Essays about: "Federal government"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 55 essays containing the words Federal government.

  1. 1. ”CEDAW IS OUR HOLY TEXT, OUR HOLY BOOK” Combating gender-based violence in a de facto state: The case of Iraqi Kurdistan

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Såma Salih; [2023-08-31]
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    Abstract : The Kurdistan region in Iraq, also known as KRI, has gained semi-independence over the decades and is today recognized in the Iraqi constitution as an autonomous part of the federal country. While still belonging to Iraq, it has been declared that the KRI performs better than its parent state in terms of security, stability and promoting international norms such as gender equality. READ MORE

  3. 2. Rättvis vattenfördelning i klimatkrisens tid : en studie om hur Sverige kan ta lärdomar av extrema kontexter

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)

    Author : Veronica Lennefors; Linnéa Saiduddin; [2023]
    Keywords : vattendistribution; vattenhantering; vattenbrist; klimatförändringar; ursprungsbefolkning;

    Abstract : Sverige har hittills varit relativt förskonade från vattenproblematik, men det extrema väder orsakat av klimatförändringarna gör att även vi kan utsättas för bristande tillgångar på färskvatten och de sociala konsekvenser som medföljer. Ett sätt att förbereda oss i kampen mot det förändrade klimatet och dess konsekvenser kan vara att studera extrema kontexter, områden som redan idag visar på resultatet av klimatförändringarna. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Executives’ Pandemic

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för ekonomisk historia och internationella relationer

    Author : Florian Sahlqvist; [2023]
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    Abstract : This thesis examines the exercise of emergency powers in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The two cases of Germany and Spain applied disparate models of emergency powers while sharing common traits of federal decentralized power structures. READ MORE

  5. 4. “Das Problem ist das Patriarchat” A qualitative Analysis of Framing and Counterframing of Femi(ni)cides in contemporary Germany

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Siri Krobjinski; [2022]
    Keywords : femicide; feminicide; activism; Germany; framing theory; patriarchy; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : According to the Federal Criminal Police Office, 139 women were killed by their (ex-)partner in 2020. That year, Germany was ranked second highest in estimated number of femicide victims in Europe. READ MORE

  6. 5. The White Supremacist Movement as a Threat to Freedom of Religion in the United States : An Analysis of Current Threats to Jews' Freedom of Religion and the Response of the Federal State

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Agnes Hornsved; [2022]
    Keywords : freedom of religion; International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights; ICCPR; critical race theory; the white supremacist movement; white supremacy; antisemitism; human rights; religionsfrihet; Internationella konventionen om medborgerliga och politiska rättigheter; ICCPR; critical race theory; vit makt-rörelsen; antisemitism; mänskliga rättigheter;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the impacts of white supremacy on Jews’ freedom of religion in the United States. In what ways is the American white supremacist movement a threat to Jews’ freedom of religion, and to what extent is the federal state protecting this right in accordance with Article 18 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR)? By using the Legal Analytical Method, and by applying Daniel Ian Rubin’s approach to Critical Race Theory (CRT), this thesis finds that the white supremacist movement is threatening Jews’ freedom of religion in three main ways: through physical attacks, psychological intimidation, and economic effects. READ MORE