Essays about: "international law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 1414 essays containing the words international law.

  1. 1. Bilateral Investment Treaties - A study on international investment law and arbitration, with special regards to ‘fair and equitable treatment’

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Sofia Brink; [2018-10-05]
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    Abstract : AIMING towards increasing knowledge within the field of international investment law, a legal field traced by uncertainty and alike no other.DESIRING to research the regulatory system which controls international investments, which increase in amount each day. READ MORE

  3. 2. Blockchain organizations - Decentralized autonomous organizations and the law

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Amanda Langwagen Elfström; [2018-09-11]
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    Abstract : Are we bound by any national rules when we act in an organization that only exists in the digital sphere? Could we see the digital sphere as something disconnected from the physical world, and thus exempted from national laws? And how are individuals affected when the digital phenomena have to act in the physical world? Virtual phenomena, such as blockchain technology and various decentralized applications, forces us to consider law from a different perspective. This thesis discusses national laws and general principles of law in the digital world, from the view of a decentralized autonomous organization on a blockchain. READ MORE

  4. 3. Gender Groups and the Genocide Convention's Protected Groups

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Filip Hassellind; [2018-02-15]
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    Abstract : This thesis explores the crime of genocide in connectivity to ‘gendercides’. Its aim is to investigate whether including gender groups as a protected group in the Genocide Convention is theoretically plausible. READ MORE

  5. 4. Autonomous Weapons – the “Kalashnikovs” of Tomorrow? An Analysis of the Meetings of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the framework of the United Nations' Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studier

    Author : Weronika Alexandra Perlinski; [2018-02-09]
    Keywords : Global Studies; Warfare; Human Rights; International Relations;

    Abstract : After the invention of gunpowder and the development of nuclear weapons, the world faces a thirdrevolution in warfare: lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Since 2014, states, scientistsand civil society activist have been discussing the risks of such systems and possibilities to regulatethem within the framework of the United Nations’ Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons(CCW). READ MORE

  6. 5. Immunity from arrest? - An analysis of obligations for State Parties to the Rome Statute to arrest and surrender a Head of State of a state not party to the Statute in a situation referred to the ICC pursuant to a UN Security Council resolution

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

    Author : Maria Sandén; [2018]
    Keywords : Public international law; International criminal law; Immunity; Head of State immunity; Customary international law; Rome Statute; International Criminal Court; ICC; UN Security Council; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The International Criminal Court (ICC) was created as a compliment to domestic courts in the global fight against impunity. However, customary international law has afforded Heads of State with immunity from prosecution, even for serious international crimes. READ MORE