Essays about: "Strategic rape"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words Strategic rape.

1. 1. The Paradoxical Nature of Sovereignty as Symbolic Form : The International Community’s Complicity in Ongoing Human Rights Abuses in West Papua

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

   Author : Sapphira Little; [2023]
   Keywords : West Papua; human rights abuses; international response; sovereignty as symbolic form;

   Abstract : Since West Papua’s integration into Indonesia in 1969, the Free West Papua Movement has been engaged in a struggle for independence from Indonesia. The indigenous people of the territory have endured murder, rape, and many other abuses. This thesis provides an account of Indonesia’s control over West Papua through a settler-colonial lens. READ MORE

3. 2. A Knight(mare) in Shining Armour: A Foucauldian-Feminist Analysis of Sexsomnia Defence in Swedish Courts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

   Author : Elin Persmo; [2022]
   Keywords : Sexsomnia; Sexual behaviour during sleep; Foucault; Swedish court system; Sexual violence; Medico-legal field; and Feminist socio-legal theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : In recent years, several men in Sweden have been acquitted of different sexual offences because the courts deemed that it could have occurred in their sleep. According to a leading expert, several of the Swedish acquitting cases are based on incorrect or irrelevant arguments and reasoning regarding sexsomnia. READ MORE

4. 3. The systematic use of sexual violence in genocide : Understanding why women are being targeted using the cases of Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Viktoria Nicolaisen; [2019]
   Keywords : genocide; sexual violence; feminism; intersectionality; tactical rape; Rwanda; former Yugoslavia;

   Abstract : When describing sexual violence as a ’weapon of war’ or as systematic in the setting of a conflict, many times there is no distinction between how it is used during different types of conflicts. Moreover, they are often discussed as either a crime against the ”enemy” or a crime against women. READ MORE

5. 4. Evaluation of strategic stockpoints for UNFPA using a facility location mode

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Teknisk logistik

   Author : Erik Hansson; Dayanand Sagar; [2018]
   Keywords : Humanitarian Logistics; Facility Location; UNFPA; Perishable Commodities; Pre-positioning; Technology and Engineering;

   Abstract : Distribution and warehousing networks of Humanitarian Organizations has proven to be an area where cost reductions and shortened lead times can be achieved. Humanitarian organizations have also started pre-positioning goods in anticipation of disasters as a way to improve their disaster preparedness. READ MORE

6. 5. The Legal Framework Regulating Polygamy in Ethiopia: An Assessment In Light of Liberal Feminist Legal Theory and International Human Rights Law

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

   Author : Dureti Fulas; [2018]
   Keywords : Polygamy; Ethiopia s legal framework; International Human Rights standards; Liberal feminist legal perspective; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the Ethiopian laws governing polygamy in light of international human rights law standards and liberal feminist legal perspective. The international human rights law regime calls for the abolishment of polygamy through general comments/recommendations issued by the CEDAW and ICCPR treaty bodies. READ MORE