the protection of fundamental human rights at the time of war or peace is an obligation that should be observed at anytime by the states and international organizations. after the second world war, the non-peaceful situations such as occupation and economic sanctions have occurred numerously, which in some cases lasted for more than a decade. unfortunately, the laws governing these situations a...

Abstract The possibility of compensation for damage caused by an infringement intellectual property rights and claiming the recovery legal costs other expenses incurred in connection with enforcing such is crucial effectiveness their protection. Uniform rules this respect have been introduced Enforcement Directive. (Directive 2004/48/EC European Parliament Council 29.4.2004 on enforcement [2004...

Alejandro (Alex) Kacelnik grew up in Buenos Aires, where he studied Zoology and made his early research steps in comparative neurophysiology of amphibians, lizards and rats. In 1974 he took a British Council Scholarship in Oxford, where he completed a doctorate on decisionmaking in birds, a subject to which he has remained close ever since. He spent postdoctoral spells in Groningen, Oxford and ...

A row has erupted among prominent Indian doctors about the suitability of Ketan Desai, a former president of the Medical Council of India, as president of theWorldMedical Association, a position he is due to take up in October 2016. The disagreement centres around charges brought against Desai in 2010 by India’s Central Bureau of Investigation, which accused him of having sought a bribe from a ...

The recent visit of Sir Norman Walker to India is an event of no ordinary importance. Sir Norman was sent out to examine the conditions under which undergraduate medica. education is conducted in this country with a special view to determining the future relations which will exist between the General Council ol Medical Education and Registration of the United Kingdom and the Universities of Ind...

Fourthly, the tragic situations under debate are, fortunately, rare. Yet they cause tremendous turmoil and moral agony. The neonatologist who told me 'we want to be sure that we did the right thing' expressed a need for moral confirmation of a medical decision. Debriefing of entire teams after the event may be helpful. However, reinforcement of the decision before its implementation could preve...