Essays about: "access to justice"
Showing result 21 - 25 of 182 essays containing the words access to justice.
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21. Wheels of Justice : An overview of cycling infrastructure and social justice in Malmö
University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för Urbana Studier (US)Abstract : Bikes and cycling infrastructure have a relationship with social justice. As a transportation mode they are often viewed as democratic due to their relatively low cost and barrier of entry. However, other factors such as family size, socio-economic disparities, and cultural barriers also exist. READ MORE
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22. Just energy transition or “Just” energy transition? A case study of how energy justice is integrated into energy policies in Nigeria.
University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUSAbstract : Climate change has had significant impacts, which have made it necessary to shift towards a just energy transition. However, there is a paucity of research on how energy justice is integrated into energy policies and documents in the global south, particularly in Nigeria. READ MORE
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23. Law as a Driver of Social Change. Recognizing Conflict-related Sexual Violence as Crimes Against Humanity : The 2016 Sepur Zarco case in Guatemala
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska LatinamerikainstitutetAbstract : In 2016, the case of Sepur Zarco in Guatemala marked the first time that a national jurisdiction recognized sexual violence in the context of armed conflict as a crime against humanity. This occurred in a case concerning indigenous women, within a country profoundly marked by gender-based violence and indigenous peoples’ marginalization. READ MORE
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24. Socially Just Provision of Housing? : A comparative case study on notions of social justice and the interpretation of the right to adequate housing for all in the municipal housing provision in Stockholm and Berlin.
University essay from Blekinge Tekniska Högskola/Institutionen för fysisk planeringAbstract : This study explores how notions of social justice are reflected in municipal rhetorics on housing provision in Berlin and Stockholm, as well as how they resonate with ensuring the right to adequate housing for all. The study also examines how the interpretation of the justice perspective within housing provision differs among the two cities and how such variances can be understood in relation to the cities’ pursued housing regimes. READ MORE
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25. Indigenous justice in Guatemala: Indigenous women’s access to justice versus indigenous communities’ collective rights
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : In 2016, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala ruled in favor of validating the application of ancestral justice by the indigenous authorities of the community of Comitancillo, San Marcos, to an individual who raped a 10-year-old girl. In addition to recognizing the application of an ancestral punishment that consisted in asking for forgiveness and receiving some lashings from members of his family as valid, the court ordered the dismissal of the case in the legal ordinary system, claiming the aggressor had already been judged and punished. READ MORE
