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• Jamaica : Parliamentary Oversight of Public Finances--An Institutional Review

  World Bank (Washington, DC, 2013-11-14)

  Sound legislative oversight of public finances is crucial to ensure efficiency and effectiveness of public spending. All national governments, and particularly those that are accountable to their citizens through free elections and the voice of civil society, are concerned with the efficiency and efficacy of public finances. More broadly, well-functioning parliaments promote good governance; enhance transparency and accountability, including for public expenditures and their results; widen public discourse on national priorities and options; and build better partnerships between officials and representatives and their electorate. In all this, those among the citizenry with the least have the most to gain. This report responds to a request from the Government of Jamaica to review the structure and capacity of the Parliament of Jamaica to undertake its constitutional role with respect to oversight of the nation's public finances. Jamaica's Parliament is the country's supreme legislative body, consisting of an elected House of Representatives and an appointed Senate (Upper House), as well as the Queen or her representative, as the ceremonial head, and the Governor General. The Government of Jamaica has amended various legislations to adopt a Fiscal Responsibility Framework (FRF). The FRF includes specific fiscal targets as well as provisions to include the Ministry of Finance (MOF) and public service control over expenditures and lending.
• The Missing Link

  von Kaltenborn-Stachau, Henriette (World Bank, Washington, DC, 2008)

  The aim of this study is to convince
 national and multilateral policy makers of the importance of
 the public sphere concept for democratic governance and
 strategic post-conflict assistance planning with the
 objective of positive and sustainable change in current
 post-conflict assistance policy and practice. The study
 introduces the conceptual thinking underlying the public
 sphere framework and, citing evidence from different
 countries, highlights its relevance and calls for its
 application in post-conflict environments. For practitioners
 the study provides a public sphere assessment toolkit and a
 toolbox for interventions. It also offers concrete examples
 and recommendations on how to address the specific
 governance challenges identified through a public sphere
 analysis in three countries: Timor-Leste, Liberia and Burundi.
• PRAVO JEHOVINIH SVJEDOKA NA OSTVARIVANJE KIRURŠKE ZDRAVSTVENE ZAŠTITE U REPUBLICI HRVATSKOJ – PREMA VRIJEDEĆIM ZAKONIMA (DE LEGE LATA)

  Roksandić Vidlička, Sunčana; Zibar, Lada; Čizmić, Jozo; Grđan, Kristijan (Croatian medical association, 2017-05-08)

  Prava Jehovinih svjedoka (JS) na zdravstvenu zaštitu u Republici Hrvatskoj (RH) moraju biti jednaka kao za ostalu populaciju. Odbijanje transfuzije krvi (TK) koje nalaže religijski svjetonazor JS-a prepreka je ostvarivanju pojedinih rizičnih oblika liječenja u RH. Krvarenje kao komplikacija nekih oblika liječenja može ugroziti život bolesnika. Izbjegavanje TK postupcima pripreme može u određenom opsegu u pojedinačnim slučajevima spriječiti posljedice, no „zamjenska krv“, zvana tako u laičkim medijima, zapravo ne postoji. U RH je zakonom zajamčeno postupanje u skladu s bolesnikovim pristankom ili odbijanjem određenih postupaka liječenja. U svakome pojedinačnom slučaju potrebno je procijeniti rizik od krvarenja te, ako on nije izrazit, omogućiti bolesniku takvo liječenje. Ako liječnik ili zdravstvena ustanova ne mogu prihvatiti ni manji rizik, potrebno je uputiti bolesnika liječniku ili ustanovi koja može provesti takvo liječenje. Pristanak bolesnika na postupak liječenja bez pristanka na TK ne obvezuje liječnika na sudjelovanje u takvom zahvatu samo kada postoji velik rizik od krvarenja, a bolesnik odbija TK. Zakon o zdravstvenoj zaštiti pacijenata u RH obvezuje liječnika na spašavanje života pa je TK u životno ugroženog bolesnika koji krvari ili je iskrvario u takvoj situaciji jedina opcija, što može dovesti do liječenja protivno volji pacijenta. S obzirom na legislativnu nedorečenost i proturječnost te na obvezu RH prema poštovanju prava Europske unije odnosno slijeđenja Europske konvencije za zaštitu ljudskih prava (EKZLJP), u slučaju, premda etički opravdanog i obveznog TK protiv bolesnikova pristanka u slučaju spašavanja života, možemo i moramo računati da takvim postupanjem EKZLJP može biti povrijeđen.