Essays about: "International non-governmental organisations"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 41 essays containing the words International non-governmental organisations.

  1. 11. International NGOs' framing of their legitimacy in protecting children's rights - A qualitative content analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Louise Dahlstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : Legitimacy; international NGOs; civil society; political responsibility; children’s rights; human rights; state responsibility Legitimitet; internationella icke-statliga organisationer; civilsamhälle; politiskt ansvar; barns rättigheter; mänskliga rättigheter; statligt ansvar; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The Convention on the Rights of the Child declares how state parties and civil society share responsibility in protecting children’s rights, as non-governmental organisations are intended to intercede when the state’s initiatives are inadequate. In this bachelor thesis the question of how international children’s rights organisations frame their legitimacy for doing the aforementioned is examined. READ MORE

  2. 12. The European Environment Agency in International Relations - From a Passive Respondent to an Active Participant and Influencer in International Relations

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Kyösti Mäkelä; [2020]
    Keywords : European Environment Agency; EEA; European Commission; Environmental Policymaking; European Union; Directorate-Generals;

    Abstract : Unlike environmental non-governmental organisations and other knowledge producers, the European Environment Agency (EEA) seems to attract seemingly little academic interests among scholars of international relations. With this in mind, this thesis seeks to discuss how knowledge institutions such as the EEA may be seen as active participants in IR, while simultaneously seeking to extend academic discussion considering the EEA itself. READ MORE

  3. 13. The Perception of Cassava in Malawi : A Literature Study About a Root Crop’s Implication on Food Security in the Past and the Present

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för arkeologi och antik historia

    Author : Sebastian Köcke; [2019]
    Keywords : Cassava; Malawi; Food security; Food crop; Cash crop; Maize dependency;

    Abstract : Climate change and weather phenomena like the El Niño-La Niña Southern Oscillation aremaking agriculture increasingly vulnerable in the Global South. In Malawi, where morethan 90% of the agriculture is rain-fed, food insecurity is becoming an annual problem. READ MORE

  4. 14. Italian Deterrence Policies: An examination of the State´s non-entrée policies in response to the migration crisis

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

    Author : Malcolm Thulin; [2018]
    Keywords : public international law; maritime law; human rights; Refugee crisis; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The migration crisis of 2015 started when an unprecedented influx of irregular migrants arrived in the EU from the global south. The response from the countries of destination was increased securitization and policies aimed at deterring migrant crossings over the Mediterranean Sea and entering the EU, so called policies of non-entrée. READ MORE

  5. 15. Cross-border Displacement: Prevent, Prepare or Adapt to?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för Riskhantering och Samhällssäkerhet

    Author : Monica Sepka; [2017]
    Keywords : Disaster Risk Management; Environment; Migration; Displacement; Drivers; Earth and Environmental Sciences;

    Abstract : Despite the fact that some forecasts suggest that a large number of individuals could become displaced by 2050, the institutional and operational linkages between climate and cross-border displacement continues to be complex. While refugees and IDPs are treated according to specific treaties, the status of cross-border displacement as a result of disasters suffers from a normative gap and the linkages between disaster displacement, its drivers and risk reduction seems rather underrepresented in existing research. READ MORE