Essays about: "Brott mot mänskligheten"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Brott mot mänskligheten.

  1. 1. UN Transitional Administrations: enjoying immunity or impunity? : A legal study on UN Transitional Administrations and their post-colonial impact on victims’ access to justice

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Viktoria Tomsson; [2021]
    Keywords : UN Transitional Administration; UN Peacekeeping forces; UN Peacekeepers; Postcolonialism; War crimes; Immunity; Victim s rights; FN:s fredsbevarande styrkor; FN-soldater; postkolonialism; Brott mot mänskligheten; Immunitet; Brottsoffers rättigheter;

    Abstract : United Nations peacekeeping forces and operations, have long had a history of crimes against civilians by its personnel, not least concerning crimes of sexual exploitation and abuse. While human rights violations are grave despite their origin, there is a specific element of impunity and distrust when the same people who comes to ‘protect’, are the same people who become perpetrators. READ MORE

  3. 2. Keeping the Promise of International Criminal Justice - prosecuting and adjudicating gender-based mass atrocity crimes in “non-territorial” States

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Elin Kaikkonen; [2021]
    Keywords : International criminal law; Gender-based violence; Gender-based crimes; Crimes against humanity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Konflikt är en grogrund för könsbaserat våld. Tidigare diskriminerande strukturer förstärks och mynnar ut i våld inom ramen för konflikten. I komplexa kontexter präglade av religiösa, etniska och/eller politiska slitningar förstärks vissa individers utsatthet. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Protection of LGBT+ rights in International Criminal Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Adam Olofson; [2020]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public International Law; Queer Law; Queer critical Theory; Crimes against humanity; Persecution; International Criminal Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sexual and gender minorities have historically and globally been vulnerable to persecutory and discriminatory acts. Today, sixty-eight United Nations member states criminalize consensual same-sex sexual conduct and nine states expressively criminalize the gender identity/expression of transgender people. READ MORE

  5. 4. Forced Marriage – A “new” Crime Against Humanity?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Amelia Möller Andréewitch; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Forced marriage is one of the newest crimes to be tried as a crime against humanity before an international court. During the Sierra Leone civil war, victims of sexual violence were often referred to as ‘bush wives’ or ‘rebel wives’. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Death of a Culture – A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Cultural Genocide in International Law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Rui Johnson Petri; [2019]
    Keywords : public international law: international human rights law: international criminal law: cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Som ett led i att homogenisera den kinesiska befolkningen, har den kinesiska regeringen under längre tid bedrivit en kampanj för att avskaffa Xinjiang-provinsens inhemska folkgrupp Uigurer. Massiva konverteringsläger har inrättats där Uigurerna tvingas avsäga sig sin kultur, etnicitet och religion. READ MORE