Essays about: "genocide in darfur"

Found 4 essays containing the words genocide in darfur.

  1. 1. The International Society on Genocide - A comparative case study of Rwanda and Darfur

    University essay from Sektionen för hälsa och samhälle (HOS)

    Author : Teresia Lundsgård; [2014]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : As the 21st century has been approaching the concept of genocide is nothing new, rather the opposite. Since the beginning of the 1990s we have seen several major genocides taking place around the world, all in where hundreds of thousands of people have been brutally murdered, died or ended up forced to flee from their own country, home and sense of security. READ MORE

  3. 2. A Clash of Narratives

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter; Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Mima Pastor; [2013]
    Keywords : Hayden White; Darfur; Narrative Analysis; Argumentation Analysis; Emplotment; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : “Darfur” has come to be a place invoking many different interpretations and is more politically and emotionally charged, than just a territory on the map. The past events of Darfur during the years of 2003-2007 have been understood to constitute genocide, a violent conflict, a story about the struggle of “good vs. evil”. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Question about Humanitarian Intervention in Darfur

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Jonas Herzberg Karpantschof; [2007]
    Keywords : UN Humanitarian Intervention; Security Council; Darfur; Human Rights; Political Will; Realpolitik; Humanities; Humaniora; Mänskliga rättigheter; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The question about humanitarian intervention in Darfur poses many great obstacles. The essay explores the various factors, such as the legal, moral and political aspects of humanitarian intervention. READ MORE

  5. 4. When Theory Meets the Janjaweed - An Analysis of the Factors that Determine UN Humanitarian Intervention in Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Anna-Linn Persson; [2006]
    Keywords : UN Humanitarian Intervention; Political Will; Somalia; Rwanda; Darfur; Political and administrative sciences; Statsvetenskap; förvaltningskunskap; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Although many may argue that there is a developing norm of "the responsibility to protect", there has not been any decision by the UN Security Council to intervene militarily in the humanitarian crisis in Darfur. The aim of this thesis is to examine the factors that concern UN humanitarian intervention in Africa, and why the Security Council has not intervened to stop the atrocities committed by the government of Sudan and its allied Janjaweed militias. READ MORE