Essays about: "extraterritoriell"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the word extraterritoriell.

1. 1. The Interception of Refugees and Migrants on the High Seas- The Scope of Applicability of the Principle of Non-Refoulement and Extraterritorial Jurisdiction

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

   Author : Dilshodakhon Mustafaeva; [2021]
   Keywords : Public International Law; Interception; Refugee; Migrant; extraterritorial jurisdiction; the principle of non-refoulement; migration management; European Convention on Human Rights; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : According to the European Convention on Human Rights, jurisdiction is a prerequisite for holding a contracting state responsible when an allegation of infringement of the ECHR arises, such as the principle of non-refoulement. States implement extraterritorial migration management measures trying to avoid triggering the principle of non-refoulement arguing that it cannot be applied extraterritorially. READ MORE

3. 2. Adjudicating Climate Change: The Role of Human Rights Litigation in Climate Change Mitigation

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

   Author : Miriam Herlitz Bäckman; [2021]
   Keywords : public international law; human rights; climate change; climate change litigation; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Over the last few decades, states have made a series of attempts to mitigate climate change through international agreements. Greenhouse gas emissions have kept rising, however, and are currently at record levels. This indicates that the international climate change regime has so far proven ineffective. READ MORE

4. 3. If not us, then who? - On the repatriation of Swedish women and children from the al Hol and al Roj camps in the Syrian Arab Republic

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

   Author : Aylin Volgsten; [2021]
   Keywords : public international law; international human rights law; repatriation; jurisdiction; terrorism; counter-terrorism; Syria; ISIL; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In the al Hol and al Roj camps in the north-eastern parts of the Syrian Arab Republic, women and children allegedly affiliated with the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant are detained in precarious humanitarian and security conditions that have been equated with torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment by the United Nations. In early 2021, the United Nations called upon states to repatriate their nationals from the camps. READ MORE

5. 4. Imputability under the ECHR of EU Assistance to Libya. State jurisdiction and obligations when the EU’s assistance to the Libyan Coast Guard has rights-violating effects on torture.

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Sebastian Björnberg; [2020]
   Keywords : ECHR; EU Assistance; Libya; Torture; Jurisdiction; Extraterritorial; Positive obligation; EKMR; EU-stöd; Libyen; Tortyr; Jurisdiktion; Extraterritoriell; Positiv skyldighet;

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6. 5. Home States' Duty to Protect Human Rights - To what extent is Sweden requiring Swedish corporations to comply with human rights extraterritorially?

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

   Author : Gisela Jönsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : It has been argued that multinational corporations benefit from impunity when it comes to human rights violations due to inadequate corporate regulation in host states as well on the international level. Thus, there are three purposes of this thesis: first to examine to what extent states’ duty to protect human rights can be utilised to hold corporations accountable for human rights violations in their global activities. READ MORE