SLP 03 (2013)

The article confirms the crucial role of the State whose inhabitants are affected, it argues however that a just and equitable solution of the environmental migration problem is not possible without participation of States contributing significantly to the negative anthropocentric impacts on the Earth’s climate system. Right to an unpolluted environment and the problem of electronic waste Kristina Chocholáčková The electronics industry is the biggest and fastest growing industry in the world. The disposal of unusable electronic appliances (the e-waste), however, is highly contentious: it is exported to poor countries, and in huge amounts. If a more efficient method of e-waste control is not adopted, the right to health and environment will be persistently breached, especially in the developing countries. There is a statutory defined minimum wage in the Czech Republic. However, several clues prove that it is not much helping in the fight against poverty and social exclusion. Figures of homeless people are higher than ever and government expects predict that they will be rising again. In addition, the percentage of people endangered by poverty is going up too. It is apparent that the Czech minimum wage as set forth in 1991 must to be modernized. Its protective role is hampered by economic and social changes which Czech society has occurred meanwhile. The Czech approach to this issue has been coined in a hurry after a 40 year period of very low unemployment. Foreign experience included ILO expertise were to large extent ignored. Therefore, this paper analyzes not only Czech national regulations but it also focuses on international standards binding. European union´s initiatives are scrutinized as well. Right to minimum wage Martin Štefko

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