Essays about: "Non-state law"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 66 essays containing the words Non-state law.
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1. World Bank Group Engagement in Public-Private Partnerships : Strengthening Sustainable Finance in International Investment Standards
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The prioritisation of private funds in financing public infrastructures due to limited financial resources available through the public sector has raised concerns about the protection of human rights and environment considering that the main goal of corporations is to generate as much profit as possible. The presence of the World Bank Group in the mix is to strike a balance between these competing needs by introducing the concept of sustainable finance through technical assistance and the adoption of standards that are integrated with the concept to influence the behaviour of state and non-state actors in their investment practices, especially in the developing world. READ MORE
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2. Cyber Attacks as Armed Attacks? : The Right of Self-Defence When a Cyber Attack Occurs
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis examined the relationship between cyber operations and armed attacks to determine when the right of self-defence is triggered by cyber operations. The research question for this thesis was under what circumstances a cyber operation is considered a cyber attack and what kind of self-defence the targeted victim State can use. READ MORE
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3. The immoral legality of targeting child soldiers : A humanitarian dilemma
University essay from FörsvarshögskolanAbstract : The thesis functions as an overview of the protection of children used in hostilities and their targetability under international law, primarly in international humanitarian law. The author questions the established presumption, that children directly participating in hostilities, shall be equally targetable as their adult colleges and counter parts. READ MORE
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4. There are “two kinds of international organisations”: A case study of La Vía Campesina’s reaction to the WTO and the FAO opening up
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : A prominent movement for change of the current food system is Vía Campesina, a peasants’ movement advocating that food policy should incorporate perspectives from the most affected. Since the 1990s, international organisations (IOs) have opened up to non-state actors, allowing movements like Vía Campesina to occupy spaces ‘inside’ organisations instead of opposing from the ‘outside’. READ MORE
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5. Social Cleavages, Conflict, and the Fates of Autocratic Regimes
University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionenAbstract : This article focuses on two specific social cleavages, ethnic and economic inequality and analyses their respective effects within autocratic regimes. The primary mechanism that was tested was the relationship between these two, and non-state conflict, (defined as a conflict with more than 25 combat fatalities, and the state not directly taking part). READ MORE