Essays about: "Third World Approaches to International Law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words Third World Approaches to International Law.

1. 1. The Mediterranean Sea as a Site of Enforced Disappearances? - International Responsibility of European States in the Context of Migration

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

   Author : Erika Josefsson; [2023]
   Keywords : public international law; migration; Mediterranean Sea; human rights law; enforced disappearances; ECHR; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the question of whether European States, with a specific emphasis on European Union (EU) Member States, can be held responsible for the enforced disappearance of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Following the migration crisis of 2015, EU policy and measures on migration revealed a strong focus on protecting the external border of the EU, rather than prioritizing the lives of migrants. READ MORE

3. 2. The crisis of International criminal law in Africa: An African perspective on international criminal law and (in)security governance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Rukiatu Fatmata Sheriff; [2023]
   Keywords : International Criminal Court; African Union; Ontological Security; anxieties; Postcoloniality; international criminal justice; Third World Approaches to International Law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Since coming into force the International Criminal Court, has been challenged with a series of issues. Criticism, especially, from African states has forwarded the underlying anxieties that riddles this relatively new institution of international criminal justice. READ MORE

4. 3. 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

5. 4. Selective justice within the International Criminal Court and global inequalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Janette Pamela Vihinen; [2023]
   Keywords : International Criminal Court; selective justice; human rights; Rule of law; Third World Approaches to International Law methodology; African Union; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : African states have recently claimed that international law is transforming into a new form of colonialism and a hegemonic power masquerading as the international rule of law. The International Criminal Court's bias against the Third World African states in correlation to the human right to a fair trial is investigated. READ MORE

6. 5. 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