Essays about: "world peace and security"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 62 essays containing the words world peace and security.

  1. 11. Mind the Gap: Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and the Obligations of Armed Non-State Actors Under International Law

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

    Author : Julia Dalman; [2021]
    Keywords : Conflict-Related Sexual Violence; Armed Non-State Actors; International Humanitarian Law; International Human Rights Law; International Criminal Law; Gender; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : War has changed. Since the Second World War, State monopoly on resort to violence has been significantly subverted. Instead, contemporary armed conflict witnesses the pervasiveness of armed non-State actors and the threat they pose to peace, security and human rights. READ MORE

  3. 12. Representation of Refugees in African Women, Peace and Security National Action Plans

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Shayleen McNeil; [2021]
    Keywords : Women Peace and Security; feminist security studies; UNSCR 1325; security;

    Abstract : The global Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda has been established to address the widerange of issues and challenges faced by women in conflict and post-conflict situations, and acknowledge the vital role that women play in peace processes. Previous research has shown that although the women refugees are more vulnerable than their male counterparts, this group is still widely underrepresented in WPS policy. READ MORE

  4. 13. Keeping the Promise of International Criminal Justice - prosecuting and adjudicating gender-based mass atrocity crimes in “non-territorial” States

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

    Author : Elin Kaikkonen; [2021]
    Keywords : International criminal law; Gender-based violence; Gender-based crimes; Crimes against humanity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Konflikt är en grogrund för könsbaserat våld. Tidigare diskriminerande strukturer förstärks och mynnar ut i våld inom ramen för konflikten. I komplexa kontexter präglade av religiösa, etniska och/eller politiska slitningar förstärks vissa individers utsatthet. READ MORE

  5. 14. Raw Data for Peace and Security - The Extraction and Mining of People's Behaviour

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

    Author : Yannick Deller; [2020]
    Keywords : UN Global Pulse; Peace and Security; Instrumentarianism; Big Data and Artificial Intelligence; Social Control;

    Abstract : In 2015, the United Nations Global Pulse launched an experimentation process assessing the viability of big data and artificial intelligence analysis to support peace and security. The proposition of using such analysis, and thereby creating early warning systems based on real-time monitoring, warrants a critical assessment. READ MORE

  6. 15. Data Biopolitics for Peace? ‘Peace’ as a Technique of Power for Social Control

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

    Author : Veronika Wilhelmová; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : In light of Sweden’s increased reliance on surveillance for ensuring security within its own borders, as well as the promotion of big data use for the purposes of predictive analyses in support of peacebuilding, these developments warrant critical assessment. This thesis engages in an explanatory critique of the discursive (re-)definitions of peace in 16 officially released online documents of the Government Offices of Sweden against the backdrop of the increasing use of data technology. READ MORE