Essays about: "international law in rwanda"

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1. 6. Humanitarian interventions - Should it be legal under contemporary international law?

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

   Author : Maria Alderin; [2018]
   Keywords : Public international law; Humanitarian interventions; Human rights; Responsibility to protect; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Humanitarian interventions is a well debated subject within international law. When it comes to the legality of humanitarian interventions the international community is divided and a lot of material regarding such interventions can be found. READ MORE

3. 7. The Defense of Superior Orders - Article 33 of the ICC statute: a departure from customary international law?

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

   Author : Marcus Abrahamsson; [2018]
   Keywords : public international law; international criminal law; jurisprudence; law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The defence of superior orders is the answer to what is called the soldier’s dilemma. This is so called since on the one hand, a soldier is bound by national legislation, military practice, and often psychological pressure to unquestioningly follow the orders of his superior. READ MORE

4. 8. Transitional Justice: An Opportunity for Gender Equality?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Görel Wästerlid; Sofie Berglund; [2016]
   Keywords : Bosnia-Herzegovina; Rwanda; ethnic division; sexual violence; equality; feminism; Transitional Justice; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Why is it that countries with similar conflict history can differ severely in contemporary female governmental representation? In this study, a new model to find links between the transitional justice process and modern day governmental equality is presented and used in a comparative case study of Rwanda and Bosnia-Herzegovina. The model is based on a feminist reading of the theory of transitional justice and includes three research points: sexual violence, ethnic division and international involvement. READ MORE

5. 9. (En)gendered security in Rwanda and Liberia

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Desirée Sterner; [2015]
   Keywords : Rwanda; Liberia; UNSCR 1325; post-conflict; en gender security; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Many consider United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 a ground-breaking document, and as a resolution which attest to the new ambition of gender equality in the international community. However, questions remains of the actual effects of UNSCR 1325. READ MORE

6. 10. Behind the Scenes of the Plastic Bag Ban in Rwanda: Connections to Culture, Power and Sustainability

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Audrey Froidbise; [2015]
   Keywords : Culture; Power and Sustainability; Rwanda; Plastic Bag Ban; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : If Rwanda was in the spotlight of the international media for over 20 years due to the 1994 genocide, today it is mostly owing to its economic resurgence and its development projects, such as Vision 2020. One of its achievements is the prohibition, since 2008, of the production, importation, use and sale of polythene bags on a national scale. READ MORE