Essays about: "human rights and religion"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 62 essays containing the words human rights and religion.

1. 21. State Responsibility for Eliminating Violence against Women with a Focus on Afghanistan

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Marjillah Akbary; [2019]
   Keywords : Women Rights; State Responsibility; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Violence against women is a serious human rights violation and a major cause of reduced of life, distress, injury and death for female. According to World Health Organization, 1 in 3 women around the world experience physical or sexual violence, mostly by an intimate partner. READ MORE

3. 22. The Death of a Culture – A Critical Analysis of the Concept of Cultural Genocide in International Law

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

   Author : Rui Johnson Petri; [2019]
   Keywords : public international law: international human rights law: international criminal law: cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Som ett led i att homogenisera den kinesiska befolkningen, har den kinesiska regeringen under längre tid bedrivit en kampanj för att avskaffa Xinjiang-provinsens inhemska folkgrupp Uigurer. Massiva konverteringsläger har inrättats där Uigurerna tvingas avsäga sig sin kultur, etnicitet och religion. READ MORE

4. 23. Religious dress and the rights of others – an analysis of the case law of the European Court of Human Rights

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

   Author : Amanda Isaksson; [2019]
   Keywords : public international law; European Court of Human Rights; European Convention on Human Rights; Freedom of thought; conscience and religion; Article 9; Human rights; religious dress; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This essay examines the protection of the wearing of religious dress under article 9 (freedom of religion) of the European Convention on Human Rights, according to the case law of the European Court of Human Rights. It examines how religious dress is protected as a manifestation of religion and with reference to which rights of others and under which circumstances it can be restricted with reference to the legitimate aim protection of the rights and freedoms of others. READ MORE

5. 24. The Re-emergence of Religion in European Politics: The Greek Case of Church - State Relations and Religious Freedom in the Context of Education

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

   Author : Emmanouil Anagnostou; [2019]
   Keywords : religion; state; education; religious freedom; liberalism; secularism; Europe;

   Abstract : Conducting research on the influence of religion on politics is nowadays a growing tendency as various authors seek to explore why and how the spiritual element affects the natural world of politics. The purpose of this study is to discuss the influence of the Christian religion on education in Europe. READ MORE

6. 25. Poverty-based discrimination - Does International Human Rights Law care?

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

   Author : Julia Eriksson; [2019]
   Keywords : public international law; discrimination; equality; poverty; human rights; international human rights law; non-discrimination; substantive equality; socioeconomic status; indirect discrimination; affirmative action; poverty-based discrimination; discrimination grounds; status-based discrimination; suspect grounds; inequality; de facto equality; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : I en värld där inget tycks kunna stoppa de växande ekonomiska klyfterna ifrågasätts även relevansen av internationella regleringar av mänskliga rättigheter. Trots att jämlikhet och icke-diskriminering utgör grunden för mänskliga rättigheter så verkar dessa regelverk oförmögna att adressera ekonomiskt betonad ojämlikhet. READ MORE