Essays about: "Mass atrocity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 9 essays containing the words Mass atrocity.

  1. 1. R2P – A Problem of Inconsistency in Mass Atrocity Response in the United Nations Security Council : A Comparative Case Study of Libya, Cote d’Ivoire, and Myanmar

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Paloma Maria Bazan Tourn; [2022]
    Keywords : R2P; Humanitarian Intervention; Sovereignty; Mass Atrocities; Realism; English School; Libya; Cote d’Ivoire; Myanmar; United Nations Security Council; Human Security.;

    Abstract : The “Responsibility to Protect” (R2P) doctrine was created with the purpose of providing an implementation mechanism for the international community to halt and prevent mass atrocity conflicts, however, it is not a legally binding framework, and requires the UNSC’s engagement for its successful implementation. Whilst R2P is a rhetorically compelling international norm, it falls apart in practice. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Forgotten Responsibility to Protect : The Tigrayan crisis and the need for an R2P ombudsman

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Hafsa Hayir; [2022]
    Keywords : Ethiopia; TPLF; Tigray; Srebrenica; the Responsibility to Protect; UN; UNSC; international community; accountability; humanity; AU; IHL; realism; ombudsman.;

    Abstract : This thesis examines the international community's meager response – despite the Responsibility to Protect (R2P) – to the conflict in Tigray. Why was the response minimal, and what could be done to make R2P more efficacious in the future? The R2P framework describes the responsibilities to protect populations around the world against mass atrocity crimes, as stated in Article 5 of the Rome Statute. READ MORE

  4. 3. 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. 4. Responsibility to Protect and International Law - The Case of the Rohingya

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

    Author : Alice Ribbenvik; [2020]
    Keywords : Public international law; responsibility to protect; Rohingya; Myanmar; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Rohingya-muslimerna i Myanmar har utsatts för diskriminering och förtryck i många decennier. Sedan 2012 har våldet i Myanmar eskalerat till vad många menar är folkmord. De påstådda brotten har fått uppmärksamhet i det internationella samfundet och särskilt inom området internationella mänskliga rättigheter. READ MORE

  6. 5. Contextualizing Atrocity : The Ottoman Greeks' Suffering through the Athenian Newspapers Estia and Empros, May 1919-December 1922

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Historiska institutionen

    Author : Foteini Mania; [2020]
    Keywords : Ottoman Greek Communities; Perpetrators; Victims; Bystanders; Greek Elite; Megali Idea; Venizelos; Young Turks; Mustafa Kemal Pasha; Estia; Empros;

    Abstract : The present thesis offers an innovative perspective analysing the perception of Turkish atrocities against the Ottoman Greek communities during the temporal period May 1919-December 1922 through the Athenian newspapers Estia and Empros, which were committed to the ubiquitous Greek irredentist vision of the Megali Idea. Delving into theories which emphasize on the political nature of nationalism, on national mobilisation and on the exploitation of mass communication by the elite, this thesis attempts to elaborate on the inclusion of the Ottoman Greeks into an expanded Greek nation-state, based on the principle of self-determination. READ MORE