Essays about: "Criminal Armed Groups"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the words Criminal Armed Groups.
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1. Child soldiers - when a child is no longer a child : A legal-doctrinal analysis of the international legislation on child soldiers
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokratiAbstract : The child soldier problem is an escalating and growing phenomenon around the world. It is a complex issue as it involves a wide range of areas such as human rights, politics and cultures. READ MORE
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2. Persistence of Human Rights violations in Colombia : A pre - and post peace treaty analysis
University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokratiAbstract : Latin American politics in recent years has caused a stir worldwide. Amid social uprisings, power fluctuations between opposing political thoughts, cases of corruption, and human rights violations, one of the cases that stands out the most in the region is the Colombian one. READ MORE
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3. Navigating Criminal Violence and Aid : Strategies to Negotiate Humantiarian Access in Guatemala
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Due to the high rates of criminal violence and the alternative authority of Criminal Armed Groups (CAGs) in Guatemala humanitarian access faces multiple barriers in regions under CAG control, often leaving vulnerable populations without necessary humanitarian services. With limited institutional and conceptual frameworks to support negotiating for humanitarian access in these criminally violent contexts the international humanitarian system favors avoiding these contexts altogether to minimize the risk of their operations, but with the trends of violence increasing in the region not addressing the issue of negotiating for humanitarian spaces in these contexts only will result in crises worsening. READ MORE
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4. Criminal organizations territorial control and violence against civilians
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : Criminal organizations have been commonly associated with violence and disorder. Despite there being truth in that, what is more concerning is their growing influence. Criminal violence has exceeded traditional forms of political violence in the world. READ MORE
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5. Civilian Agency in Contexts of Organized Criminal Violence : The case of the bandas criminales in Colombia
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : While research increasingly recognizes the importance of civilian agency and strategies in influencing conflict dynamics and reducing civilian victimization in the context of armed conflict, research has until now not investigated whether civilians also have the capacity to limit organized criminal violence. This study thus aims to answer under which conditions civilians can protect themselves from and influence levels of organized criminal violence and draws on the literatures on civilian self-protection and autonomy strategies in the context of armed conflict, as well as on organized criminal governance and violence. READ MORE
