Essays about: "postcolonial perspective"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 109 essays containing the words postcolonial perspective.
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1. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. READ MORE
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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 SchoolAbstract : 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
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3. A Critical Discourse Analysis on Finland's Rejection of The Reform of Sámi Parliament Act : A Critical Postcolonial Perspective
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)Abstract : Finland is recognized as a country with high human rights standards including the rights of the indigenous people that are protected by various declarations, conventions, and international human rights laws. Finland first enacted a Sámi Parliament Act in 1995 and has most recently in 2019 received criticism from the UN Human Rights Committee for not guaranteeing the rights for the legally recognized indigenous Sámi people living within Finland’s borders. READ MORE
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4. Aspects of Postcolonialism Critique within Environmental Communication Efforts in Indonesia : Case study of Environmental Organizations in Jakarta and Bali
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)Abstract : Covering the issue of climate change is not always talking about what we as humans can do to save the planet. For many people in the Global South, it is about climate injustice – how the marginalized become the most affected people by climate crisis, yet they contribute to so much less emission compared to the people in the North / Western countries. READ MORE
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5. The Influence of Migration on Sense of Belonging and Self-Identification of the Biduns Living in Sweden
University essay fromAbstract : This research presents the daily life experience of the Kuwaiti Bidun people after migration to Sweden and tries to understand how they view their sense of belonging and how they deal with the emergence of new identity formations in their everyday life practices. By taking a closer look at the different modes of belonging and new identity formations in the process of migration for the Biduns, I will analyze how new interactions, new engagements, irregularity and postcolonial roots shape sense of belonging and new identity formations. READ MORE
