Essays about: "criminal responsibility on human rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 13 essays containing the words criminal responsibility on human rights.

1. 1. Responsibility to Protect and International Law - The Case of the Rohingya

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

   Author : Alice Ribbenvik; [2020]
   Keywords : Public international law; responsibility to protect; Rohingya; Myanmar; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Rohingya-muslimerna i Myanmar har utsatts för diskriminering och förtryck i många decennier. Sedan 2012 har våldet i Myanmar eskalerat till vad många menar är folkmord. De påstådda brotten har fått uppmärksamhet i det internationella samfundet och särskilt inom området internationella mänskliga rättigheter. READ MORE

3. 2. No Place Like Home: Development-Induced Displacement - A Crime of Forcible Transfer of Populations

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Magdalena Nergården; [2017]
   Keywords : Public International Law: International Human Rights Law: Criminal Law: Development-induced displacement: Forcible transfer of population: Crimes against humanity:; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : This thesis explores how crimes against humanity in general and the crime of forcible transfer of population in particular, cover the most serious situations of development-induced displacement. The focus lies on the legal protection through international criminal law of persons displaced in an unjustified way as a result of development projects, such as the building of dams, roads, and other infrastructure, as well as the exploitation of natural resources in mining and oil projects, to name just a few examples. READ MORE

4. 3. Addressing impunity through State accountability? A study on responsibility for human rights violations committed by UN peacekeepers

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Fanny Zakrisson; [2015]
   Keywords : public international law; human rights law; UN; peacekeeping; ECHR; extraterritorial jurisdiction; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In 2015, media reported on new allegations of sexual exploitation and abuse committed by UN peacekeepers against civilians. This was not the first time such allegations were made. Although a number of measures have been taken at the UN level to combat these crimes, the problem persists. READ MORE

5. 4. Whose Rule of Law in the case of International Signals Intelligence?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Erik Kvist; [2014]
   Keywords : public international law; jurisprudence; EU law; SIGINT; surveillance; Snowden; Rule of Law; intelligence exchange agreement; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Doktrinen kring rättsstatsprincipen är nära sammanflätad med vad det innebär att leva i ett demokratiskt samhälle. Det är en rättsfilosofi som appliceras aktivt i domstolar och internationella organisationer såsom Europadomstolen och Förenta Nationerna, som en absolut nödvändighet för att främja och implementera rättvisa och fred på jorden. READ MORE

6. 5. A legal minefield created by battlefield contractors - The status, role and accountability of private security and military service companies in conflict and post-conflict areas

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Cajsa Knutsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Public international law; folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Den privata säkerhets- och militärbranschen (nedan PSC-branschen) har fått ett starkt uppsving sedan början av 1990-talet. Företag inom denna bransch utför ett antal tjänster, av vilka vissa berör aktiviteter som regleras av internationell humanitär rätt, mänskliga rättigheter och internationell straffrätt. READ MORE