Essays about: "country, human rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 268 essays containing the words country, human rights.

  1. 1. GDPR Compliance in EU-US Data Transfers - Examining the impact of the EU Commission’s 2023 adequacy decision on surveillance risks

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

    Author : Linda Kidwell; [2024]
    Keywords : General Data Protection Regulation; Adequacy Decision; EU Commission; Surveillance law; Third country data transfers; US intelligence agencies; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : International data transfers serve to support the global economy, facilitating international collaboration and economic expansion. However this increased productivity comes at a cost, namely amplified personal data privacy and security risks. READ MORE

  3. 2. Menstrual rights are human rights - a qualitative study about period poverty among homeless Roma in Stockholm

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för socialt arbete

    Author : Britta Dohmen; Britta Dohmen; [2023-11-03]
    Keywords : period poverty; menstruation; vulnerable EU citizens; Roma; Stockholm; feminism;

    Abstract : In the past decade, period poverty has gained more attention in international research. However, in Sweden the issue is still neglected which results in a complete absence of scientific research. Period poverty is not exclusively a phenomenon in low-income countries but is present around the globe. READ MORE

  4. 3. Consociational Democracies and Human Rights : A Case Study on Bosnia and Herzegovina

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för konst, kultur och kommunikation (K3)

    Author : Anes Mehmeti; [2023]
    Keywords : Consociationalism; Bosnia and Herzegovina; human rights; minority rights; political participation;

    Abstract : Power-sharing democratic models, such as consociationalism, are becoming a fundamental solution for divided societies. Consociationalism aims to divide power between the majority segments of a plural society using four characteristics: grand coalition, segmental autonomy, proportionality, and mutual veto. READ MORE

  5. 4. Bringing human rights due diligence into law: Addressing modern slavery or business as usual? : A postcolonial assessment of the UK Modern Slavery Act’s compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Isabelle Kämpe; [2023]
    Keywords : UK Modern Slavery Act; MSA; UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; UNGP; modern slavery; human rights due diligence; HRDD; supply chain; transparency; postcolonialism; neo-colonialism; dependency theory;

    Abstract : Operating through complex supply chains and multiple jurisdictions, today’s business enterprises can outsource manufacturing to different parts of the world where they can take advantage of low labour- and production costs. In the global quest for businesses to maximise their profits, deteriorating working conditions for offshore labour workers are increasing the risks of human rights abuses. READ MORE

  6. 5. A Critical Discourse Analysis on Finland's Rejection of The Reform of Sámi Parliament Act : A Critical Postcolonial Perspective

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

    Author : Inka Ala-Iso; [2023]
    Keywords : The Sámi Parliament Act; Postcolonialism; Settler Colonialism; Finland; Sámi;

    Abstract : Finland is recognized as a country with high human rights standards including the rights of the indigenous people that are protected by various declarations, conventions, and international human rights laws. Finland first enacted a Sámi Parliament Act in 1995 and has most recently in 2019 received criticism from the UN Human Rights Committee for not guaranteeing the rights for the legally recognized indigenous Sámi people living within Finland’s borders. READ MORE