Essays about: "Political self-determination"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 67 essays containing the words Political self-determination.

  1. 1. We Didn’t Start the Fire… Right? - How external support affects the use of violence in political movements

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Hugo Rousselet; [2024]
    Keywords : Nonviolent resistance; external support; civil wars; self-determination movements; foreign support; nonviolent struggle; NAVCO;

    Abstract : Abstract: What explains the use of violence in extra-institutional political campaigns? Domestic groups challenge host states using both nonviolent and violent tactics. While Gandhi’s struggle for India’s independence is perhaps the most famous example of nonviolence, many of today’s bloody civil wars also started out as nonviolent movements. READ MORE

  3. 2. Indigenous peoples rights under International Law: Comparative political analysis with the case of Sweden and Finland

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Sonja Reetta Aurora Parkkisenniemi; [2023]
    Keywords : Indigenous peoples; Rights; Land; Finland; Sweden; Self-determination;

    Abstract : Indigenous peoples have special relation to the land, and they might seek to gain landrights based on their historical acknowledgment within a nation state in the modern days. The acknowledgment for the rights of these lands is based on their ethnic identity, historical and colonial roots and by the concept of self-determination. READ MORE

  4. 3. Reinventing the Right to Privacy Towards Full-Fledged Informational Self-Determination

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

    Author : Ieva Vaitkunaite; [2023]
    Keywords : the right to privacy; data protection; informational self-determination; article 17 of ICCPR; evolutive interpretation; Law and Political Science;

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  5. 4. A Neighborly Dilemma : The Legal Consequences of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreements on Western Sahara's Right to Self-Determination

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Moa Rihne; [2023]
    Keywords : Western Sahara; right to self-determination; public international law; EU; international organization responsibility; Västsahara; självbestämmanderätt; folkrätt; EU; ansvar för internationella organisationer;

    Abstract : Abstract  Western Sahara’s history is marked by Spanish colonization until 1976 followed by Moroccan invasion and nearly 50 years of occupation. The right to self-determination, applicable to territories under colonial or occupational rule, remains unrealized in Western Sahara. READ MORE

  6. 5. The responsibilities of LKAB to respect the rights of the Sami people - a Business and Human Rights perspective on access to remedy in the Swedish mining sector

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

    Author : Izabell Zaza; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; state-owned-enterprises; business and human rights; indigenous peoples; Sweden; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2023, the Swedish state-owned enterprise LKAB revealed that it had found Europe’s largest deposit of critical minerals, which are needed in green technology. Being located on indigenous territory, a mine would impact the migration of reindeers, a Sami practice which form the basis of their culture and status as indigenous peoples under international law. READ MORE