Essays about: "bill of rights"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 37 essays containing the words bill of rights.
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1. Legal rights for queer people in Japan: How the LGBT Understanding Promotion Bill was shelved in 2021
University essay from Stockholms universitet/Avdelningen för japanskaAbstract : The fight for equal rights for LGBTQ+ people in Japan has in recent years led to efforts to enact a law to promote understanding. After intense debates and revisions in the spring of 2021, the bill was shelved just before the Olympics, despite pressure from national and international organizations such as the International Olympic Committee. READ MORE
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2. STRETCHING THE BOUNDARIES OF COUNTERTERRORISM : A study on the evolution of extraterritoriality withinAmerican counterterrorism
University essay from Örebro universitet/Institutionen för humaniora, utbildnings- och samhällsvetenskapAbstract : This thesis sets out to research the phenomenon that is extraterritoriality within Americancounterterrorism, doing as such by analyzing four policy reports from four differentpresidential administrations. The purpose of this thesis is to research the evolution ofextraterritoriality within counterterrorism policy based on the knowledge that there has been achange regarding the matter, significantly following the events of the 11th of Septemberterrorist attacks in 2001. READ MORE
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3. A war on the marginalised : The legitimisation and inevitability of the protection of privilege through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC), the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB), and the institutions that enable them
University essay fromAbstract : This article explores the declining state of and increasing threat to human rights in the UK, through an analysis of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill (PCSC) and the Nationality and Borders Bill (NB). It focusses on the ostracisation, demonisation and criminalisation of marginalised groups, and how this has been achieved through a regime of right-wing populism, capitalising on crises within the elite to direct public anger at economic suffering and perceived erosion of social values towards the most marginalised in society by proposing that they are favoured by the elite over 'the people'. READ MORE
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4. Mining and Indigenous Peoples' rights: an analysis of the Brazilian Amazon from an international human rights law perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : The present study seeks to understand the impacts of mining on Indigenous Peoples’ rights in the Brazilian Amazon. For this purpose, after an introduction of the context of mining historically, socially, and geographically in Brazil, a framework of Indigenous Peoples’ rights is described, and each right analyzed separately. READ MORE
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5. The European Taxonomy Regulation and the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive: A Human Rights Perspective
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : The EU has over the last few years set up the objective to become climate neutral by the year 2050. To achieve this objective, the European Commission has recognised the need for a massive transition investment into sustainable economic activities. READ MORE
