Essays about: "cultural relativism against court"

Found 4 essays containing the words cultural relativism against court.

1. 1. Climate Blame Below The Glaciers - Challenges to Climate Justice in Peruvian Mountains and German Courts

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Humanekologi

   Author : Line Skovlund Larsen; [2018]
   Keywords : Climate Blame; Climate Justice; Perceptions of Climate Change Causes; Climate Liability; Climate Litigation; Individual Guilt; Collective Responsibility; Diffuse Responsibility; Water Scarcity; Glacial Lake Outburst Flood; The Global South; The Andes; RWE; Huaraz; Peru; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates climate blame amongst a local population in the Northern Andes, Peru, and relates it to arguments on climate liability in German courtrooms. It does so on the backdrop of a climate lawsuit, which in 2017 was accepted by the Higher Regional Court in Hamm, Germany, filed by a Peruvian farmer against a German coal- and electricity company. READ MORE

3. 2. How Gender and the Right to Culture have Influenced the Development of Modern International Criminal Law: A Study on the Crime of Gender-Based Persecution under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Emily Mackay; [2008]
   Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Nearly a decade has passed since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (''Rome Statute'') on 17 July 1998. International criminal law has advanced considerably during this period, particularly with respect to the crime of gender-based persecution. READ MORE

4. 3. The Conformity of Singaporean Marital Law with International Human Rights Standards

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Johanna Nilsson; [2004]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Two different family laws apply in Singapore. Marriages between members of the majority population, regardless of personal religious belief, are regulated by civil law in the Women's Charter. Marriages between persons officially categorized by birth as Muslims are explicitly excluded from the application of civil law. READ MORE

5. 4. Cultural Relativism and Reservations to Human Rights Treaties:The Legal Effects of the Saudi Reservation to CEDAW

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sarah Hélaoui; [2004]
   Keywords : Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Saudi Arabia ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2000. The ratification was a step forward for the strict gender segregated country but could not be genuinely hailed due to a general reservation giving prevalence to Islamic Law in case of conflict with the provision of the Convention. READ MORE