Essays about: "Linde Lindkvist"

Found 3 essays containing the words Linde Lindkvist.

1. 1. Reducing vulnerability - A possible contribution of the human rights community to the conundrums of climate change

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Linde Lindkvist Gustafsson; [2009]
   Keywords : Climate Change; Vulnerability; Human Rights; Human Security; Human Rights-based approach; human development; Risk Position; Risk Society; Adaptation; The Right to Development; Poverty; Disability; Law and Political Science; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : The realisation that climate change will have serious effects on human life has activated the wider human rights community, which is now searching for an entrance into the global issue of our time. So far, most efforts by human rights practitioners have been concentrated on the overarching problem of global injustice, which relates to the right to development. READ MORE

3. 2. A Fair Weather Champion? - The European Union at the United Nations Human Rights Council

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Linde Lindkvist Gustafsson; [2008]
   Keywords : EU; Common Foreign And Security Policy; Human Rights Politics; Human Rights Council; United Nations; Public international law; Folkrätt; Human rights; Mänskliga rättigheter; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The EUs Common European Foreign and Security Policy (CFSP), requires its member states to speak with one voice at the multilateral fora where they are active. This includes the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC), which replaced the highly discredited UN Commission on Human Rights in 2006. READ MORE

4. 3. Punching below its weight? : The European Union's use of Human Rights Conditionality in the Enlargement and the European Neighbourhood Policy

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

   Author : Linde Lindkvist Gustafsson; [2007]
   Keywords : European Union; EU; enlargement; European Neighbourhood Policy; conditionality; human rights; Turkey; Morocco; values; Europeiska unionen; internationella relationer; medlemskap; värderingar; mänskliga rättigheter; Turkiet; Marocko; EU law; EU-rätt; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The international role of the European Union has often been described as the one of a 'normative power', which has the weight to influence the minds and practices of other peoples by its mere attractiveness. However, Human Rights Watch's 2007 World Report concludes; that even if the European Union has the credibility and the power to 'fill the leadership void' in terms of human rights advocacy in the world, it is for the moment 'punching well below its weight'. READ MORE