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Monitoring report on the implementation of the anti-corruption plan "Action 21" and the national strategy for prevention of corruption and conflict of interest

  •  10 December 2021
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

The monitoring report on the implementation of the Anti-Corruption Plan “Action 21” and the National Strategy for Prevention of Corruption and Conflict of Interest, in the period from March to December 2021 was prepared under the project “Monitoring of National Actions for Combating Corruption”, in order to assess the level of implementation of these documents and to show the open issues, gaps and shortcomings in the implementation of the steps planned.

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The Future of Freedom of Assembly in North Macedonia in the Digital Era

  •  19 November 2021
  •  Dushica Nofitoska, Vesna Dishlijoska
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Analysis

The right to association and public assembly does not in itself mean only the association of citizens with a physical presence through which they would express dissatisfaction with a certain government decision that affects their rights and interests. In the last few years, there is a trend of increased use of Internet tools through which the citizens of a country can act in the online space just as they would act with a physical presence. In North Macedonia, the trend of using online tools is experiencing its peak with the proclamation of a Covid-19 pandemic. The purpose of this Analysis is to summarize the International Legal Framework on the freedom of peaceful assembly in the digital era and to present the state obligations. Also, to research the opportunities and challenges of the assemblies in the digital era and the impact of the new technologies in exercising of the right to free assembly. In the same time to make comparison and research on the concept of digitally-med

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Alliance, solidarity, and struggle – challenging the status quo in the macedonian contemporary labour unionism

  •  20 July 2021
  •  Vildan Drpljanin, Natasha Petkovska
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

This paper analyses the role of the trade unions in labour relations through the prism of their legal subjectivity. By presenting two different views on the legal status, the aim is to show how the conducted research findings impose the tendency to challenge the existing status quo. Given the asymmetric power between higher-level unions and the lower-level unions in the discourse on their legal subjectivity, the paper shows that when all trade unions enjoy the status of a legal entity, the substantive trade union organisation is strengthened, as opposed to the purely formal one. The arguments point out that acquiring the status of a legal entity with the moment of registration in the relevant register, is the first step on the long road to strengthening the alliance, solidarity, and the struggle to achieve common interests and goals for the unions. The paper provides answers on the primary function of the trade union and the legal status of all trade unions. The paper contributes to cr

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Дискриминацијата во Република Северна Македонија: правна регулатива, предизвици и перцепција за дискриминаторските основи

  •  14 December 2020
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Analysis

Summaries of Policy Studies by grantees of Network 23+

  •  29 June 2018
  •  Network 23
  •  National
  •  Non-governmental organization
  •  Report

• Towards the Civic Panopticon: Achieving Better Balance between Privacy Safeguarding and the Communication Monitoring Need • Who is the Employer: the Municipality or the Political Party? • Funding Sources, Obtained Funding Levels, and Impact Thereof upon the Judiciary • Will There Be “Whistleblowers” at Universities? Implications of the Law on Whistleblower Protection and Corruption Prevention in the Republic of Macedonia’s Higher Education System • Monitoring the Implementation of International Standards for Fair Trial at the Skopje I and Skopje II Primary Courts • Free Legal Aid – Challenges and Solutions • Accessibility and Inclusiveness of Courts in Macedonia • Analysis of the Law on Deciding and Determining the Amount of the Penalty • Analysis of the enactment of the Law on Deciding and Determining the Amount of the Penalty

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