Essays about: "human rights regime"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 116 essays containing the words human rights regime.

1. 16. Can Human Rights Aid the "Super Wicked"? The potential of the business and human rights regime to compel corporations to take climate action

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

   Author : Els Heile; [2021]
   Keywords : Law and Political Science;

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3. 17. Triadic Relationship Between Social Movement,News Media, and Geopolitics : Government affiliated transnational media and its’ coverage of 2020-2021 Belarusian Protests

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Institutionen för mediestudier

   Author : Karolina Kukstaite; [2021]
   Keywords : Belarus protests 2020; transnational media; geopolitics; social movements; media framing;

   Abstract : As the media followed the turn of events in Belarus, increasing arrests and the violence that followed brought tens of thousands of Belarusians into the streets to demand change, end police brutality, and display how far human rights abuses have come in Lukashenko's regime. This thesis argues that in the cases like this, foreign media comes forward to either further protester's voices or shut them down, which, drawing on the previous research, is considered dependent on the geopolitical relations of the countries involved. READ MORE

4. 18. Appeal mechanisms and Investment Court Systems in Investor-State Dispute Settlement : An analysis of AM and ICS suggestions, in light of contemporary reform

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : David Drakopoulos; [2021]
   Keywords : arbitration; investor; State; ISDS; IIA; BIT; appellate mechanism; AM; Investment Court System; ICS; economic imperialism; status quo; regime; environment; human rights; multilateral investment court; MIC; UNCITRAL; ICSID; CETA; ECA; European Court of Arbitration; foreign investment; capital; capital importing; capital exporting; reform; international investment law; IIL;

   Abstract : We begin with a short analysis of the history of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). We then discuss the merits and demerits of the regime, such as the arguments between finality, speediness, and correctness. READ MORE

5. 19. Refuge from Climate Change? : The Principle of Non-Refoulement under the ICCPR and the ECHR in the Context of Climate Change

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Joel Herrault; [2021]
   Keywords : non-refoulement; climate refugees; climate change; human rights law; ECHR article 3; ECtHR; ICCPR articles 6 and 7; United Nations Human Rights Committee; slow onset processes; climate change effects; klimatflyktingar; non-refoulement; EKMR artikel 3; ICCPR artikel 6 och 7;

   Abstract : In the early 1990s the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicted that the gravest effects of climate change could be on human migration, as millions would be displaced by coastal erosion, flooding, and drought. Today, this is considered a reality that is coming ever closer. READ MORE

6. 20. 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