Essays about: "civil rätt"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 33 essays containing the words civil rätt.

1. 1. Corporate Tax Abuse on the Business and Human Rights Agenda

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Julia Persson; [2022]
   Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Business and Human Rights; Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; tax justice; tax and human rights; tax evasion; tax avoidance; aggressive tax planning; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; mänskliga rättigheter; företagande och mänskliga rättigheter; FN:s vägledande principer för företag och mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Corporate tax evasion, tax avoidance, and aggressive tax planning undermine states’ ability to protect, respect and fulfill human rights since states are deprived of necessary resources to realize economic, social and cultural rights as well as civil and political rights. Corporate tax has previously been called the elephant in the room within the United Nations’ (‘UN’) framework of Business and Human Rights; however, now it is recognized as a key issue for the next decade. READ MORE

3. 2. Unborn Humans as Rights-bearers? – an Analysis under International Human Rights and Swedish Domestic Law

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Alexander Persson; [2020]
   Keywords : public international law; abortion; human rights; right to life; rights-bearer; rights-holder; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats hade som syfte att besvara frågorna om huruvida status som rättighetsbärare tillkommer ofödda människor, samt om gällande regleringar är tillräckliga för att skydda ofött liv. Undersökningen om rättighetsbärarstatus skedde inom ramen för rätten till liv, eftersom denna rättighet förutsattes vara den mest relevanta för ofödda människor. READ MORE

4. 3. A State of One's Own? - A Legal Study of the Right to Self-Determination and Secession with Focus on the case of Québec and Canada

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten; Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Hilda Hansson; [2020]
   Keywords : public international law; self-determination; secession; territorial integrity; human rights; democracy; sovereignty; minority rights; Quebec; Canada; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis examines the right of a people to self-determination and the possibility of secession in a democratic context, focusing on the Québec-Canada case. To that end, it studies (1) the historic and contemporary relationship between Québec and Canada, (2) the meaning of the right to self-determination within international law, (3) possibilities for unilateral secession, and (4) secession by virtue of democracy. READ MORE

5. 4. När vattnet tryter : en studie om landsbygdens medborgares rättigheter och skyldigheter i förhållande till vattenförsörjning

   University essay from SLU/Dept. of Urban and Rural Development

   Author : Olivia Margareta Stopek; [2020]
   Keywords : vattenbrist; vattenhantering; rättigheter; skyldigheter; medborgarskap;

   Abstract : Denna uppsats studerar tätorten Järlåsa, belägen två mil väster om Uppsala. En ort med en bristfällig vattenförsörjning. READ MORE

6. 5. The Recipe for Engagement in a Direct-Action Climate Movement for the Future of Humanity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Miljövetenskaplig utbildning

   Author : Elisabet Dahlstrand; [2020]
   Keywords : Extinction Rebellion; Motivation; Social Movements; Climate Activism; Climate Justice; Climate Emergency; Civil Disobedience; Collective Action; Emotions; Social Identity; Earth and Environmental Sciences; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Climate scientists have sounded the alarm for decades, making increasingly frightening predictions about the coming effects of climate change, yet world leaders have largely failed to address the climate change crisis. As the real time effects of climate change are starting to be felt around the world, citizen activists are increasingly taking matters into their own hands, adding pressure on governments to act swiftly and forcefully. READ MORE