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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.
Right to minimum wage
Martin Štefko
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.