Essays about: "International criminal law"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 183 essays containing the words International criminal law.

1. 11. Business Operations in Armed Conflicts : An analysis of the criminal responsibilities of business executives operating in high-risk contexts

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Emuesiri Akpere; [2023]
   Keywords : International Criminal Law; Complicity; Business; Armed Conflicts; Internationell straffrätt; medverkan; affärer; väpnade konflikter;

   Abstract : The involvement of multinational corporations, international traders, transporters, processors, and retailers has a crucial significance in high-risk contexts there is a wide range of commercial activities that can make economic actors criminally responsible for gross violations of international humanitarian law and human rights: this includes the sale of weaponry, pillaging or commercial transactions unrelated to war. Allowing companies and their managers to shield themselves is harmful to the development of international law. READ MORE

3. 12. A new path towards accountability? an Analysis of the IIIM for Syria

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

   Author : Lovisa Kastensson; [2023]
   Keywords : IIIM; Syria; Public international law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic is ongoing since more than ten years, and there is no end in sight. The conflict is deemed to be the most documented conflict of all time. Despite the longevity of the conflict, there has been a lack of criminal accountability for the crimes committed. READ MORE

4. 13. Collective Genocidal Intent in Sri Lanka

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

   Author : Maxwin Paul Rayen; [2023]
   Keywords : Genocide; Tamil; Sri Lanka; Humanitarian law; Human Rights Law; Genocidal Intent; Tamil Genocide; War; Non-International Armed Conflict; Justice; International Law; International Criminal Law; ICTR; ICTY; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The end of the Sri Lankan war was marked by a devastating loss of life, with hundreds of thousands of casualties. Amidst this tragedy, victims have claimed that the crimes committed against them constitute genocide, specifically targeting the Eelam Tamils solely because of their ethnic identity. READ MORE

5. 14. Preventing Rescue of Maritime Migrants

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

   Author : Stina Stefansson; [2023]
   Keywords : migration; search and rescue; deterrence of migrants; irregular migration; humanitarian assistance; securitisation; rightlessness; migrant smuggling; refugee law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Eighteen of twenty-five rescue-vessels operated by NGOs in the Mediterranean has been subjected to administrative or criminal sanctions. Whether rescue amounts to a crime is the basis for this thesis, which examines the intersection between prevention of the transnational crime of smuggling, and the rescues often necessary when smugglers facilitate journeys across the sea. READ MORE

6. 15. Selective justice within the International Criminal Court and global inequalities

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Janette Pamela Vihinen; [2023]
   Keywords : International Criminal Court; selective justice; human rights; Rule of law; Third World Approaches to International Law methodology; African Union; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : African states have recently claimed that international law is transforming into a new form of colonialism and a hegemonic power masquerading as the international rule of law. The International Criminal Court's bias against the Third World African states in correlation to the human right to a fair trial is investigated. READ MORE