Essays about: "human rights case study"

Showing result 6 - 10 of 431 essays containing the words human rights case study.

1. 6. GOVERNANCE BEYOND BORDERS The Extraterritorial Reach of OECD National Contact Points for Responsible Business Conduct

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Mirja Sund; [2023-06-20]
   Keywords : Business and human rights; Non-judicial mechanisms; Extraterritoriality; OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises; OECD National Contact Points;

   Abstract : As increasingly powerful actors in a globalised world, multinational corporations are often able to evade responsibility for human rights violations and other misconduct occurring in their own operations or supply chains. Since courts face limitations when attempting to exert jurisdiction outside of their state territories, state-based non-judicial mechanisms such as the OECD National Contact Points (NCPs) have been established to fill this gap by mediating between corporations and victims of corporate human rights abuses with the aim of providing remedy to the latter. READ MORE

3. 7. Could you imagine that face on that body? : A study of deepfakes and performers’ rights in EU law

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Affärsrätt; Linköpings universitet/Filosofiska fakulteten

   Author : Emil Tyni; [2023]
   Keywords : Intellectual property; Performers rights; Deepfake; AI;

   Abstract : The natural desire to express the human experience through song, dance, speech and movement have characterised culture and society throughout history. From frantic dances around fires, to comedies and dramas at the ancient theatres, to sold out arena concerts, all driven by the same fundamental spirit of creation and expression. READ MORE

4. 8. 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. 9. The Threat of Ideological Indoctrination : Exploring the Adaptive Argumentation within Pro-Life Discourse in Latin America

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Hanna Berg; [2023]
   Keywords : abortion; Latin America; human rights; discourse; pro-life; threat construction; gender ideology;

   Abstract : This thesis investigates conservative social movements’ discursive strategies and the ways in which discourse is used depending on a constructed threat. This is done through a discourse analysis on online published material by pro-life groups in Latin America, using the case of abortion. READ MORE

6. 10. Human Rights Violations During the Covid-19 : A Case Study of Child Marriages in Niger

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

   Author : Faith Falodi; [2023]
   Keywords : Human rights; child marriage; violation of human rights; child right abuse;

   Abstract : Millions of people's lives have been upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has also worsened existing inequalities and led to widespread abuses of human rights. This report examines the rise in teen marriage in Niger as a result of the global epidemic. READ MORE