Essays about: "Targeting of Civilians in War"

Found 3 essays containing the words Targeting of Civilians in War.

  1. 1. Targeting of Civilians in War : A discourse analysis on the international media coverage of the Mariupol Theatre Airstrike

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Erik Heideman; Kelvin Eriksson; [2023]
    Keywords : Targeting of Civilians in War; Discourse analysis; Just War Theory; Mariupol Theatre Airstrike; Russo-Ukrainian War; Traditionalist; Revisionist;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the portrayal of the Mariupol Theatre Airstrike withinthe Russo-Ukrainian War through a discourse analysis of news articles fromdiverse media outlets in Russia, Ukraine, France, Germany, the UK, and theUS. The study employs a qualitative comparative case study approach withinthe academic domain of targeting civilians in war. READ MORE

  3. 2. Pressuring Rebels : A Quantitative Study on Sanctions’ Effects on Violence Against Civilians

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

    Author : Ella Stork; [2020]
    Keywords : sanctions; United Nations; civil war; rebel groups; one-sided violence;

    Abstract : Violence against civilians is a tragic but common consequence of civil war. This phenomenon has accordingly been a well-publicized subject of research during the last decade, and it is now conventional knowledge that armed actors abuse civilians to varied extents in different strategic settings. READ MORE

  4. 3. Killer Robots - Autonomous Weapons and Their Compliance with IHL

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Cecilia Andersson; [2014]
    Keywords : autonoma vapen; international humanitärrätt; robots. Folkrätt; autonomous weapons; Public international law; International humanitarian law; robotar.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The pursuit of weapons which distance the soldier from the actual battlefield has been going on ever since the transition from the waging of war using short blades, to the waging of war using bow and arrow. Today, that ambition has reached an almost completion with the ever-increasing number of unmanned, remote-controlled vehicles that are rapidly becoming the most common and prominent method of waging wars. READ MORE