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1. 1. ‘Overcoming Hopelessness’: Asylum Seekers’ Experiences of Precarity and Empowerment in Sweden

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Socialhögskolan; Lunds universitet/Sociologiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Author : Hugo Fritjofsson; [2023]
   Keywords : Sweden; asylum; migration; qualitative; refugees; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Sweden has long been seen as a generous, inclusive provider for refugees, historically granting social rights on par with citizens shortly upon arrival. However, extensive recent academic literature has come to critique this perception, highlighting retrenchments and restrictive developments in asylum policy amid increasing precarity for asylum seekers. READ MORE

3. 2. Getting hard to resist: Prospect of mandatory human rights due diligence in Ukraine

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

   Author : Ihor Konopka; [2021]
   Keywords : Business and human rights; corporate respect for human rights; due diligence; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate civil liability; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) introduced human rights due diligence (HRDD) as a societal expectation to businesses to implement a new kind of due diligence risk management process to ‘know and show’ they respect human rights. Ten years later, mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) legislation imposing a legal duty to carry out HRDD has become mainstream across Europe. READ MORE

4. 3. Machine-learning and Discrimination: Procedural Challenges of Algorithmic Decision-making

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

   Author : Axel Johnson; [2021]
   Keywords : Algorithmic discrimination; Machine-learning; non-discrimination law; GDPR; Artificial Intelligence; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The emergence of artificial intelligence, especially machine-learning methods, challenges the set of legal guarantees put in place in Europe to combat discrimination and ensure equal treatment. This paper will focus on cases of algorithmic discrimination in the context of recruitment as a business practice. READ MORE

5. 4. An International Language? -Cultural Representation in English textbooks for Swedish Schools

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för lärande och samhälle (LS)

   Author : Henric Frenning; [2020]
   Keywords : culture; cultural representation; textbooks; inner circle; outer circle; expanding circle;

   Abstract : Culture and language are intrinsically linked, and the question of how to approach teaching culture whilst teaching a language is always going to be one teachers have to ask themselves. A textbook is a tool which is meant to aid teachers and remove some of the burden of decision-making from their shoulders. READ MORE

6. 5. Age Assessment of Unaccompanied Minors in Sweden and the Rights of Children

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

   Author : Emil Johansson; [2019]
   Keywords : EU law; public international law; age assessment; unaccompanied minor; migration; asylum; Sweden; medical age assessment; radiological age assessment; benefit of the doubt; burden of proof; burden of inquiry; children s rights; human rights; medicinska åldersbedömningar; åldersbedömning; RMV; shared duty of fact finding; presumption of minority; prima facie child; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In 2015, Sweden saw a large influx of asylum-seekers into the country, many of whom claimed to be unaccompanied minor. Without personal documents to attest their age, the authorities often doubted these claims of minority, prompting a need for age assessment. READ MORE