Essays about: "Impunity"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 75 essays containing the word Impunity.

  1. 16. 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. 17. Prosecution as Prevention? : A study of the 'End Impunity' narrative in the UN's fight against conflict-related sexual violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo 

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Sofia Kahma; [2021]
    Keywords : Conflict-related sexual violence; United Nations; Democratic Republic of the Congo; Problem representation;

    Abstract : This thesis explores the underlying assumptions guiding the United Nations’ activities in the Democratic Republic of the Congo with regard to conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). The purpose is to reveal how the organization’s ‘End Impunity’ narrative represents the problem of CRSV and to analyze the ideational premises that legitimize the solution of increased accountability and prosecution. READ MORE

  4. 18. 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

  5. 19. Multinational Corporations: A case of impunity - An argumentation analysis on the parliamentary debate of the Swiss Business Initiative

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Mirjam Hagmann; [2020]
    Keywords : Multinational Corporations; Human Rights; Swiss Business Initiative; Global Justice; Corporate Social Responsibility;

    Abstract : Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the media are constantly drawing attention to human rights violations caused by multinational corporations abroad (MNC). Due to the lack of an adequate framework to hold corporations accountable for their corporate misconduct across borders, there is a liability gap. READ MORE

  6. 20. #MeToo, Men’s Sexual Violence against Women and the Chilling Effect of Defamation Lawsuits: A Feminist Critique of the Swedish Criminal Justice System

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

    Author : Lovisa Damström; [2020]
    Keywords : #MeToo; Men s Sexual Violence against Women; Defamation; Swedish Criminal Justice; Feminist Critique; Freedom of Expression; International Human Rights Law; Women s Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : #MeToo became in 2017 a strong and successful movement in Sweden where women exercised their freedom of expression to question structural injustice and men’s sexual violence against women. The movement broke the silence and stigma about being victim of men’s sexual violence and helped fight impunity. READ MORE