Essays about: "Treaty Bodies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 27 essays containing the words Treaty Bodies.

  1. 1. The UN TreatyBodies and their Normative Output : International Human Rights Law Beyond State Consent?

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Per Eklund; [2023]
    Keywords : Treaty Bodies; International Law; Legal Status; International Human Rights Law; Non-Binding Legal Norms;

    Abstract : Few topics of discussion within international human rights law are as riddled with confusion as that concerning the legal status or normative significance of the United Nations Human Rights Treaty Bodies and their work. The treaty bodies, in its work, generate a form of jurisprudence – a body of norms and directives about how state parties ought to act in order to comply fully with the treaties. READ MORE

  2. 2. Is Climate Displacement in Legal Limbo? An examination of the protection of climate migrants in international refugee and climate change law

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

    Author : Emmie Eklund; [2023]
    Keywords : Public International Law; Refugee Law; Climate Change Law; Climate Displacement; Climate Migration; Climate Refugee; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis examines international legal protection for persons displaced across boarders due to climate change. Rapid climate change and escalating climate threats are projected to displace up to 2.1 billion people, roughly 25% of the global population, by 2050. READ MORE

  3. 3. Peaceful Purposes in International Space Law

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

    Author : Anna Edlund Otterstedt; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; folkrätt; space law; rymdrätt; international space law; peaceful purposes; disarmament; outer space treaty; rymdfördraget; customary international law; sedvanerätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : I takt med ett ökat antal nationella, militära rymdstyrkor har frågan om de rättsliga gränserna för militär användning av yttre rymden (outer space) blivit allt mer relevant. Inget rymdrättsligt traktat har antagits eller trätt i kraft sedan 1984 och innebörden av ”fredliga ändamål” (peaceful purposes) i det nuvarande regelverket är därför av betydelse. READ MORE

  4. 4. Judicial Review of Procedural Acts of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office : A Legal Analysis of Article 42 of the Regulation on the Establishment of the European Public Prosecutor’s Office

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Gustav Birkeland; [2020]
    Keywords : EU-law; Judicial Review; the EPPO;

    Abstract : The European Public Prosecutor’s Office (the EPPO), established under enhanced cooperation by a Council Regulation (the Regulation), will be the first supranational criminal law enforcement body in the European Union (the EU) with direct powers visà-vis individuals. It will be responsible for investigating, prosecuting and bringing to judgments the perpetrators of offences against the Union’s financial interests. READ MORE

  5. 5. Trapped in Forced Labor and Discrimination: Cambodian Migrant Domestic Workers under the Memorandum of Understanding between Malaysia and Cambodia on the Recruitment and Employment of Domestic Workers

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

    Author : Vongdarareach Chhour; [2020]
    Keywords : Cambodian Migrant Domestic Workers; Cambodia; Malaysia; Memorandum of Understanding; ILO Convention No.189 ; International labor standards; International human rights standards; Terms and conditions of employment; Admission procedures and recruitment practices; Access to justice; Forced labor; Trafficking in Persons; Discrimination in respect of employment and occupation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Following the suspension of sending Cambodian migrant domestic workers (MDWs) to Malaysia in 2011, Cambodian and Malaysia have recently promulgated the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) on the Recruitment and Employment of Domestic Workers. The purpose of this study is to examine the implications of the MOU on the human rights of Cambodian MDWs and to assess the compatibility of the MOU with International Human Rights Law. READ MORE