Essays about: "african charter on human and peoples rights"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words african charter on human and peoples rights.
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1. The concept of human rights : a qualitative content analysis of the declarations of UN, ASEAN and AU
University essay from Södertörns högskola/StatsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis will examine and evaluate how post-colonial and universal key concepts reflects on The Universal Declaration of Human rights, the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights, and the ASEAN Declaration on Human Rights in order to provide diverse understandings of the concept of rights. The purpose of the study is to examine and evaluate how some of the key concepts of post-colonialism and universalism are reflected in these three declarations. READ MORE
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2. A paradigm shift from voluntary to court-ordered climate change mitigation? The potentials and challenges of a human rights-based approach
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : The central theme of this thesis is anthropogenic climate change; governments' inability to create an effective, inclusive response mechanism that manages to mitigate anthropogenic emissions; and advocates efforts to coerce States to act by invoking State responsibility in adjudicatory dispute settlement processes. States' failure to act in accordance with scientific risk assessments and to mitigate polluting activities has led underrepresented groups to increasingly lose trust in their respective executive and legislative branches, and, by means of protest, these advocates are now turning to court. READ MORE
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3. Filling the Gaps in the Right to Development: A Study on the Understandings (and Misunderstandings) of Rights-Holders and Duty-Bearers
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The right to development (RTD) is an inalienable human right that has been affirmed by the United Nations General Assembly in the Declaration on the Right to Development (DRD), in 1986. The right has also been reaffirmed by several international declarations and in two regional human rights conventions, the African [Banjul] Charter on Human and Peoples’ Rights and Arab Charter on Human Rights, and it is often discussed in development discourse. READ MORE
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4. Freedom of Expression in Newly Established Democracies of Eastern Europe: Azerbaijan in Focus
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : This paper examines the freedom of expression in a newly established in Eastern Europe democracy, namely in Azerbaijan. Before reviewing the domestic law of Azerbaijan on freedom of expression, the study touches upon a few important thoughts and statements about the interdependence of freedom of expression and democracy. READ MORE
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5. The right to health and right to intellectual property in the EU. Analysis of the internal and external policies.
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : It is very common nowadays to speak of an ''information society'' in which control of information or information based knowledge has replaced control over matter as an ultimate source of economic power. The intellectual creations protected through patents, trade marks, copyrights etc constitute often a huge part of the companies' intangible assets. READ MORE
