Soudní novinky 17/16 (Útlé...)

Vzhledem k velmi intenzivnímu týdennímu pracovnímu pobytu v Duborvníku jen telegraficky:

• NYTimes: German Court Rules Antiterrorism Laws Partly Unconstitutional ("The country’s highest court demanded tighter control over surveillance, reflecting Germany’s desire to balance public safety against violations of privacy.")
• NYTimes: Supreme Court Upholds Arizona’s Redrawn Legislative Map ("Republicans had challenged the map drawn by an independent redistricting commission, saying it violated the principle of “one person one vote” and was infected by partisanship.")

Shots Fired

Článek o měření použití zbraní v USA. Nikoliv počtem zranění a smrtí, ale záznamy o výstřelech.

Soudní novinky 16/16 (Gayové a soudy v Číně)

• Wilders trial: Judge rejects request to quiz Dutch PM ("Wilders is on trial for comments he made in March 2014, when he asked a crowd if they wanted “more or fewer Moroccans” in their country. After the crowd cheered “fewer, fewer”, he responded: “Then we will arrange that.” He has been charged with insulting a group based on race, inciting hatred and a more general offence of discrimination. The case is likely to focus on two core European values: Wilders will claim he was exercising free speech, prosecutors will argue that he is guilty of discrimination.")
• EU Justice Scoreboard 2016 - každoroční QN srovnání evropských soudních systémů.
• Bouře uvnitř SDEU: EU court reforms damaged system, judge says ("Last year's reform of the European Court of Justice (ECJ) weakened the court's efficiency, led to "useless spending" and dealt a blow to the court's independence, a judge has said in a report.") vs. Court of Justice defends doubling number of judges ("He (Jaeger) added that new policy themes the European Union has embraced, like the Banking Union, will lead to litigation in the General Court. “Any new field the European Union is entering, triggers more work,” he said.").
• "The United Nations human rights office today expressed concern about yesterday’s ruling by Venezuela’s top court against a bill that could serve as the basis for a path of dialogue and reconciliation in that country. (..) Upon the request of the Government, High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein had sent a legal analysis of the bill to Venezuela, advising that the text was generally in conformity with international human rights standards, the spokesperson said.")
• "A court in China has dismissed a same sex couple’s application to marry in a landmark case. (..) Several hundred cheering supporters gathered outside the courthouse and around 100 spectators were allowed in before court officials had to turn people away due to a lack of capacity. Homosexuality was decriminalized in China in 1997 and taken off the list of official mental disorders in 2001, but there is no legal provision for same sex marriage or civil partnerships,"
• California Appeals Court Reverses Decision to Overturn Teacher Tenure Rules ("A California appeals court ruled on Thursday that the state’s job protections for teachers do not deprive poor and minority students of a quality education or violate their civil rights — reversing a landmark lower court decision that had overturned the state’s teacher tenure rules. (..) In reversing the trial court’s decision, a panel of three appeals judges wrote that if ineffective teachers are in place, the statutes themselves were not to blame because it was school and district administrators who “determine where teachers within a district are assigned to teach.” The laws themselves, the judges wrote, do not instruct districts in where to place teachers. “The court’s job is merely to determine whether the statutes are constitutional,” the panel wrote, “not if they are ‘a good idea.’” (..) The plaintiffs in the case, known as Vergara v. California, said they would appeal to the state Supreme Court.") 

50 let Mezinárodních vztahů

SPECIÁLNÍ ČÍSLO K 50 LETŮM ČASOPISU MEZINÁRODNÍ VZTAHY

• Editorial - Vít Beneš

• Strukturální problémy české sociální vědy: O hybridním charakteru oboru mezinárodních vztahů - Petr Kratochvíl

• Výzkum mezinárodních vztahů na semiperiferii: Úvahy k padesátému výročí časopisu Mezinárodní vztahů - Jan Růžička

• Výzkum a studium mezinárodní bezpečnosti v České republice v zrcadle článků publikovaných v Mezinárodních vztazích - Oldřich Bureš, Miroslav Mareš, Šárka Waisová

• Evropská integrace hlavním tématem českého oboru mezinárodních vztahů - Mats Braun, Jan Karlas

• Ekonomicky zaměřené texty v časopise Mezinárodní vztahy jako odraz specifik českého výzkumu - Pavel Hnát, Štěpánka Zemanová, Miloslav Machoň

• Hledání českého místa ve světě na stránkách Mezinárodních vztahů - Tomáš Weiss, Michal Kořan, Vít Beneš

Soudní novinky 15/16 (Trocha z USA)

Není čas, tak aspoň pár odkazů v ořezané podobě:

• NYTimes: Supreme Court Rejects Challenge to ‘One Person One Vote’ ("The justices ruled unanimously that states may count all residents in drawing election districts, whether or not they are eligible to vote.")
• Obamacare and religious liberty. Flummoxed justices plead for a contraception compromise. 
• Justice Sotomayor Calls for More Supreme Court Diversity (“I, for one, do think there is a disadvantage from having (five) Catholics, three Jews, everyone from an Ivy League school,”)

Soudní novinky 14/16 (Odvolávání soudců)

• EU judges could limit UK surveillance powers before referendum ("ECJ to hold emergency hearing on snooper’s charter as its impact on UK law is likely to become part of in/out campaign").
• BBC: South Africa's Jacob Zuma 'breached' constitution ("South Africa's highest court has ruled that President Jacob Zuma violated the constitution when he failed to repay some of the government money used to upgrade his private home.") Jedná se zhruba o půl miliardy korun na vesnický baráček...
• Vojislav Seselj acquitted over Balkans war crimes charges ("Serbian ultra-nationalist Vojislav Seselj has been found not guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity over the Balkan wars in the 1990s.")
• Silnější káva: NYTimes: Outraged by Kansas Justices’ Rulings, G.O.P. Seeks to Reshape Court ("The State Senate has passed a bill to authorize impeachment of justices based on their decisions, and conservatives hope to unseat four in the fall elections.")
• "Brazil's Supreme Court ruled on Thursday to take a corruption investigation into former president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva away from a crusading federal judge, as pro-government protests across the country eased pressure on President Dilma Rousseff."

Premiér Sobotka v Bílém domě [apríl]

Fotku s figurínou Obamy mám taky...

Premiér Bohuslav Sobotka s prezidentem Barackem Obamou na zahajovací večeři k Summitu o jaderné bezpečnosti v Bílém domě...

Posted by U.S. Embassy Prague on Friday, April 1, 2016

Premiér Sobotka v Brookings Institution

Naposledy se z českých politiků představila v Brookings v DC komisařka EU Jourová. Já ji trošku zkritizoval za její angličtinu. To jsem nevěděl, že český premiér má (stále) tak špatnou angličtinu, jak míval, a ještě méně odvahy, takže svůj včerejší projev pronesl česky... Na druhou stranu, asi je dobře, že má taky soudnost a nepouštěl se do angličtiny, když si asi vzpomněl na jeden svůj tragický výstup na jedné stranické internacionále. Určitě to není jednoduchý se naučit anglicky, ale tak premiér by asi měl být schopen se na summitech dorozumnět s ostatníma klukama a holkama mezinárodním jazykem č. 1, ne?

10 minut projev, pak 40 minut debata. Moderuje bývalý velvyslanec USA v ČR Eisen.