行政责任之间、行政责任内部存在冲突,其本质是国家利益和地方利益的矛盾以及地方环境利益和地方经济利益的矛盾。化解地方政府各种责任形式之间的冲突,应该从两个方面着手:贯彻地方政府的法律责任和对地方政府进行诱导刺激。     

浅论警察执法责任

对警察执法责任的概念、构成和类型以及警察执法责任的意义的理解应在阐明法律责任和行政责任概念的基础上进行。应该严格追究违法警察的执法责任,实现以责限权,追求警察执法的权责一致。     

鉴定人执业的刑事责任注意

鉴定人的法律责任是保证鉴定质量的主要制度措施．其中鉴定人的刑事责任更为重要，通过对鉴定各个阶段的鉴定行为的分析，确定鉴定人的刑事责任的范围，并对鉴定人刑事责任的立法完善提出建议。旨在对司法鉴定人行为提醒，保障鉴定人队伍的健康成长。     

浅谈当前社会稳定面临的形势及对策

社会稳定是社会各个阶层普遍关注的一个重大理论问题和现实问题,它是任何一个国家和政府都努力追求的社会状况和社会理想。当前,我国正处于综合国力快速增长期,维护社会稳定,为经济发展保驾护航,准确地把握社会稳定面临的形势,制定实施相关政策,有效化解社会矛盾既是党政执法机关的必修课,又是服务于社会经济、政治全面发展的职责所在。     

泰国刑法典关于刑事责任的规定及其借鉴意义

泰国刑法典关于刑事责任的规定,内容涉及故意、过失、错误、责任能力、正当化事由、可以减轻处罚的具体情况等方面,理论基础深厚,归责要素丰富,体系较完整,为正确适用刑罚提供了立法保障,并具有较强的先进性和科学性。借鉴泰国刑法典的立法经验,我国应加紧建立或完善刑事责任的刑法理论,以丰富刑事责任的归责要素;在刑法典中设专章规定刑事责任,以突出刑事责任的独立地位;科学构建我国刑事责任具体的归责要素内容和归责体系。     

国家保护责任理论论析

国家保护责任理论以个人的主权观与安全观为核心,提出了国家与国际社会向处在危险中的人民提供生命支持保护及援助的预防责任、做出反应责任以及重建责任。国家保护责任理论是对传统的主权、安全观的重新阐释,同时也对安理会的作用进行了扩张解释。我们必须警惕国家保护责任理论以所谓普世的西方价值观来对另一个国家实施预防、反应以及重建的责任,如果不对相关的干涉行为设定必要的限制,必然会是对他国赤裸裸的干涉。     

What Role for Human Rights in Business?

The Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) were endorsed by the United Nations Human Rights Council in June 2011, following the six‐year mandate of the Special Representative to the Secretary General (SRSG) on the issue of human rights and transnational corporations and other business enterprises. The SRSG developed a framework comprised of three pillars: (1) States have a duty to protect against human rights abuses committed by third parties, including business enterprises; (2) business enterprises have a responsibility to respect human rights; and (3) victims of business‐related human rights abuses need access to effective remedies. In particular, guiding principle (GP) 11 provides that business enterprises should respect human rights, that is, they should avoid infringing on the human rights of others and address adverse human rights impacts with which they are involved. This article considers the implications of the Guiding Principles' framework for business; the continuing role of conventional accountability mechanisms in providing access to remedy for victims under the third pillar of the framework; and developments in ‘hard law', with a particular focus on the approach by the UK, since the introduction of the UNGPs, before turning, briefly, to the future for business and human rights.