Essays about: "world peace and security"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 25 essays containing the words world peace and security.

  1. 1. Can nationalism be justified as a tool for human organization in a globalizing world? If not what are the alternatives?

    University essay from Malmö högskola/Kultur och samhälle

    Author : Guy Henderson; [2010-06-10T13:22:26Z 2010-06-10T13:22:26Z 2010]
    Keywords : nationalism; cosmopolitanism;

    Abstract : The goal of the thesis is to provide a critique of nationalism and its effect on international relations. It is also to look at alternatives to nationalism as human forms of organization and to see if they are viable. The main theories employed here are those of realism, which is tied to theories of nationalism, and cosmopolitanism. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Right to Self-representation in International Criminal Trial: Interaction with the Principle to an Expeditious Trial – Case Study: The International Criminal Tribunal for former Yugoslavia

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Bekim Arifi; [2010]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : On 25 May 1993, the United Nation Security Council took the extraordinary and unprecedented step to establish the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as means for restoration and maintenance of international peace and security. This was a major event for the all those who are concerned about serious breaches of international humanitarian law and the introduction of laws designated to protect human rights. READ MORE

  4. 3. Beyond UN Security Council Resolution 1325 : Field Research in Sector IV of the UN Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för beteende-, social- och rättsvetenskap

    Author : Birgitta Vega Leyton; [2008]
    Keywords : Resolution 1325; UNMIS; peacekeeping; Sudan; gender.;

    Abstract : The United Nations Security Council resolution 1325 on women, peace and security was passed by the Security Council in 2000. Its passing was made possible by the efforts of NGOs around the world and was seen as a huge step for women in conflict and post-conflict situations as women were not only seen as victims but as agents of peace. READ MORE

  5. 4. United Nations Peacekeeping: A Viable Instrument Fifty Years After its Establishment?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Siv Thorsköld; [2008]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The United Nations (UN) was founded to save future generations from the horrors of war. Maintenance of peace and security is the highest priority of the Organization and peacekeeping missions are tasked to meet this challenge. READ MORE

  6. 5. Reforming the United Nations Security Council - a continuing process

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Helena Strömgren; [2008]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Formed in the aftermath of the Second World War, the UN and its Security Council was given the primary responsibility for maintenance of international peace and security. Still today, sixty years later, the composition of permanent members in the Council has remained the same. READ MORE