Essays about: "international conflicts"

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  1. 36. The Classification of Civilians as Human Shields: a Means to Justify Violence?

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

    Author : Coline Marie Proy; [2023]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Human shields have been increasingly documented in contemporary theatres of war. In this context, it is interesting to examine the circumstances in which the attacking party classifies the civilians they face as human shields. READ MORE

  3. 37. “The Convention, the implementation, and the renegotiation” : - Analysis of actor and interest positioning on the Aarhus Convention

    University essay from Umeå universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Christoffer Andersson; [2023]
    Keywords : Aarhus Convention; Implementation; Ownership; Forestry; Forests; Values; ENGO; Industry; Willingness; Ability; Understanding;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the implementation of the Aarhus Convention in the Swedish forest sector, with the purpose to understand why the ratification has become so controversial and what the further implications may be for international environmental conventions. Employing a mixed-methods approach a three-part data collection of policy documents, media articles, and interviews with involved actors was done and later analysed through thematic analysis and an implementation-theory framework. READ MORE

  4. 38. The Russian Playbook : Using History & Path Dependence to Analyse How Russia Operationalises Grand Strategy in Ukraine, Georgia, and Moldova.

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

    Author : Justine Westbrook; [2023]
    Keywords : Russia; Security; International Relations; Conflict; History; Path Dependence; Georgia; Ukraine; Moldova; War; Historical Institutionalism; USSR; Post-Soviet; Deception; Russian Influence; Weaponization; Weaponisation; Donba; South Ossetia; Crimea; Transnistria; Pridnestrovia; Russian Grand Strategy; Abkhazia; Frozen Conflict; Playbook;

    Abstract : To predict and prevent future armed conflicts like Russia’s war against Georgia in 2008 and Ukraine in 2022, there is more value in knowing how these wars occurred rather than why they occurred. The Russian Playbook is built from three distinct “plays” employed by Moscow and organised in the theoretical framework of Historical Institutionalism through Path Dependence modelling. READ MORE

  5. 39. Resurrection of Kriegsraison? The Military Necessity Principle and the Essence of International Humanitarian Law

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

    Author : Finn-Valentin Kolitsch; [2022]
    Keywords : Kriegsraison; International Humanitarian Law; International Human Rights Law; Military Necessity; Principle of Military Necessity; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The ancient Kriegsraison doctrine awarded absolute predominance to the achievement of military advantages in armed conflicts and therefore granted the opportunity to secede from all restrictive laws of war. The doctrine was therefore formally condemned as abusive and inconsistent with modern International Humanitarian Law. READ MORE

  6. 40. The Legality of Expanding Bullets in Non-International Armed Conflicts Under International Humanitarian Law : A Reassessment in Light of Law Enforcement Operations and Present-Day Conditions

    University essay from Försvarshögskolan

    Author : John Björelind; [2022]
    Keywords : International Humanitarian Law; Law of Armed Conflict; Superfluous injury and unnecessary suffering; expanding bullets; dumdum bullets; customary international law;

    Abstract : In the performance of law enforcement tasks, military forces frequently use expanding bullets. Such bullets are prohibited in international armed conflicts (IAC:s) by treaty, but in non-international armed conflicts (NIAC:s), the matter is regulated by the principle prohibiting means and methods of a nature to cause superfluous injury or unnecessary suffering (SIrUS), and possibly by an independent rule of customary international humanitarian law. READ MORE