Essays about: "TWAIL"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the word TWAIL.

1. 1. Gender and sexual minorities’ right to recognition: A paper victory? With a focus on Nepal, Bangladesh, and India

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

   Author : Arushi Mishra; [2023]
   Keywords : Gender; Human rights; Human rights law; International human rights law; gender rights; sexuality; sexual minorities; TWAIL; Global South; South Asia; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Gender and sexual minority groups in Nepal, Bangladesh, and India have been systematically discriminated against in their States and ignored by the international community, for decades. While the three States have made progress concerning legal gender recognition, including recognizing a third gender on specific documents such as passports or identification cards, issues remain in ensuring equality in education, employment, and social participation. READ MORE

3. 2. Restrictive Measures to the Ends of Western Endeavours : An Assessment of the Legitimacy of EU Sanctions on Zimbabwe through an Analysis of their Political Objectives and Compliance with International Law

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

   Author : Skangele Marumure; [2023]
   Keywords : Sanctions; TWAIL; Legitimacy; Sovereignty; Legality;

   Abstract : This paper analyses the EU’s sanctions on Zimbabwe against their political objectives and compliance with international law. In doing so it operationalises the concepts of legitimacy, legality, sovereignty, and statehood under the framework of Third World Approaches to International Law (TWAIL). READ MORE

4. 3. Fractured Earth: International State Responsibility and Climate Injustice in the Context of Fracking

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

   Author : Sonja Román; [2021]
   Keywords : International State Responsibility; International Human Rights Law; International Environmental Law; climate change; fracking; Hydraulic fracturing; Paris Agreement; Third World Approaches to International Law; TWAIL; legal subjectivity; Argentina; Vaca Muerta; natural gas; fossil gas; bridge fuels; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Medans världens fossila bränslereserver sinar har utvinningen av fossilgas genom hydraulisk spräckning, allmänt känt som fracking, vunnit mark internationellt. Parallellt med detta uppenbarar sig klimatförändringarnas katastrofala effekter och tiden är knapp för att ställa om global energiproduktion innan medeltemperaturen når så kallade ”tipping points”. READ MORE

5. 4. Search and Rescue as Politics of International Law: Assessing Italy’s Obligations towards Migrants in Distress at Sea

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

   Author : Marie Lorenzen; [2020]
   Keywords : extraterritorialization; TWAIL; migration control; refugee law; search and rescue;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the extent to which Italy can instrumentalize international law to eschew protection responsibilities for migrants in distress at sea. In doing so, this study delimits itself by focusing on three legal cases: Aquarius, Hirsi Jamaa, and GLAN. READ MORE

6. 5. The Right to Have Rights in the Mekong - How Hannah Arendt and the Khmer Krom Illustrate the Failures of the International Rights Regime

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

   Author : Hugo Lundberg; [2018]
   Keywords : Hannah Arendt; Khmer Krom; Mekong; Vietnam; Right to have rights; human rights; indigenous rights; UNDRIP; TWAIL; international law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Khmer Krom are an indigenous people living in the Mekong delta with a complex historical relation to the majority population. Vietnamese legal climate and treatment of minorities has been shaped by this complex history. READ MORE