Essays about: "jus cogens"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 21 essays containing the words jus cogens.

  1. 1. From Freezing to Seizing? A Critical Analysis of State Immunity in Relation to Seizing Russian Central Bank Assets for Ukraine

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

    Author : Johan Rejare; [2023]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; state immunity; statsimmunitet; immunitet; konfiskering; seizure; property; EU; Ukraine; Russia; aggression; international crimes; accountability; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In response to Russia’s aggression and illegal use of force against Ukraine in 2022, in violation of the UN Charter, the EU and other partners adopted sanctions immobilising or freezing the assets of the National Central Bank of Russia, assets possibly amounting to over €300 billion. The war has caused enormous and incalculable damages to Ukraine and its infrastructure, economy and people. READ MORE

  3. 2. Erasing Identity: A Study of the Legal Evolution of Cultural Genocide and its Implications for the Protection against State-imposed Extinction

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

    Author : Samantha Edin; [2022]
    Keywords : folkrätt; public international law; folkmord; genocide; internationell straffrätt; international criminal law; kulturellt folkmord; cultural genocide; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Brottet folkmord kallas i folkmun för "brottets brott", vilket tyder på dess allvar och dess status som en jus cogens-norm i internationell rätt. Den nuvarande rättsliga definitionen av folkmord omfattar dock endast fysiska och biologiska handlingar, till skillnad från den ursprungliga definitionen som betonade innebörden av kulturellt folkmord. READ MORE

  4. 3. Climate Change Litigation Based on Human Rights : challenges and possbilities in Sweden

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Isabella Parling; [2021]
    Keywords : Climate Litigation; International Human Rights Law; Positive Obligations; European Convention on Human Rights; Climate Change; Paris Agreement; Jus Cogens;

    Abstract : Climate change litigation is expanding at fast speed throughout various jurisdictions around the world. Citizens are taking states’ lack of climate mitigation measures to courts, demanding that more has to be done on the climate crisis. READ MORE

  5. 4. The Peremptory Nature of Non-Refoulement Obligation: Juridico-Ethical Argument for Humanity

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

    Author : Lasha Lursmanashvili; [2021]
    Keywords : jus cogens; non-refoulement obligation; rightlessness; erga omnes; sui generis; interpretive consequences; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : First, the thesis establishes that non-refoulement obligation is jus cogens norms. Before establishing the peremptoriness of the given legal norm, the account of the concept of jus cogens is proposed within which such elevation occurs. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Intersex Baby - From a Social Emergency to a Human Rights Challenge

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)

    Author : Marika Komboki Lancing; [2018]
    Keywords : Children´s Rights; Intersex Genital Mutilation; Human Rights; Jus Cogens; Activism; Queer Theory;

    Abstract : This paper aims to shed light on the intersex infant, a baby born with an unclear gender. The main goal of the paper is to discuss whether unnecessary gender normalizing surgeries on infants, also called intersex genital mutilation (IGM) that is not necessary to preserve the life or physical health of the infant is in the best interest of the child. READ MORE