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  1. 1. Contested consequences : Discourse analysis of social conflict between Sami Reindeer Herding Communities and mining corporations in Impact Assessments

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Institutionen för geografi

    Author : Nils Wilhelmsson; [2023]
    Keywords : impact assessment; discourse analysis; mineral extraction; mining policy; Sami; reindeer husbandry; indigenous peoples; indigenous rights; land use; human geography; spatial planning; miljökonsekvensbeskrivningar; konsekvensanalys; diskursanalys; gruvindustri; gruvpolitik; Samer; samebyar; rennäring; renskötsel; ursprungsinvånare; urfolksrättigheter; markanvändning; kulturgeografi; samhällsplanering;

    Abstract : For a long time, the indigenous Sami of northern Sweden have had little influence within planning processes. This problem have in recent years been highlighted both in legal terms and through practices for developing Impact Assessments (IA), and has led to increasing conflict between reindeer herders and mining corporations. READ MORE

  3. 2. Getting hard to resist: Prospect of mandatory human rights due diligence in Ukraine

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

    Author : Ihor Konopka; [2021]
    Keywords : Business and human rights; corporate respect for human rights; due diligence; human rights due diligence; mandatory human rights due diligence; corporate civil liability; Ukraine; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The 2011 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) introduced human rights due diligence (HRDD) as a societal expectation to businesses to implement a new kind of due diligence risk management process to ‘know and show’ they respect human rights. Ten years later, mandatory human rights due diligence (mHRDD) legislation imposing a legal duty to carry out HRDD has become mainstream across Europe. READ MORE

  4. 3. Free Trade Agreements and Gender (In)Equality: The Possible Gendered Consequences of the EU-Mercosur Free Trade Agreement

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Elin Nilsson; [2020-08-07]
    Keywords : Free Trade Agreements; Sustainability Impact Assessments; Mercosur; European Union; Gender Equality; Gender Mainstreaming; Intersectionality;

    Abstract : The newly negotiated Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the European Union (EU) and Mercosur has provoked both political and public controversy. Gender equality is one of the core values of the EU, and a prerequisite for a sustainable development. READ MORE

  5. 4. Revisiting Persecution due to Socio-Economic Deprivation: a Reading of the Refugee Definition in light of the CRPD

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

    Author : Stavroula Kalea; [2020]
    Keywords : persecution; refugee definition; persons with disabilities; disability-specific; socio-economic deprivation; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The discussion of what the notion of ‘persecution’ entails seems to be evergreen during a time when people are more and more on the move fleeing deprivation of socioeconomic rights. A ‘human rights approach’ to the refugee definition, namely an interpretation by reference to human rights standards, is now endorsed in relevant scholarship. READ MORE

  6. 5. Extractive Industries and Sami in Sweden - An Analysis of the Procedural Safeguards in the Swedish Mineral Framework and Sweden's International and Regional Obligations

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

    Author : Jonathan Örnberg; [2018]
    Keywords : International law; International human rights law; Sami; Sami rights; Sweden; Indigenous Rights; Minority Rights; Minority; Minorities; Indigenous peoples; International environmental law; Extractive industries; Mining; Procedural safeguards; Consultation; Participation; Participation in decision-making; Cultural Rights; Right to information; United Nations; European Court of Human Rights; Environment; Cultural life; Right to culture; International obligations; Regional obligations; Right to land and natural resources; Reindeer Husbandry; Reindeer herding; Mineral framework; Samer; Samers rättigheter; Urfolk; Urfolks rättigheter; Minoritet; Minoriteter; Minoriteters rättigheter; Sverige; Gruvdrift; Internationella förpliktelser; Regionala förpliktelser; Förenta nationerna; Kulturella rättigheter; Processuella skyddsåtgärder; Samråd; Deltagande i beslut; Rätt till information; Rätt till land och resurser; Internationella mänskliga rättigheter; Internatinell rätt; Internationell miljörätt; internationell minoritetsrätt; internationell urfolksrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The Sami are one of the world’s indigenous peoples that live in a land area referred to as Sápmi that extends over the north of Sweden, as well as parts of Norway, Finland and Russia. Part of the Sami population in Sweden lives according to their traditional way of life which includes reindeer husbandry, hunting, fishing, and other resource-based activities. READ MORE