Essays about: "United Nations Human Rights Committee"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 8 essays containing the words United Nations Human Rights Committee.
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1. Reasonable accommodation - at what cost?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is not only the main instrument of international disability law, but also connects the field with a multitude of other areas of international human rights law. In its 27th Article it guarantees the right to work for persons with disabilities, thereby bridging the gap between international disability- and international labour law. READ MORE
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2. Refuge from Climate Change? : The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ICCPR and the ECHR in the Context of Climate Change
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : In the early 1990s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the gravest effects of climate change could be on human migration, as millions would be displaced by coastal erosion, flooding, and drought. Today, this is considered a reality that is coming ever closer. READ MORE
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3. ‘Imagine all the people sharing all the rights’: The application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights with a focus on the right to vote
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The thesis covers human rights violations against persons with disabilities, focusing on their right to political life and the right to vote, using the framework of critical disability theory. The aim of the thesis is two-folded: it analyses the use of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the adjudication of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a focus on the right to vote of persons with disabilities. READ MORE
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4. The right to live in the community as the right to have rights
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : The present thesis explores Article 19 of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which recognizes the right of all persons with disabilities to live in the community, with choices equal to others. The relationship between Article 19 and the other articles of the Convention are explored, in order to discuss the role of Article 19 in the Convention. READ MORE
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5. Who watches the watchmen and do they need watching?
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This thesis examines the independence of the UN treaty bodies, both in its entirety and the autonomy of the individual treaty body members. Since independence is very difficult to measure empirically, this paper uses the theoretical framework of Principal-Trustee theory as a tool by which the independence can be understood. READ MORE
