Essays about: "erga omnes"

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1. 6. Responsibility to Protect - An emerging norm or part of sovereignty?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Elina Jonsson; [2014]
   Keywords : sovereignty; responsibility to protect; jus cogens; erga omnes; intervention; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The main controversy in international law the past decades has been the approach to a non-international conflict exposing civilians to threats of genocide or mass atrocities. One corner stone of international law is the protection of a state and its internal affairs, the principle of non-intervention; another one is the protection of human rights. READ MORE

3. 7. The Role of National Human Rights Institutions in the Prevention of Mass Atrocities - The Case of the Defensoría del Pueblo in Colombia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Christiane Bossé; [2012]
   Keywords : Responsibility to Protect; National Human Rights Institutions; Colombia; Defensoría del Pueblo; international law; international humanitarian law; international criminal law; international human rights law; genocide; mass atrocities; war crimes; crimes against humanity; prevention; early-warning; interdisciplinary.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis is an interdisciplinary study on the role of National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs) in the implementation of the primary responsibility of States to prevent mass atrocities (MA) under pillar one of the Responsibility to Protect (R2P). It focuses on current international law (IL) to delimit the scope of the prevention obligations of States and assesses the relevant preventive measures to States’ primary obligations under R2P. READ MORE

4. 8. Self-Determination, Secession, and State Recognition: A Comparative Study of Kosovo, Abkhazia, and South Ossetia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Jack Holmberg Forsyth; [2012]
   Keywords : South Ossetia; Abkhazia; Kosovo; State Recognition; Secession; Self-Determination; Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The principle of self-determination has come a long way from its origins as a tool for political rhetoric to its current status as a right of international law valid erga omnes. However, the contents of the right to self-determination, as well as its applicability, remain unclear. READ MORE

5. 9. Arbitrability regarding patent law - an international study

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Therese Jansson; [2010]
   Keywords : Förmögenhetsrätt; Komparativ rätt; Processrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Which subject matters are inappropriate for submission to arbitration and should instead be decided by a court of law? Subject matter arbitrability answers this question. What is included in the scope of inarbitrability is decided by the each single country. READ MORE

6. 10. The Elimination of the Concept of 'Crime' from the ILC´s Draft Articles

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sophie Carlgren; [2009]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the first reading of the Draft Articles on State Responsibility, the ILC adopted Article 19, which made a distinction between two categories of internationally wrongful acts&semic 'delicts' and 'crimes' of states. This article, however, proved to be highly controversial. READ MORE