@incollection{KayaKopshteyn2020, author = {Kaya, Gizem and Kopshteyn, Georgy}, title = {Dispersing the fog}, series = {Corruption and informal practices in the Middle East and North Africa}, booktitle = {Corruption and informal practices in the Middle East and North Africa}, editor = {Kubbe, Ina and Varraich, Aiysha}, publisher = {Routledge}, address = {London}, isbn = {978-0-367-82285-9}, doi = {10.4324/9780367822859-2}, pages = {23 -- 42}, year = {2020}, abstract = {Countries in the Middle East generally fare poorly in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. One of the biggest challenges for the anti-corruption-regime in the Middle East are the many forms of corruption that are not being recognised as such on the local level, if assessed against a culturally relativistic benchmark. Our paper seeks to establish a unifying ground by providing a functional analysis of corruption which is both, normatively guiding and culturally sensitive. We demarcate our work as follows: (1) our reference point will be the phenomenon of institutional corruption, whereas (2) our working definition of corruption will conceive of corruption as a violation of role-specific norms that is motivated by the role-occupier's private motives. In an attempt to offer a comprehensive approach, corruption will be viewed on two differing levels. On the external level, we will begin with an investigation of features within a norm-order that typically instantiate corruption. We will argue that corruption is externally conditioned by an authority's inability to enforce and (re)establish the norms of conduct that ought to be action-guiding in office. This changes the expectation-structure within a norm-order and erodes public trust in the authorities, giving rise to willing perpetrators. Complementing this, the internal level of our framework will emphasize the motivational deficits of corrupt acts. It will be argued that this deficit can typically be found in societies that lack civic virtues. This, we suspect, is the functional reason why corrupt societies have such a hard time to overcome the problem: they lack both features and are, as a consequence, caught in a vicious circle as they struggle to strengthen civil society and consolidate institutional structures - whereas corruption increasingly disappears from the radar as it becomes accepted reality.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Klein2017, author = {Klein, Eckart}, title = {Membership and Observer Status}, series = {The Council of Europe : its law and politics}, booktitle = {The Council of Europe : its law and politics}, editor = {Schmahl, Stefanie and Breuer, Marten}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, isbn = {978-0-19-967252-3}, pages = {41 -- 92}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @incollection{Klein2017, author = {Klein, Eckart}, title = {Seat and Symbols of the Council of Europe}, series = {The Council of Europe : its law and politics}, booktitle = {The Council of Europe : its law and politics}, editor = {Schmahl, Stefanie and Breuer, Marten}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, isbn = {978-0-19-967252-3}, pages = {93 -- 107}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @incollection{Weiss2017, author = {Weiß, Norman}, title = {Programmes of Cooperation and Solidarity}, series = {The Council of Europe : its law and policies}, booktitle = {The Council of Europe : its law and policies}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, isbn = {978-0-19-967252-3}, pages = {788 -- 798}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @incollection{Weiss2017, author = {Weiß, Norman}, title = {Origin and Further Development}, series = {The Council of Europe : its law and politics}, booktitle = {The Council of Europe : its law and politics}, editor = {Schmahl, Stefanie and Breuer, Marten}, publisher = {Oxford University Press}, address = {Oxford}, isbn = {978-0-19-967252-3}, pages = {3 -- 22}, year = {2017}, language = {en} } @incollection{Weiss2012, author = {Weiß, Norman}, title = {Rule of Law as a Basis for Effective Human Rights Protection}, series = {The Universalism of Human Rights (Ius Gentium : Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice ; 16)}, booktitle = {The Universalism of Human Rights (Ius Gentium : Comparative Perspectives on Law and Justice ; 16)}, editor = {Arnold, Rainer}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Dodrecht}, isbn = {978-94-007-4509-4}, issn = {1534-6781}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {257 -- 267}, year = {2012}, abstract = {Human rights can be understood as a multi-faceted concept which needs a strong legal basis, namely, a set of legal guarantees in human rights treaties and an increasing number of monitoring mechanisms. Following the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) of December 10, 1948, various multi-lateral treaties for the protection of human rights have been negotiated and entered into force. They are not restricted to civil and political rights and take a much broader approach. All have monitoring mechanisms acting on a legal basis. The important European system with its strong, judicial monitoring mechanism is providing an effective human rights protection focused on civil and political rights. In the G{\"o}rg{\"u}l{\"u} case (2004), the German Federal Constitutional Court underlined the importance of the European Court's judgments and of the ECHR as a legally binding instrument for the protection of human rights.}, language = {en} } @incollection{Weiss2010, author = {Weiß, Norman}, title = {Institutionalised Co-operation on International Communication : The International Administrative Unions as a Means of Governing Globalisation Processes}, series = {The Nation State and Beyond : Governing Globalization Processes in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context)}, booktitle = {The Nation State and Beyond : Governing Globalization Processes in the Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries (Transcultural Research - Heidelberg Studies on Asia and Europe in a Global Context)}, editor = {L{\"o}hr, Isabella and Wenzlhuemer, Roland}, publisher = {Springer}, address = {Berlin, Heidelberg}, isbn = {978-3-642-32934-0 (online)}, issn = {2191-656X}, doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-32934-0}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {65 -- 82}, year = {2010}, abstract = {The nineteenth century witnessed restoration and reformation, the heyday of the nation state in Europe and inter-state cooperation at the same time. Driven by technical progress, communication across borders became an everyday phenomenon demanding transnational cooperation and regulation. Whereas in the political field irregular conferences turned out to be an appropriate instrument for governing transnational cooperation, a more constant and institutionalised matter proved to be adequate for technical cooperation. In 1865, the International Telegraph Convention set up a relevant administrative union which merged in 1932 with the International Radiotelegraph Union from 1906 to form the newly labelled International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The parties to the ITU met regularly in so-called plenipotentiary conferences every 3 years. Already in 1875 the International Telegraph Convention was completely redrafted and the organisation's structure changed. The contracting parties created an instrument that paved the way for a modern form of international standard setting. The new, simplified convention contained only general provisions of a policy nature that would remain in effect for an "indeterminate length of time" (Art. 20), detailed rules of a transitory and specific nature that might be subject to frequent changes with the progress of technology were put into the "Regulations for international service" (also known as the Telegraph Regulations). The newly established "administrative conferences" attended by technical experts from the member states were responsible for revising the regulations when necessary. This was an early example of the transferral of power from sovereign nation states to an international organisation in order to govern transnational communication effectively. The administrative unions, as the first examples in modern history, show the ability of self-interested rational agents to overcome collective action dilemmas, i.e. situations where cooperation avoids sub-optimal outcomes for cooperators. The newly created institutions shaped a spirit of cooperation and the practice of standard setting proved that cooperation is effective. Furthermore, they show the spill-over effects of cooperation: increased cooperation in one area leads to increased cooperation in other areas.}, language = {de} } @incollection{WeissZimmermann2022, author = {Weiß, Norman and Zimmermann, Andreas}, title = {Remarks on the relationship between international human rights law and international humanitarian law}, series = {Human rights and international humanitarian law : challenges ahead}, booktitle = {Human rights and international humanitarian law : challenges ahead}, editor = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Weiß, Norman}, publisher = {Edward Elgar Publishing}, address = {Cheltenham}, isbn = {978-1-83910-826-6}, doi = {10.4337/9781839108273.00006}, pages = {1 -- 10}, year = {2022}, abstract = {Back in 1949, and thus only one year after the 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the four Geneva Conventions were adopted, providing a strong signal for a new world order created after 1945 with the United Nations at their centre and combining as their goals both the maintenance of peace and security and the protection of human rights, but also recognising, realistically, that succeeding generations had so far not yet been saved from the scourge of war. Hence, the continued need for rules governing, and limiting, the means and methods of warfare once an armed conflict has erupted. At the same time, the international community has unfortunately not been able so far to fully safeguard individual human rights, its efforts to that effect and the continuous development of international human rights law over the years notwithstanding.}, language = {en} } @incollection{ZimmermannSchniederjahn2014, author = {Zimmermann, Andreas and Schniederjahn, Nina}, title = {60 Jahre EMRK - Versuch einer Bilanz}, series = {60 Jahre Europ{\"a}ische Menschenrechtskonvention : die Konvention als "living instrument" (Schriftenreihe des Menschenrechtszentrums der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam ; Bd. 38)}, booktitle = {60 Jahre Europ{\"a}ische Menschenrechtskonvention : die Konvention als "living instrument" (Schriftenreihe des Menschenrechtszentrums der Universit{\"a}t Potsdam ; Bd. 38)}, publisher = {Berliner Wissenschaftsverlag}, address = {Berlin}, isbn = {978-3-8305-3407-5}, publisher = {Universit{\"a}t Potsdam}, pages = {7 -- 19}, year = {2014}, language = {de} }