Essays about: "UNSC"

Showing result 31 - 35 of 46 essays containing the word UNSC.

  1. 31. The patriarchy dressed in feminist clothes : A discourse analysis of the United Nations Security Council’s gendering of the concept Civilians

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : Johanna Hamark Kindborg; [2016]
    Keywords : Female agency; femininity; gender binaries; hegemony; masculinity; patriarchy; sexual violence;

    Abstract : This thesis analyses key documents from the United Nations Security Council (the Council) meetings during the period of 1999 to 2001. This thesis maps out the shift in the discourses that occurred within the Council, when adopting United Nations Security Council’s resolution (UNSCR) 1325. READ MORE

  3. 32. The Responsibility to Protect : An Emerging Norm Applied to the Conflict of Syria

    University essay from Växjö universitet/Institutionen för samhällsvetenskap

    Author : Simon Knuters; [2016]
    Keywords : R2P; Syria; emerging norms; the United Nations;

    Abstract : Abstract   In 2005 the United Nations (UN) unanimously agreed setting up a framework for the responsibility to protect (R2P) populations facing mass death and large scale atrocities consisting of three pillars. This responsibility was primarily for states to protect their own population (pillar 1). READ MORE

  4. 33. Responsibility to Protect in Libya and Syria: The R2P Discourse within the UN Security Council

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : André Chiesa; [2015]
    Keywords : Discourse; Libya; R2P; Syria; UN Security Council; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The past five years, Northern Africa and the Middle East have been characterized by revolutions and civil wars. Today, we can see two major civil wars raging in the region, one in Libya and another in Syria. READ MORE

  5. 34. 1325(2000) - a norm breaking resolution?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Desirée Sterner; Amanda Backman; [2015]
    Keywords : United Nations peacekeeping operations; United Nations Security Council; sexual violence; gender; women; resolutions; 1325 2000 ; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The United Nation Security Council (UNSC) resolution 1325(2000) could be portrayed as a revolutionary resolution with its focus on women and their role in conflict. No matter how important the resolution may be, it is of great importance to see if the United Nations live by their own rules - and uses 1325(2000) as a framework for their succeeding resolutions - or if it is just empty rhetoric. READ MORE

  6. 35. Addressing impunity through State accountability? A study on responsibility for human rights violations committed by UN peacekeepers

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Fanny Zakrisson; [2015]
    Keywords : public international law; human rights law; UN; peacekeeping; ECHR; extraterritorial jurisdiction; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In 2015, media reported on new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN peacekeepers against civilians. This was not the first time such allegations were made. Although a number of measures have been taken at the UN level to combat these crimes, the problem persists. READ MORE