Essays about: "Impunity"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 75 essays containing the word Impunity.

  1. 21. Home States' Duty to Protect Human Rights - To what extent is Sweden requiring Swedish corporations to comply with human rights extraterritorially?

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

    Author : Gisela Jönsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : It has been argued that multinational corporations benefit from impunity when it comes to human rights violations due to inadequate corporate regulation in host states as well on the international level. Thus, there are three purposes of this thesis: first to examine to what extent states’ duty to protect human rights can be utilised to hold corporations accountable for human rights violations in their global activities. READ MORE

  3. 22. The underestimated effects of impunity : a comparative study of how pre-existing impunity can predict conflict-related sexual violence

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Kristina Nilsson; [2020]
    Keywords : Impunity; conflict-related sexual violence; sexual violence; violence against women; gender inequalities;

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  4. 23. Immunity and the Crime of Aggression - The Legal Possibilities and Implications of Prosecuting Heads of State for the Crime of Aggression in National Courts and the International Criminal Court

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

    Author : Amanda Wikström; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; international criminal law; international criminal court; crime of aggression; personal immunity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Efter aktiveringen av Internationella brottmålsdomstolens jurisdiktion över aggressionsbrottet i juli 2018 är dessa gärningar för första gången sedan Nürnbergtribunalen möjliga att väcka åtal för i en internationell domstol. Aggressionsbrottet kan bara begås av personer i position att effektivt utöva kontroll över eller styra politiska eller militära handlingar av en stat. READ MORE

  5. 24. Women’s war and Women’s justice : A legal feminist analysis of the Colombian Special Jurisdiction for Peace

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Conrad Palmcrantz; [2020]
    Keywords : transitional justice; Colombia; special jurisdiction for peace; legal feminism; international criminal law;

    Abstract : In 2016, the Colombian government and the FARC-EP guerilla signed a historic peace agreement. After decades of internal armed struggle, the two parties have settled on terms that, hopefully, will allow Colombia to transit from wartime to peacetime. READ MORE

  6. 25. Universal Jurisdiction and the Fight Against Torture: Ensuring Accountability Through a Human Rights Centred Approach

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

    Author : Elina Hammarström; [2020]
    Keywords : universal jurisdiction; torture; accountability; public international law; human rights; human rights approach; UNCAT; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Within international human rights law, the prohibition of torture is absolute and uncontroversial. However, despite considerable efforts to end it, torture remains a pervasive problem all over the world, in part due to the widespread impunity for such acts. READ MORE