Partners in Development

正The paired assistance policy has fuelled Tibet’s development and benefited local residents Tibetan resident Dorjee,63,is pleased with his new home.Last September,he moved into the 200-square-meter prop-erty located in Zhejiang Residential Compound in Nagqu Prefecture,Tibet Autonomous Region.This August,the area was battered by a heavy torrential rain.Yet his house,along with other new ones in his neighborhood,survived the     

The Evolution of Development Assistance

The form and objectives of development assistance have been evolving over the last decades. The objectives were determined by the changes of the development doctrines. In the late 1940s, the aid for recovery and reconstruction dominated in the world aid architecture. Then, donor countries supported state led initiatives and activities in recipient economies. Besides, foreign aid was directed to social sectors like education and health. In the 1980s and 1990s, donors provided aid for market reforms has arose in developing countries.     

我国区际司法协助若干未尽问题的理论阐释

如何做好区际司法协助不仅是一个紧迫的法律问题,还是一个意义重大的政治问题。近年来司法协助已成为两岸四地学界共同关心的热点议题,实践中也相继取得了一系列重大突破,但其中若干概念和问题却亟待理论的阐释。建构我国的区际司法协助制度须着眼我国的具体国情,采取务实的做法,以促进两岸四地间的民商事流转和国家的统一。     

国际气候安全与气候技术合作困境与对策

全球气候变化正在带来严重的国际安全风险,气候问题已经与国家安全深度绑定。气候安全的治理能否成功,很大程度上取决于气候技术的选择及其全球普及程度。当前,国际社会积极利用先进气候技术实现气候安全面临着多重困难。文章对国际气候技术合作存在的障碍、未来合作方向和机制建设进行梳理,并以中美气候技术合作为例,探讨克服气候技术合作障碍的可能路径。解决气候技术合作难题,需要知识产权保护制度的改革和行业技术规范的供给。中美作为全球最大的两个经济体和碳排放国,宜进一步加强气候技术合作,履行大国责任,向发展中国家积极转让清洁能源技术,并借此契机重塑彼此互信,扩大科技领域的合作空间。     

The Special Needs of Victims of Torture or Serious Violence: A Qualitative Research in EU

Abstract

In recent years ongoing wars and serious violations of human rights have driven increasing numbers of people away from their homes, especially in the Middle East and Africa to countries in the European Union to seek asylum. It is estimated that between 5% and 35% of these asylum-seekers and refugees have suffered from torture or serious violence. Studies and practice have shown that an appropriate response to the special needs of victims of torture or serious violence contribute to reduce survivors’ suffering and provide properly international protection. EU legislation recognizes that such vulnerable individuals have special needs, but few of these needs have already been identified and recognized as such. This article reports on a qualitative study carried out in six EU countries - France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Malta and Portugal - to explore the special needs of victims of torture or serious violence who present among asylum-seekers, during the asylum request procedure, in reception, and throughout rehabilitation and social integration. The study aims to release into the academic community the results of a large policy and practice-oriented study.     

Plus ça change, … : The Allocation of French ODA to Africa During and After the Cold War

France is frequently identified as the country whose official development assistance (ODA) aid program is most oriented toward the promotion of its foreign policy goals. We examine whether France reoriented the allocation of its aid in Africa to reflect changing priorities in the 1990s. Using panel data, we compare the patterns in French aid allocation to African recipients during the period 1980–1989 with that during the period 1990–2000. We find that nearly all the same political, economic, diplomatic, and cultural variables that explain French ODA allocation during the Cold War apply in the second period as well, though to a slightly lesser degree. The predictive strength of the prior years’ ODA commitments did increase in magnitude, suggesting that bureaucratic inertia increasingly exerts a formidable force in such decisions.     

俄罗斯加入世贸组织对其贸易壁垒的影响

2008年以后,争取加入世贸组织的俄罗斯在汽车、农产品、能源资源性产品等方面的贸易壁垒变化明显并呈现多样性。2011年末俄加入世贸组织,但其贸易壁垒将长期存在,其中关税壁垒将降低,非关税壁垒将进一步增多。所以,中国企业要充分了解世贸组织规则,不断增强维权意识,在遭遇贸易壁垒时要积极应对,特别要注意团结作战,打造名牌产品,打破技术性贸易壁垒,从而促进中俄贸易健康有序发展。     

从龚如心巨额遗产继承案看我国文件鉴定工作的完善

应尽快制定全国统一的《文件检验鉴定程序规则》;组织制定全国统一的《文件检验鉴定技术标准》;进一步规范文件检验鉴定文书的制作;强化文件检验鉴定人出庭作证的意识,提高出庭作证的技巧;正确认识文件检验鉴定结论的作用,不能单以鉴定结论决定判决结果。     

行政执法中的行政协助问题研究——以环境保护行政执法为例

本文以环境保护行政执法为例,分析了行政执法中行政协助存在的问题,并从行政协助的主体、条件、程序、争议的有效处理、法律责任的承担及费用的负担等方面对环保行政执法中行政协助制度的构建提出了框架性的建议.     

试论我国社会法的基本范畴

社会法,是指调整国家和人民之间社会给付权利义务关系的法律规范的总称。社会法是在社会保障法的基础上发展起来,并超越了社会保障法的给付模式和给付水平。社会法在性质上属于公法,并且以社会给付为核心。我国社会法的体系宜分为“社会预防制度”、“社会扶助制度”、“社会促进制度”与“社会补偿制度”四大板块,这四大板块与社会给付程序法及社会救济法构成了一个有机的社会法体系。它们在维护社会安全、促进社会公正上发挥着相互衔接、互相补充的功能,并形成一张安全网,保障个人在遭受各种风险时的生存和发展机会。