Essays about: "killings"

Showing result 16 - 20 of 42 essays containing the word killings.

1. 16. Rumours Matter : A Literature study on Honour killings Focusing on the link between gender, religion, and rumours

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : S Al; [2020]
   Keywords : Honour killings; Religion; Gender; Rumours; Middle East; Islam.;

   Abstract : This literature study investigates the link between gender, religion, and honour related violence with a focus on the intersection of rumours. Rumours as an intersection of honour will help to find out the answers to the research questions. The literature study concentrates on two honour killings cases, Fadime ’s and Sorya M. READ MORE

3. 17. Prospects of Holding Former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez Responsible for False Positives based on the Doctrine of Superior Responsibility

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Laura Sanchez; [2020]
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   Abstract : This thesis studies the prospects of holding former President of Colombia Álvaro Uribe Vélez responsible for false positives, the extrajudicial killings that occurred in Colombia between 2002 and 2008, based on the doctrine of superior responsibility. The legal analysis builds on Article 28(b) of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court and customary international law. READ MORE

4. 18. Linking Genocide and War : A Conceptual Study

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Oskar Steinholtz; [2019]
   Keywords : genocide; war; conceptual analysis;

   Abstract : Genocides and wars tend to covary yet the link between them is disputed. The definition and the extension of the concept genocide is also a subject of debate. Furthermore, it is disputed if historical cases of genocide are best explained as cases of genocide, or as cases of mass killings or as cases of civilian victimization in war. READ MORE

5. 19. Being a "real" man; Honor killings and the performance of masculinity

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Centrum för Mellanösternstudier

   Author : Elvira Madhar; [2019]
   Keywords : honor killings; gender; masculinities; hegemonic masculinity; structured action theory; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Abstract This case study looks at the topic of honor killings in relation to “doing” masculinity, in Jordan. A short overview is given on the dynamics of masculinities detected in the Jordanian public sphere. READ MORE

6. 20. Coerced Concessions: : Does Government Mass Killing of Civilians Affect Rebel Groups’ War Aims?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

   Author : Oskar Sjöstedt; [2018]
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   Abstract : A government’s choice to kill civilians on a massive scale in civil wars has long been a puzzling phenomenon. Although the scholarly discussion on the motives behind such actions has been growing in the last decades, the understanding of the impact of mass killings is still limited. READ MORE