Essays about: "UN INTERVENTION"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 56 essays containing the words UN INTERVENTION.
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6. Justifying or Excusing Humanitarian Intervention? - An Examination of Whether the Law of State Responsibility Can Accommodate the Domestic Justification-Excuse Distinction
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : In defense of humanitarian intervention, it has been claimed to be ‘illegal but justified’ and ‘illegal but excused’. One way of understanding such claims is that humanitarian intervention is illegal since existing primary rules of international law prohibit such intervention. READ MORE
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7. Sanctions equal acts of aggression? : A study of the EU sanctions regime targeting the Russian Federation
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The aim of this thesis is to examine whether the European Union’s (EU) sanctions regime currently targeting the Russian Federation could be regarded as an act of aggression according to international law. The thesis discusses acts of aggression as they are defined in accordance with the Charter of the United Nations (UN Charter), the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ), the International Criminal Court (ICC) and in accordance with the 2001 Draft Articles of the International Law Commission. READ MORE
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8. Mandates for Security? How UN Peacekeeping Mandates Address the Level of PostwarViolence after Intra-State Conflicts
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskningAbstract : The transition from war to peace is seldom smooth, and violence persists in many postwar societies. Existing research found that peacekeepers have a good record in addressing postwar violence along the fault lines of the preceding conflict. Yet, most postwar violence stems from actors that were not formally part of the conflict. READ MORE
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9. Desert garden techniques to ameliorate urban microclimates : an example of application in Granada, Spain
University essay from SLU/Dept. of Landscape Architecture, Planning and Management (from 130101)Abstract : In this day and age we are faced with urban cores getting hotter, with the main drivers being climate change and the urban heat island effect. This gets even more complicated as the parts of Europe that have the largest need too cool down, i.e. the south, has the least amount of space available for interventions in the form of green space. READ MORE
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10. Assessing the impact of post-fire restoration interventions using spectral vegetation indices: A case study in El Bruc, Spain
University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för naturgeografi och ekosystemvetenskapAbstract : Ecological restoration has become an increasingly used practice to revert degraded land and mitigate the effects of extreme events in vulnerable biomes such as drylands. Methods to improve the assessment of these restoration interventions are essential to ensure their success, optimize resources and identify improvement aspects for future interventions. READ MORE
