Essays about: "Enforced Disappearance"

Found 5 essays containing the words Enforced Disappearance.

1. 1. The Mediterranean Sea as a Site of Enforced Disappearances? - International Responsibility of European States in the Context of Migration

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

   Author : Erika Josefsson; [2023]
   Keywords : public international law; migration; Mediterranean Sea; human rights law; enforced disappearances; ECHR; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis explores the question of whether European States, with a specific emphasis on European Union (EU) Member States, can be held responsible for the enforced disappearance of migrants in the Mediterranean Sea under the European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR). Following the migration crisis of 2015, EU policy and measures on migration revealed a strong focus on protecting the external border of the EU, rather than prioritizing the lives of migrants. READ MORE

3. 2. Nunca Más (Never Again): Towards a jurisprudential cross-fertilization for the prosecution of the enforced disappearances at the ICC

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

   Author : Ana María Mendoza; [2018]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the possible transjudicial interaction that may arise between the ICC and the IACtHR with regard to the interpretation of the crime of enforced disappearance of persons. This potential scenario of jurisprudential cross-fertilisation is considered on the fact that both, the IACtHR and the ICC exercise jurisdiction ratione materiae over the crime of enforced disappearance, therefore the same context or situation could be the object of adjudication by both courts either simultaneously or at different times. READ MORE

4. 3. Competing Standards on the Definition of Enforced Disappearance - A victims-oriented perspective for national implementation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sebnem Erener; [2016]
   Keywords : international human rights law; international criminal law; international humanitarian law; icc; enforced disappearance; committee on enforced disappearance; torture; conflict; complementarity; victims-oriented perspectives; victims; justice; redress; reparation; right to justice; right to truth; al-Senussi; international criminal code; inter-american court of human rights; latin america; crimes against humanity; intention; special intention; elements of crime; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; the Rome Statute; Basic Principles and Guidelines; People s Convention; due process; unwilling; unable; criminal law; substantive law; procedural law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : There are competing standards regarding the definition of the crime of “enforced disappearance” under international law. When criminalizing enforced disappearance at the national level as part of their obligations under international law, States which adopt a more narrow definition of enforced disappearance provided in the Rome Statute require victims of enforced disappearance to prove the existence of an additional “special intention” of perpetrators. READ MORE

5. 4. Time for Enforced Disappearance to Disappear. A Study of the International Legal Instruments Addressing Enforced Disappearance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Philip Linghammar; [2009]
   Keywords : Enforced Disappearance; Crime against Humanity; International Criminal Court; Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons; International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance; Social sciences; Samhällsvetenskaper; Juridical science; Rättsvetenskap; juridik; Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Social Sciences; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The purpose of this study is to examine the international legal instruments specifically addressing the practice of enforced disappearance and analyse if they are sufficient in relation to the gravity and seriousness of the crime. The instruments examined are: the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance, the Inter-American Convention on Forced Disappearance of Persons and the Statute of the International Criminal Court. READ MORE

6. 5. The disappeared children of El Salvador - a field study of truth, justice and reparation

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Christine Lagström; [2005]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : During the Salvadoran armed conflict (1980-1992) hundreds of children became separated from their families. The majority of the children were abducted by the armed forces of the government and still to this day the fate and whereabouts of most children are unknown. These children are the ''disappeared children of El Salvador''. READ MORE