Bogumil Terminski

Cel prezentowanego artykułu stanowi zwrócenie uwagi na podstawowe zagrożenia doświadczane przez osoby podejmujące migracje zarobkowe, oraz wywołane tym wyzwania dla sfery współpracy międzynarodowej, praw człowieka i polityki społecznej. Zgodnie z szacunkami organizacji międzynarodowych ponad trzy procent ludności świata zamieszkuje obecnie poza pań...

This bibliography highlights publications relating to disaster-induced population displacement that were published over the last 25 years. The entries are divided by type: books, reports and studies; journal articles and book chapter. While not a comprehensive bibliography, the first three sections list approximately 250 references.

"The object of this report is to present development-caused displacement as a highly diverse global social problem occurring in all regions of the world, as a human rights issue, and as a source of challenges to public international law and and institutions providing humanitarian assistance. More in-depth analysis has been preceded by an introducti...

Przedmiotem niniejszej pracy jest analiza wysiedleń inwestycyjnych jako globalnego problemu społecznego, zróżnicowanej pod względem przyczyn i konsekwencji kategorii wysiedleń wewnętrznych, a także źródła wyzwań dla instytucji międzynarodowych i norm prawa międzynarodowego publicznego. Problem ten w silny sposób wpisuje się bowiem w rozwijaną w ost...

Regulacja statusu prawnego, oraz zasad wsparcia pracowników migrujących jest zagadnieniem podejmowanym na forach instytucji międzynarodowych od niemal stu lat. Wstępne wysiłki na rzecz ochrony imigrantów zarobkowych podjęto już podczas pierwszej sesji Międzynarodowej Konferencji Pracy w 1919 roku. Aktywność MOP w kolejnych dekadach doprowadziła do...

The subject of the analysis presented in this article is the legal context and political debates regarding access of illegal migrants to health care assistance and institutions of public health. Consequences of non-regulated legal status significantly impair or even deny illegal migrants the most basic access to medical care. The main condition of...

This bibliography highlights works relating to right to adequate housing. The entries are divided by type: 1. books, 2. chapters in edited vollumes; 3. journal articles and 4. research papers, conference papers, and reports. While not a comprehensive bibliography, the first two sections list approximately 100 references.

This bibliography highlights academic publications relating to the concept of human security that were published over the last 20 years. The entries are divided by type: books, chapters in edited volumes; journal articles and research papers. While not a comprehensive bibliography, the first four sections list approximately 330 references. The main...

This bibliography highlights works relating to human right to health that were published over the last 25 years. The entries are divided by type: books; chapters in edited volumes and articles in scientific journals. While not a comprehensive bibliography, the first three sections list approximately 200 references. The main themes of the publicatio...

A well-annotated bibliography of publications on development-induced displacement and resettlement (DIDR).

At least fifteen million people each year are forced to leave their former place of residence as a result of major development projects (M.M. Cernea and H. Mathur, 2008). It is estimated that large development projects such as dams, roads and exploitation of raw materials led to the displacement of least 300 million people between 1988 and 2008. Al...

More than two decades of debate over sea level rise associated with climate change has not so far yielded a consensus. Equally difficult is determining the potential consequences of this process, among which we can mention deterritorialization of the country, economic losses amounting to trillions of dollars, demographic phenomena such as increased...

Rising sea levels and wasteful desertification are considered the most significant consequences of climate change, which may affect the everyday lives of many citizens of our planet in the near future. Despite alarming reports, rising sea levels to this date have not created major social problems. Economic losses and displacements associated with n...

We can distinguish two general causes of internal displacement worldwide: 1. the impact of threats to and ensuing decline in the level of human security below that needed for normal existence in the homeland territory, 2. administrative compulsion to leave the current place of residence. Every year, at least tens of millions of people on all contin...

According to a report published in recent years, developments in the mining industry are the cause of about 10.3 percent of all displacements in the world. This means that more than a million people per year may be resettled as a result of resource extraction in various parts of the globe. Countries displaying the greatest growth rate of this pheno...

Contemporary economic development leads to a significantly greater scale of resettlement than just a decade ago. Over the last sixty years, the global scale of development-induced displacement and resettlement has grown to an estimated 250-420 million people. According to A. Oliver-Smith and M.M. Cernea at least fifteen million people each year are...

The consequences of development-induced displacement are the subject of research undertaken by experts from many disciplines. In addition to the specialist theoretical concepts (IRR Model; Colson-Scudder Four Stage Model), and useful general approaches (human rights, sociology, anthropology) an analysis on the basis of human security and developmen...

The aim of the presented paper is to demonstrate environmentally-induced displacement as an increasingly important category of population movement that represents a new set of challenges to the international community and to public international law as well. There are three basic objectives that this work intends to achieve: 1) to argue in favour o...

Slavery is social and economic issue deeply rooted in history from ancient times till these days. Its core is not limited to the pursuit of economic benefits, but often also violence, racial domination and the conviction of superiority over other people. Most of us know the nature of slavery in the ancient Greece, imperial Rome or in the period of...

The aim of this article is to present the most influential theoretical approaches to the studies of environmentally-induced migrations. The concept of "environmental refugees" was introduced by Lester Brown in the 70s. However the extended concept of “environmental refugees” appears first in the eighties of the 20th century through the works of Ess...

Bibliographic guide of French language publications on refugee law, asylum, forced migrations and related disciplines

The subject of this work is the question of the philosophical evolution and legal concept of perpetual peace throughout history. Its aim is also to show the importance of the issue to our broad understanding of the causative agents of development concepts for the rights of individuals, communities and human rights position in the surrounding world....

Opublikowana w 2009 roku ksiazka prof. Andrzeja Wierzbickiego stanowi kolejna juz publikacje autora podejmujaca zagadnienie historycznych przeslanek miejsca zajmowanego przez Polske na politycznej i spolecznej (w szczegolnosci jednak ideologicznej, obyczajowej, kulturowej i swiadomosciowej) mapie naszego kontynentu. Ksztaltowane przez roznorodne cz...

Contemporary nature of the research on changes in international relations very often brings us the necessity of a broad analysis of the historical determinants of processes observed today. The current international order, in many places there are in fact reflected in the past. Extremely helpful, therefore, seems to in-depth observation of the polit...

Extraction and transportation of mineral resources today presents an increasing social problem, leading to environmental damage and the violation of human rights. In addition to economic and social controversies as well as political problems (such as corruption amongst state and local authorities), it caused population displacement on a large scale...

The phenomena of peace and war constitute the eternal and immanent elements of the history of mankind. It is assumed that they originate in the deeply rooted in the human nature lust for power, prestige and respect. That drive is characteristic of individuals, as well as entire nations, and often becomes apparent on the level of foreign policies of...

Wydana w ostatnim czasie monografia Andrzej Swiatkowskiego pod wieloma wzgledami stanowi pozycje pionierska. Pomimo istnienia na Polskim rynku wydawniczym uznanych podreczników z zakresu prawa prywatnego miedzynarodowego (jak na przyklad prace M. Pazdana, J. Golaczynskiego, K. Bagan-Kurlaty czy starsze juz nieco pozycje K. Kruczalaka), jak dotychcz...

Philosophers from different eras who observed the conduct, nature, and consequences of wars tended to show the possibilities of making and preserving peace. One may say that the thought on peace derives form the reflection on war, hence is secondary to it, nevertheless, they are inextricably linked to each other. The idea to build peace among state...

Polish Abstract: Le Chartisme consiste l’un des premiers mouvements radicaux de caractère massif au dix-neuvième siècle. Bien que ce mouvement ait duré quelques années, néanmoins il a eu une grande influence sur l’histoire politique de Grande Bretagne, non seulement au XIX siècle. L’objet de cette élaboration consiste à présenter l’histoire du mouv...

The aim of this work is a history of the development of the American Labor Movement. The book is one of the first attempts to analyze the relationship between business, employees and the government during such a long period of time (more than 250 years). Apart from political considerations the authors draw attention to the causal factors of the evo...

The aim of this book is to show selected problems of labor history across the American States. Topics range from a comprehensive transnational perspective and provide us with the best way to understand the complicated nature of labor history in American countries. The contributors devote much attention to the theoretical framework of the concept of...

The book examines the relationship between law and politics in twentieth-century Poland. The author pays attention to the political and legal aspects of the legitimacy of power in Poland during the last century. The author focuses on the role of law and the judiciary in shaping the political order and civil society rules in Poland after the collaps...

The present work is a collection of essays taking up the issue over the ninety-year history of the International Labour Organization. The book particularly focuses on the first thirty years of ILO's existence (1919-1949). The book shows both the institutional dimension of ILO's activities as well as the practical impact of the organization in the s...

Efforts by historians of political thought, political theorists and philosophers of democracy critical studies of the literary output of Alexis de Tocqueville’s going through recent years, a renaissance of interests. However, many of issues taken by mentioned political thinker still remains less well known, forgoten or even pushed to margins of sci...

Presented book provides a synthetic discussion of development of the institutional and legal conditions and the practical implementation of the concept of peace in history. It thus reflects the growing importance of research undertaken in that issue in recent years. Nowadays we are witnessing the growing importance of search for answers to fundamen...

This book is one of the first such broad attempts to present a comprehensive history of political philosophy (from ancient times to the globalization era). Therefore, it is example of increasingly fashionable reference books, such as handbooks, lexicons and critical introductions. As the authors pointed out, the discipline requires a combination of...

The book published in 2010 by Levy and Thompson presents the most influential theoretical approaches to war. As the authors write, basic element of the phenomenon of war is the use of force between its participants. War is therefore the real game of forces, requiring a large commitment of actors and huge costs. The book analyzes both the civil wars...

The book examines the origins of the state within the frameworks of archaeological theories and political philosophy. It is a combination of considerations of political thought and archaeological theories. The authors devote much attention to the origins and creation of the state as a historical process (especially in the context of historical mate...

The book provides a comprehensive overview of the historical and conceptual analysis on the transformation of international orders (dynamics of international change). By analyzing the collapse of Latin Christendom and Sinosphere author draws attention to the factors of evolution of the political communities. The book provides an innovative understa...

The aim of this article is to present the right to adequate housing and its implementation in Poland during the transitional period. The battle for the shape of social and economic rights that took place in the last 50 years has led to a wide catalogue of housing rights and principles of their implementation within the UN system. Although provision...