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  1. 1. Mine Action and Climate Change: A Case Study of Water in Yemen

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Amani Abdulqader; [2023]
    Keywords : Climate change; conflict; Yemen; Mine action; water; peacebuilding; sustainable development; resource management; governance; droughts; floods; climate mitigation; risk and disaster management.; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The following research explores a critical intersection between the work of mine action and the climate. It addresses the amplified impacts of climate change on water in Yemen, a country afflicted by protracted conflict and growing climate threats. READ MORE

  3. 2. Bridging the Lacuna: Enhancing Victim Protection through the Extra-Territorial Applicability of the European Convention during the Active Phase of Hostilities

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

    Author : Giorgi Janjalashvili; [2023]
    Keywords : European Convention on Human Rights; International Armed Conflicts and Human Rights; Protection of Victims of Armed Conflict; European Court of Human Rights; ECHR; Extra-territorial Jurisdiction; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis argues that the European Convention on Human Rights should apply extra-territorially during the active phase of hostilities to protect victims of the armed conflict. In this regard, three main issues are discussed separately. READ MORE

  4. 3. Resurrection of Kriegsraison? The Military Necessity Principle and the Essence of International Humanitarian Law

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

    Author : Finn-Valentin Kolitsch; [2022]
    Keywords : Kriegsraison; International Humanitarian Law; International Human Rights Law; Military Necessity; Principle of Military Necessity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The ancient Kriegsraison doctrine awarded absolute predominance to the achievement of military advantages in armed conflicts and therefore granted the opportunity to secede from all restrictive laws of war. The doctrine was therefore formally condemned as abusive and inconsistent with modern International Humanitarian Law. READ MORE

  5. 4. Chief Bishop by the Sword: an Idiographic Case Study of the First Crusade from the perspective of Just War Theory and Defensive Neorealism

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Robin Reimers; [2022]
    Keywords : just war theory; defensive neorealism; First Crusade; Papacy; Urban II; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In this thesis I sought to study the doctrine of the just war within the context of the First Crusade. Utilising an aggregate theory consisting of just war theory, defensive realism, and poliheuristic decision-making, I operationalised my research questions in an idiographic case study scrutinising two transcriptions of a speech Pope Urban II made at Clermont in 1095. READ MORE

  6. 5. Sexual Domination: Colonial Guilt and Postcolonial Hatred in J. M. Coetzee's Disgrace

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för språkstudier

    Author : Janet Migoyan; [2021]
    Keywords : Collective guilt; gender; race; sexual oppression; post-apartheid; colonialism; postcolonialism;

    Abstract : J.M. Coetzee’s Disgrace was published during a defining moment in South African history in 1999. Five years earlier Nelson Mandela had been elected president after the first general election. READ MORE