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Preface: why we wrote a book devoted to issues of the development of multicultural competency in Lithuania
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Keletas įžvalgų dėl akistatos raidos pagal Slovakijos Respublikoje nustatytą reglamentavimą ir praktiką
No full textIn a scientific study, the author draws attention to the
essence of confrontation, which from the point of view of
criminalistics-tactical recommendations is essential for the
application of the goal of confrontation in individual types of
confrontation. The scientific study is one of the outcomes of the research task “Confrontation in Criminalistics theory and
practice”, whose project is led by the Academy police force in
Bratislava under number research 247
Remote Administrative Procedure
No full textThe development of information technology and internet communication
in the late 20th and early 21st centuries has challenged the emergence of the concept
of power. E-justice is part of this concept. The European e-justice strategy
was published in 2008, with the aim of improving the implementation of the
right to justice, cooperation between judicial authorities, and the effectiveness
of justice itself. Much attention has been paid to the computerization of court
proceedings. Remote court hearings were already recognized and described in
the legal acts of the European Union and Lithuania at the beginning of the
second decade of the 21st century. However, this approach had not been widely
used due to technical problems and insufficient regulation. The COVID-19
pandemic affected all walks of life and the economy. In order to preserve the
human right to justice and so as not to interrupt the work of the courts, remote
court hearings were held. Experience has shown the convenience and
usefulness of these meetings. It has been found that in administrative justice,
especially when organizing the work of quasi-judicial structures, such hearings
can be applied almost without problems. Therefore, the organization of
remote meetings in administrative courts and quasi-judicial organizations was
continued during the non-quarantine year, depending on the wishes of the participants
in the proceedings. However, the widespread use of teleconferencing
and videoconferencing in the work of the courts has highlighted the need to
improve Lithuania’s legal framework. This article analyzes the peculiarities of
the remote administrative process and legal regulation
Kremlin Disinformation Discourse: Media Coverage of the Plane Hijack by Belarus on 23 May 2021
Get PDFCC BY 4.0This paper approaches Kremlin disinformation from a theoretical perspective encompassing
key tenets of media discourse analysis, Systemic Functional Linguistics, the Appraisal theory, and
research on propaganda and disinformation. On 23 May 2021, the Ryanair flight 4978 flying from
Athens to Vilnius was intercepted by a Belarusian warplane and forced to land in Minsk. Afterward,
a Belarusian dissident journalist, Roman Protasevich, was detained. This paper aims to contribute to
Kremlin disinformation research with insights from Systemic Functional Linguistics and the Appraisal
theory. The Appraisal theory is used to discern the specific disinformation strategy employed in
compromised media publications covering the forced landing. The main disinformation strategy
observed in the dataset revolves around deflecting the targets of moral and axiological evaluation
and undermining audience’s sense of truthfulness
Network of Water Problems in the Press of Mexico City during the COVID-19 Era
Get PDFThe pandemic led to containment and mitigation policies, as well as distancing and confinement strategies
that limited the supply of water resources to social sectors. Residential areas-maintained supply, but with an increase
in rates. Marginalized areas were subsidized and exempted from paying for an increasingly intermittent supply. Anti-
COVID-19 policies guided water policies in two ways: The first consisted of disseminating anti-COVID-19 policies in
water management agencies. Another second consisted of the autonomy of the institutions and their decoupling or
concordance with anti-COVID-19 policies. In this way, the literature from 2019 to 2022 around anti-COVID-19
policies in their water dimensions, register problems of scarcity, famine and unhealthiness. The scarcity had already
been observed in the marginalized sectors, the famine in the residential areas, but the unhealthiness was appreciated
in the migrant communities. In fact, the type of exposure to occupational hazards determined the health status of
migrants. The water problems were recorded in the circulation press to highlight the asymmetries of anti-COVID-19
policies on the public and private sectors, as well as political and social actors. The objective of the study was to reveal
the network structure of relationships between nodes and edges related to press releases on water issues. A
documentary, cross-sectional and retrospective study was carried out with newspapers of national circulation: El
País, El Reforma, La Jornada and El Universal, considering the water problems of scarcity, unhealthiness and famine.
The results show a structure of nodes where the water problems were initiated by La Jornada and ended by El Reforma.
Both findings are relevant considering the ideology of the newspaper. La Jornada, a newspaper identified with the
political ideology of the left, initiated the dissemination of water problems in a city administered by a government of
the same ideology. El Reforma, a newspaper designated by the executive as a spokesperson for the opposition ideology,
culminates the network of notes on water problems. That is to say, regardless of the type of political ideology attributed
to the newspapers, the problems of scarcity, unhealthiness and famine are spread. In relation to the state of the art
where it is shown that ideology does not influence the establishment of the agenda, the present work corroborates and
recommends expanding the study to other entities administered by the opposition such as the cities of Guadalajara
and Monterrey
The possibility of individual identification of persons on the basis of tattoos
No full textThe present article deals with the currently rapidly
evolving issue of the possibility of individual identification
of persons on the basis of tattoos and provides an insight
into the issue of tattooing from a forensic point of view, and
thus focusing on how this indelible mark can help identify
individuals. The author presents an analysis of current programs aimed at determining the effectiveness of the use of
algorithms in solving problems encountered by law enforcement agencies in practice, also describes the basic rules for the correct documentation of tattoos on the body of persons.
It also indicates possible areas that need to be addressed in
the future and assess the effectiveness of algorithms in solving
problems related to them, the author also points to the most
common shortcomings of manual search in tattoo systems
and databases, including subjectivity in inserting and marking tattoo photos into systems. and databases
Breaches of Personal Data Protection on Social Networks under the EU General Data Protection Regulation
No full textThis article analyzes, in a theoretical and practical way,
the General Personal Data Regulation, which underpins the right of
personal data subjects to lawful, fair, and transparent management and
processing of their personal data, ensuring a high level of full confidentiality.
The right to the protection of personal data is the right to privacy,
namely the general data protection regulation adopted by the European
Union, which covers and extends the rights of personal data subjects. In
this article, the author presents the basic rights of a personal data subject
to personal data protection and analyzes violations of personal data
controllers and/or processors on social networks, insufficient protection,
and peculiarities of the unimplemented regulation. Only the proper and
full implementation of the Regulation can protect personal data subjects
from privacy breaches and personal data controllers and/or holders from
breaches of the Regulation
Global pandemics and the businesses in Lithuania
Get PDFCC BY-NC-SA 4.0This publication analyzes the situation of businesses in the context of global pandemics.
Business is an integral part of everyday life, facing risks and challenges daily, and in rare cases,
such as pandemics and quarantine. Therefore, it is necessary for companies to have a
contingency plan in place to deal with unexpected or expected challenges, i.e. what activities
it would be possible to reorient to, how to perform activities by working remotely etc. Both the
public sector and the private sector are closely interlinked. And every new environmental
factor, be it state regulation, technological development, or the changing needs of humanity,
and in this case, pandemic and quarantine, affects business in one way or another and leads to
the success of some, the failure of others. At present, the coronavirus Covid-19, which is
spreading all over the world, and the quarantine introduced in many countries are of great
importance to business. This paper also presents a small-scale qualitative research data showing the impact on different
types of businesses in Lithuania. The main scope of this paper is measuring the level of impact
of the pandemic COVID-19 for businesses in Lithuania. Methods were used as follows: i)
analysis, comparison and interpretation of scientific literature and documents; ii) qualitative
approach applying structured interview with selected leaders/managers of the companies in
Lithuania
Invisible Constitution as an Instrument of Consolidation of Nation and Defence of Democracy
Get PDFCC BY 4.0The paper's premise is that the invisible Constitution serves as an instrument to protect democracy and consolidate the nation.
The discussion turns around the fundamental aspects of democracy and sovereignty to reveal the subject. The question which is particularly
considered is how the Parliament and the Constitutional Court participate in the expression of the principles of democracy in the
contemporary world. The paper concludes that the Parliament, through the formal legislative procedures, becomes less capable of achieving
a social compromise. As a result, the same representative feature of democracy becomes more unpopular in society and continues to be a
prevailing object of criticism among scholarly community. In contrast, the Constitutional Court's role in protecting democracy through the
systematic interpretation of a constitution undergoes a profound change in the democratic world. Constitutional Court, through the
understanding of both visible and invisible meaning of the Constitution turns it into an expression of the sovereign will of the permanent
nation