Essays about: "impact of cultural relativism and human rights"

Found 4 essays containing the words impact of cultural relativism and human rights.

  1. 1. The Saudi Elephant In The Room - The Appointment of Saudi Arabia to the Commission on the Status of Women 2018-2022

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

    Author : Caroline Åhslund; [2017]
    Keywords : public international law; human rights law; women s rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Saudi Arabia was among the thirteen states elected to the UN Commission on the Status of Women in April of 2017. The Commission on the Status of Women is the leading women’s rights promoting and protecting body of the world, whereas the state of Saudi Arabia is infamous for conducting systematic discrimination towards women. READ MORE

  3. 2. EU, China, and the Concept of Human Rights: from a Cultural Relativism Perspective

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen; Lunds universitet/Master of Science in Global Studies; Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Kaiyu Shao; [2013]
    Keywords : Human Rights; Cultural Relativism; EU; China; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Human rights have become one of the most sensitive issues between EU and China, and it has brought a substantial impact on the bilateral relation. The EU’s persistent criticism on the Chinese human rights situation has not only provoked strong reaction from the Chinese government, but also led to a wide antipathy towards the EU’s external human rights policy among ordinary Chinese people. READ MORE

  4. 3. How Gender and the Right to Culture have Influenced the Development of Modern International Criminal Law: A Study on the Crime of Gender-Based Persecution under the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Emily Mackay; [2008]
    Keywords : International Human Rights Law and Intellectual Property Rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Nearly a decade has passed since the adoption of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (''Rome Statute'') on 17 July 1998. International criminal law has advanced considerably during this period, particularly with respect to the crime of gender-based persecution. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Role of Gender in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict- Exploring the impact of occupation and patriarchy on Palestinian women

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Andrea Ernudd; [2007]
    Keywords : Israeli-Palestinian conflict; gender roles; occupation; patriarchy; Palestinian Authority; human rights; Peace and conflict research; polemology; Freds- och konfliktforskning; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The purpose of this paper is to illuminate the Israeli-Palestinian conflict from a gender inclusive perspective, seeking to explore and establish some of the ways in which Palestinian women in the West Bank and Gaza are affected by two interlocking systems of oppression, namely occupation and patriarchy. I will carry out this aim through a qualitative case study guided essentially by feminist theorizing on gender and war, human rights, and nationalisms. READ MORE