Essays about: "Customary International Law"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 115 essays containing the words Customary International Law.
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21. Home States' Duty to Protect Human Rights - To what extent is Sweden requiring Swedish corporations to comply with human rights extraterritorially?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : It has been argued that multinational corporations benefit from impunity when it comes to human rights violations due to inadequate corporate regulation in host states as well on the international level. Thus, there are three purposes of this thesis: first to examine to what extent states’ duty to protect human rights can be utilised to hold corporations accountable for human rights violations in their global activities. READ MORE
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22. Sovereign Immunity from Execution of Arbitral Awards : A Focus on Attaching and Executing Central Bank Assets and 2004 UNSCI
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The past few decades have seen a veritable explosion of investment treaty and other arbitration claims brought against States. Many of these claims have been heard through ICSID arbitration. In comparison to other arbitration frameworks, the ICSID regime has its own self-contained rules for enforcement. READ MORE
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23. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE
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24. Immunity and the Crime of Aggression - The Legal Possibilities and Implications of Prosecuting Heads of State for the Crime of Aggression in National Courts and the International Criminal Court
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Efter aktiveringen av Internationella brottmålsdomstolens jurisdiktion över aggressionsbrottet i juli 2018 är dessa gärningar för första gången sedan Nürnbergtribunalen möjliga att väcka åtal för i en internationell domstol. Aggressionsbrottet kan bara begås av personer i position att effektivt utöva kontroll över eller styra politiska eller militära handlingar av en stat. READ MORE
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25. Sovereign Immunity from Execution of Arbitral Awards : A Special Focus on Attaching and Executing Central Bank Assets and 2004 UNSCI
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The past few decades have seen a veritable explosion of investment treaty and other arbitration claims brought against States. Many of these claims have been heard through ICSID arbitration. In comparison to other arbitration frameworks, the ICSID regime has its own self-contained rules for enforcement. READ MORE
