Essays about: "Jurisdiction"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 302 essays containing the word Jurisdiction.

  1. 21. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

    Author : Olivia Dominguez Pousadela; [2023]
    Keywords : Guatemala; Sepur Zarco; transitional justice; conflict-related sexual violence; armed internal conflict; gender; indigenous access to justice; impunity; impact; case study.;

    Abstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE

  3. 22. From Aggression to Arbitration : Investment Protection in Eastern Ukraine in Light of Russia’s Annexation and the Crimea Jurisprudence

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Davit Khachatryan; [2023]
    Keywords : Crimea; Annexation; Occupation; Moving Treaty-Frontiers; Aggression; Non- Recognition; Territory; International Humanitarian Law; Arbitral Jurisdiction; Eastern Ukraine.;

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  4. 23. 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

  5. 24. Designing International Agreements on Global Governance : Analysis of the Applicability of Ostrom’s and Stern’s Principles on the BBNJ Agreement

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Ellinor Nyzell; [2023]
    Keywords : Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction; Marine Conservation; United Nations Law of the Sea; Ostrom’s Design Principles; Global Commons;

    Abstract : Areas beyond national jurisdiction or the high seas are vital areas for biodiversity and marine resources in our oceans, yet the protection and conservation of this global resource is insufficient due to absence of international agreement concerning the matter. Therefore, the new Biodiversity Beyond National Jurisdiction (BBNJ) agreement was recently agreed upon, with the objective of ensuring protection for these resources. READ MORE

  6. 25. 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