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This article will analyze the issue of un's absolute immunity, in particular in the case of the complaint that has been brought against the un by the victims of the cholera outbreak in Haiti. It will argue that under certain circumstances domestic courts should not automatically accept that the un has absolute immunity with regard to all damages that are caused by un Peacekeeping Forces. Instead courts should draw a careful balance between the interest of upholding un's absolute immunity and the interest of guaranteeing due process rights to individuals adversely affected by un's actions. The aim of this article is to provide an analysis that may assist in striking such balance. To that end, it will explore the rationale underlying the immunity of international organizations, and it will examine relevant case law of the European Court of Human Rights and several domestic courts. Some of the cases considered concern the issue of targeted sanctions, in which a similar conflict emerges between two opposing international obligations. In addition, the present article will draw a parallel with the distinction used in the field of State immunity between iure imperii and iure gestionis.

AbstractThe UN Security Council's practice of targeted sanctions has resulted in serious limitations on the enjoyment of targeted individuals' human rights. The European Court of Human Rights pronounced on this issue in two instances. In the cases of Nada (Grand Chamber judgment) and al-Dulimi (Chamber judgment) the Court was asked to evaluate the lawfulness of the domestic implementation of sanction measures against the ECHR. Surprisingly, each Chamber opted for a different solution. The present article will discuss these solutions and evaluate them within the broader framework of international law, the Court's jurisprudence, and the conflicting interests involved.

Although Canadian health care reform has constrained costs and improved efficiency, it has had a profound and mixed effect on Canadian academic medicine. Teaching hospitals have been reduced in number and size, and in patient programs have shifted to ambulatory and community settings. Specialized care programs are now multi-institutional and multidisciplinary. Furthermore, the influence of regional planning bodies has grown markedly. Although these changes have likely improved clinical service, their impact on the quality of clinical education is uncertain. Within the academic clinical department, recruitment of young faculty has been greatly complicated by constraints on licensing, billing numbers, fee-for-service income and research funding. The departmental practice plan based on university funds and fee-for-service income is being replaced by less favourable funding arrangements. However, emphasis on multidisciplinary programs has rendered these departments more flexible in structure. The future of Canadian academic medicine depends on an effective alliance with government. Academia and government must agree, particularly on human-resource requirements, research objectives and the delivery of clinical and academic programs in regional and community settings. The establishment of focal points for academic health sciences planning within academic health sciences centres and within governments would assist in these developments. Finally, government and the academic health sciences sector must work together to remove the current impediments to the recruitment of highly qualified young faculty.

Entscheidungen in Polizei, Politik und Verwaltung sollen adäquat theoretisch fundiert sein und auf einer soliden empirischen Basis gründen. Um diese Grundlagen zu entwickeln, sind Kenntnisse der wesentlichen Grundzüge empirischer Sozialforschung unverzichtbar. Dieses Lehrbuch bietet daher neben einer allgemeinen Einführung in die sozialwissenschaftliche Forschung praxisbezogene und beispielgestützte Hinweise für die Konzeption, Durchführung, Auswertung und Darstellung von zahlreichen quantitativen, qualitativen und mixed-methods-Ansätzen. Darüber hinaus werden der Nutzen, aber auch die Grenzen sozialwissenschaftlicher Forschung für die Polizei und die öffentliche Verwaltung aufgezeigt. Die Herausgeber Dr. Stefan Hollenberg ist Professor an der Hochschule für Polizei und öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen (HSPV NRW), Abteilung Köln. Er lehrt insbesondere Psychologie sowie sozialwissenschaftliche Methoden/Statistik. Dr. Claudia Kaup ist Dozentin für Politikwissenschaft und Soziologie an der Hochschule für Polizei und öffentliche Verwaltung Nordrhein-Westfalen (HSPV NRW), Abteilung Münster.