Essays about: "counterterrorism"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 26 essays containing the word counterterrorism.

  1. 16. The Threat of Terrorism: Putting Human Rights to the Test : Assessing the Counterterrorist Policies of France in the Aftermath of the 13th of November 2015 Terrorist Attacks 

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Centrum för tillämpad etik

    Author : Fiore Poidevin; [2016]
    Keywords : terrorism; counterterrorism; human rights; Paris attacks; war; crime; restrictions; slippery slope; security; state of emergency; applied ethics;

    Abstract : The terrorist attacks that occurred in Paris on the 13th of November 2015, mark a shift for counterterrorism in France. Indeed, the magnitude of the terrorist attacks persuaded the French government to call for stricter counterterrorist policies. However, the effects of these measures on human rights have been interrogated widely. READ MORE

  3. 17. Foreign Fighters – aspiring and returning : Prevent, protect, pursue and respond 

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för statsvetenskap (ST)

    Author : Julia Johansson; [2016]
    Keywords : EU’s Counterterrorism strategy; foreign fighters; ECTS; the European Union; EU; terrorism; prevent; protect; pursue; respond;

    Abstract : This research resulted in a foreign fighters analytical framework aiming to identify the reasons for an increase of foreign fighters travelling from the European Union to jihadist organisations in Syria and Iraq. The theoretical framework is built on EU’s Counterterrorism strategy (ECTS) on prevention, protection, pursuing and responding towards terrorism. READ MORE

  4. 18. Democratic Strength and Cowardly Barbarism? : a discourse-theoretic study on the gendering of terrorism in the Swedish political discourse

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Emelie Svensson; [2016]
    Keywords : gender; masculinity; femininity; terrorism; terrorists; Daesh; Sweden; EU; discourse; nationalism; self; other;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to map out the gendered constructions of terrorism and terrorists within the Swedish political discourse. The starting point of the research are the recent terror attacks in Paris 2015 and in Brussels 2016, a time at which the Swedish government presented a number of new and more aggressive counterterrorism strategies for combating terrorism and Daesh. READ MORE

  5. 19. EU Counterterrorist Sanctions and Individual Rights : An Examination of the Potential Difference in Level of Protection within the AFSJ and CFSP

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Viktoria Nilsson; [2015]
    Keywords : EU Law;

    Abstract : The AFSJ is an area of law developed through the purpose of creating and withholding internal security and justice. This area is of vast importance due to both the realization of an internal market and a Union without internal borders. READ MORE

  6. 20. Temporary Restrictions on Travel: How the United Kingdom deals with foreign fighters and how it affects the individual's Human Rights

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Gehlin; [2015]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Criminal Law; Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I februari 2015 antog det Brittiska parlamentet the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, i syfte att fylla ut luckor i den tidigare kontra-terror lagstiftningen. De temporära reseförbud som därmed infördes riktas mot det tilltagande problemet med så kallade foreign fighters och består av två delar. READ MORE