Essays about: "ICCPR and ICESCR"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words ICCPR and ICESCR.

1. 1. Access to Safe and Legal Abortion- a Human Right? : A study of the protection for access to Safe and Legal abortion within Public International Law

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Cornelia Frank; [2020]
   Keywords : Public International Law; Human Rights; Women s Rights; Abortion; Safe and Legal Abortion; Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights;

   Abstract : Abortion is a controversial issue. It is subject of heated debates stemming from morality and ethics. Abortion is also, however, a question of rights. Access to abortion weighs the rights of the foetus against the rights of the mother. READ MORE

3. 2. Gender and age discrimination on the labour market in Poland: the compliance of Polish law and practice with International instruments

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

   Author : Agnieszka Garncarz; [2018]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The principle of equality and non-discrimination in employment existed only in a very basic form in the Polish law until the fall of Communism in 1989, even though Poland had already ratified some major international instruments in this area, such as the ICCPR, ICESCR and the ILO Fundamental Conventions. The first positive development in Polish law concerning the principle of equality and non-discrimination in employment took place with the drafting of a new Constitution of the Republic of Poland in 1997. READ MORE

4. 3. Right to Collective Bargaining and to Strike in Cambodia’s Apparel Industry: A Legal Implication of the Labour Law and Law on Union of Enterprises

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

   Author : Sopanha Mao; [2018]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This paper is designed to examine the implications of Cambodia’s labour legislation, namely the Labour Law and the newly adopted Law on Union of Enterprises on the exercise of the rights to collective bargaining and to strike in Cambodia’s apparel industry. Both laws are adopted by the Cambodian government in order to purportedly provide an effective and efficient safeguarding umbrella for workers in particular to exercise their fundamental labour rights, among others, including rights to form and join trade union, rights to function freely and bargain collectively, rights to stage a legal strike, and right to organise their activities without state’s interference, in a manner that is in line with international human rights law and international labour standards. READ MORE

5. 4. Transnational Corporations and Human Rights : Assessing the position of TNCs within international human rights law, and the appropriateness of an international treaty on business and human rights

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Söderlund; [2018]
   Keywords : Human rights; corporation; corporations; transnational corporation; transnational corporations; business; businesses; TNC; TNCs; treaty law; draft treaty; intergovernmental woking group; United Nations; Bhopal; Rana Plaza; international law; Ruggie; John Ruggie; Ruggie pricniples; pillar; labour; labour law; labour rights; CSR; Corporate social responsibility; guiding principles; UN global compact; global compact; ILO; jus cogens; customary law; OECD; ICCPR; ICESCR; state-centrism; Bilateral investment treaty; ILC; WTO; World trade organization; International law commission; legal personality; företag; mänskliga rättigheter; traktat; traktaträtt; juridisk person; folkrätt; internationell rätt; FN; Förenta Nationerna; Ruggie; Jhon Ruggie; Arbetsrätt; Globala målen; företagspolicy; Amnesty International; Human Rights Watch;

   Abstract : Transnational corporations are playing an important role in the global economy of today. Many of these corporations have great economic resources and have the possibility of contributing to the development of societies in developing states. READ MORE

6. 5. The relationship between Affirmative Action and Equality in the International Human Rights system: A compatibility test

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Leyla-Denisa Obreja; [2015]
   Keywords : human rights; law; affirmative action; special measures; equality; discrimination; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Affirmative action, a notion characterized by both potential as well as predicament, is one of the most controversial concepts of equality law. This thesis examines the legal standpoint of affirmative action, its nature as well as its requirements and limitations within the international human rights sphere. READ MORE