Essays about: "Constitutional Framework"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 55 essays containing the words Constitutional Framework.

1. 16. Future Generations: Fundamental or an Afterthought?

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

   Author : Paulina Bolton; [2021]
   Keywords : business and human rights; international human rights law; children s rights; corporate sustainability; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Det finns just nu momentum för att stängda de luckor i lagstiftningen kring företags ansvar för negativa effekter på mänskliga rättigheter. En av de mest ambitiösa åtagandena hittills är initiativet till ett EU-direktiv med syfte att kräva skälig aktsamhet (så kallad ”due diligence”) och ansvar från företag för påverkan på mänskliga rättigheter och miljön. READ MORE

3. 17. Multinational Corporations: A case of impunity - An argumentation analysis on the parliamentary debate of the Swiss Business Initiative

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

   Author : Mirjam Hagmann; [2020]
   Keywords : Multinational Corporations; Human Rights; Swiss Business Initiative; Global Justice; Corporate Social Responsibility;

   Abstract : Non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the media are constantly drawing attention to human rights violations caused by multinational corporations abroad (MNC). Due to the lack of an adequate framework to hold corporations accountable for their corporate misconduct across borders, there is a liability gap. READ MORE

4. 18. A paradigm shift from voluntary to court-ordered climate change mitigation? The potentials and challenges of a human rights-based approach

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

   Author : Kimberly de Bruijn; [2020]
   Keywords : international human rights law; public international law; climate change; climate change mitigation; public interest litigation; actio popularis; human rights approach; united nations framework convention on climate change; paris agreement; rule of law; democracy; right to life; right to respect for private and family life; european convention on human rights; african charter on human and peoples rights; american convention on human rights; right to a healthy environment; environmental law; united nations; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The central theme of this thesis is anthropogenic climate change; governments' inability to create an effective, inclusive response mechanism that manages to mitigate anthropogenic emissions; and advocates efforts to coerce States to act by invoking State responsibility in adjudicatory dispute settlement processes. States' failure to act in accordance with scientific risk assessments and to mitigate polluting activities has led underrepresented groups to increasingly lose trust in their respective executive and legislative branches, and, by means of protest, these advocates are now turning to court. READ MORE

5. 19. Conditional Freedom: Identifying How Orientalism Informs Structural and Cultural Violence Towards Muslim Women in Turkey

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

   Author : Yousor Akrawi; [2019]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : This thesis aims to point out the ways in which Muslim women who wear the headscarf are subject to cultural and structural violence, and to discuss how that violence is informed by Orientalism. The study answers the following question: How does Orientalism inform structural and cultural violence against the wearing of the headscarf by Muslim women in Turkey? The theoretical framework applied to this study explores Johan Galtung’s different forms of violence: structural and cultural violence. READ MORE

6. 20. Discourse Democracy and Labour Relations : A case study of social dialogue and the socio-economic situation of informal workers in Gujarat, India

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Evelina Rask; [2018]
   Keywords : Discourse Democracy; Labour Relations; Informal Labour; Human Rights; Workers Rights; Recognition; Social and Economic Welfare;

   Abstract : This thesis firstly explores the process and effects of social dialogue in the context of informal home-based workers in Gujarat, India, and secondly the applicability of Dryzek’s theory of discourse democracy on this case study. In doing this, the study investigates the potential of social dialogue and discourse democracy to work as instruments for improving the social and economic situation of the workers. READ MORE