Essays about: "Crime against Humanity"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words Crime against Humanity.

  1. 1. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Olivia Dominguez Pousadela; [2023]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Sepur Zarco; transitional justice; conflict-related sexual violence; armed internal conflict; gender; indigenous access to justice; impunity; impact; case study.;

    Abstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Islamic State’s Enslavement of the Yazidi Minority : An Inquiry into the Female Devotees’ Responsibility

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Kriminologiska institutionen

    Author : Mina Andersson Jenabpour; [2023]
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    Abstract : The notion of female devotees of the Islamic State (IS) as being naive and submissive companions of their fighting husbands has recently been defied by cases of active women participating in violent atrocities within the Caliphate in Iraq and Syria. Nevertheless, cases of more passive IS-women still exist. READ MORE

  4. 3. AN INTERDISCIPLINARY FRAMEWORK TO EXPLAIN ECOLOGICAL CRIME : A CASE STUDY OF THE BP DEEPWATER HORIZON OIL SPILL

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Natasha Otero; [2022]
    Keywords : corporate crime; criminology theory; environmental crime; green criminology; treadmill of production;

    Abstract : Our drive to achieve economic development and growth is driving our planet to an unprecedented level of ecological destruction. The structural forces of capitalism together with a culture of consumerism is pushing the environment to its limits causing climate change, pollution and threatening the wellbeing of humanity and the ecosystem. READ MORE

  5. 4. What is an Attack? : A Study on the Necessary Prerequisite in Crimes Against Humanity

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Nathalie Ottosson; [2022]
    Keywords : Public International Law; International Criminal Law; Crimes Against Humanity; Attack; Gender Perspective;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to determine the meaning of the necessary prerequisite attack in the international core crime crimes against humanity. Based on this, the thesis also aims to determine how a Swedish court should interpret the necessary prerequisite attack. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sexual Violence : A Neglected Crime Against Humanity

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Linn Bjälkareed; [2021]
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