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EUIPO Boards of Appeal in the Light of the Principle of Fair Trial
2022
The EUIPO’s Boards of Appeal are called upon to decide on appeals against decisions by the bodies of ‘first instance’. However, their judicial function has always been denied. Conversely, the essay tends to place the Boards of Appeal of the EUIPO in any case within the concept of ‘court’, as defined by the ECtHR, within the framework of Article 6 ECtHR, because it assesses their independence, impartiality, and in general the guarantees required by the ‘fair trial’, until concluding that it is a paradigmatic model in the overall administration and judicial system. EUIPO Boards of Appeal, European Court of Human Rights, Court of Justice of the Eurpean Union, EU Charter of Fundamental Rights, …
2015
Insects encounter a vast repertoire of chemicals in their natural environment, which can signal positive stimuli like the presence of a food source, a potential mate, or a suitable oviposition site as well as negative stimuli such as competitors, predators, or toxic substances reflecting danger. The presence of specialized chemoreceptors like taste and olfactory receptors allow animals to detect chemicals at short and long distances and accordingly, trigger proper behaviors towards these stimuli. Since the first description of olfactory and taste receptors in Drosophila fifteen years ago, our knowledge on the identity, properties, and function of specific chemoreceptors has increased expone…
ASSESSING THE RIGHT TO A “DIGNIFIED LIFE” IN THE CONTEXT OF SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS PROTECTION Judicial Success or Failure?
2016
Tis contribution aims at assessing whether or not, and for what reasons, the concept of the “right to a dignifed life” – i.e. the right not to be prevented from having access to minimum living conditions compatible with human dignity – provides an appropriate and effective means to address violations of social and cultural rights within the Inter-American System. Afer presenting the main aspects of the right to live a dignifed existence and contextualising it within the jurisprudence of the Inter-American Court on Human Rights (IACtHR) in the area of economic, social and cultural rights (ESC rights), the analysis focuses on the main strengths and weaknesses that, on both a conceptual and a p…
Los oficiales y subalternos de la Real Audiencia de Mallorca (1716-1808)
2019
The objective of this work is to know the organic structure of the officers and subordinates of the Royal Court of Majorca during the 18th century, which was the essence of the high judicial administration insular. Because of that, we approached through these relatively extensive professionals, with the description of their functions, who they were and how they obtained their charges. The article ends with an epilogue dedicated to the enlargement of the Royal Court with the creation of the second chamber during the reformist stage of Charles III to improve the high judicial administration insular.
Ocean acidification affects fish spawning but not paternity at CO2 seeps
2016
Fish exhibit impaired sensory function and altered behaviour at levels of ocean acidification expected to occur owing to anthropogenic carbon dioxide emissions during this century. We provide the first evidence of the effects of ocean acidification on reproductive behaviour of fish in the wild. Satellite and sneaker male ocellated wrasse (Symphodus ocellatus) compete to fertilize eggs guarded by dominant nesting males. Key mating behaviours such as dominant male courtship and nest defence did not differ between sites with ambient versus elevated CO2 concentrations. Dominant males did, however, experience significantly lower rates of pair spawning at elevated CO2 levels. Despite the higher r…
Convenzione europea dei diritti umani e problemi di costituzionalità della legge elettorale italiana
2013
By an order of 21 March 2013, the Court of Cassation referred to the Constitutional Court the question of constitutionality of the current Italian electoral law on the grounds that it runs counter to the constitutional principles of free and equal suffrage. The Constitutional Court has been called by the referring judge to focus on three main aspects of law: the closed list system; the majority bonus in the Chamber of Deputies, by which the coalition that wins the highest number of votes receives at least 55% of the seats; and the majority bonus in the Senate, which is assigned on a regional level. While the Court of Cassation affirmed that the constitutional principles on the right to vote…
Choix du système électoral et Convention européenne des droits de l'homme : quelques observations à la lumière d'une affaire concernant une loi élect…
2013
Within the space of less than two years the European Court of Human Rights and the Italian Constitutional Court have returned almost opposing judgments on the question of the observance of political rights by Italy’s 2005 electoral law. The ECHR found the applications made to it by groups of electors inadmissible given the manifestly ill-founded character of the grievances they were based on. The Constitutional Court, on the contrary, concluded that the law was unconstitutional. At first sight, the differing approaches by the two courts and the differing conclusions they reached may be viewed as an expression of the complementary nature of the European system of protection of human rights w…
«Una pintura que se contiene en un pliego grande». El tablero de la Filosofía cortesana de Alonso de Barros: una Oca emblemática entre España e Itali…
2010
Se aborda en este trabajo el estudio de la ilustración del juego de la Filosofía cortesana que acompañaba la edición de Madrid, 1587 y que hoy no se conoce, aunque se ha descubierto recientemente el tablero del juego de la edición de Venencia, 1588; se incluye un estado crítico de la cuestión y la aportación de una carta que documenta el conocimiento del Juego de la Oca en los años anteriores a la impresión de la obra de Barros. This article studies the illustrations of the game of Filosofía cortesana (Courtly philosophy) accompanying the 1587 Madrid edition. The existence of these images was not heretofore known, although a 1588 Venice edition has recently been discovered with a representa…
Guarding, guiding, gate opening: Prison officer work in a Norwegian welfare context
2017
Anne A is a prison officer, and for years, she has been working behind the walls—in low-security and high-security wings, with remand and sentenced prisoners. She says: We are there fifty per cent in order to keep an eye on them, to ensure that they stay here [in prison]. The other fifty per cent we are trying to help them. They may be drug users or have other problems, and it’s just as much our duty to help them as to watch them. And when we help, this contributes to security just as much as a locked door or an alarm.