Essays about: "killings"

Showing result 21 - 25 of 42 essays containing the word killings.

  1. 21. Arbitrary Power and the Weakening of the Rule of Law in Duterte's War on Drugs: a qualitative interview study with members of the Filipino Human Rights Community

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Nadine Flatt; [2018]
    Keywords : War on Drugs; Philippines; rule of law; rule of men; arbitrary power; extrajudicial killings; Skype interviews; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Rodrigo Roa Duterte was elected president of the Philippines in 2016. He launched a violent War on Drugs only one day after his assumption of the presidency. In his inaugural speech, Duterte described his adherence to the rule of law as uncompromising. READ MORE

  3. 22. Legitimizing Extrajudicial Killings: A Discursive Study on the Law Enforcement Agency and the Violations of Human Rights in Bangladesh

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Rättssociologiska institutionen

    Author : Lutfunnessa Tania; [2018]
    Keywords : Social Sciences;

    Abstract : This study aims to understand the construction process of legitimizing extrajudicial killings through analyzing text from print and electronic media and how they have been portrayed to the audience. It puts an effort to understand how Bangladesh government legitimize extra-judicial killings within a democratic framework of a country. READ MORE

  4. 23. Honour killings: a thematic analysis within European newspapers

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Religionsvetenskap

    Author : Rita Coelho; [2017]
    Keywords : honour; honour crime; honour killings; patriarchal culture; culture; newspapers; Europe; Portugal; Spain; United Kingdom; femicide.;

    Abstract : Honour killings are considered by the perpetrators the only path to maintain theirs and their family honour, preventing other's to follow behaviours that move away from traditional patriarchal values. With the aim of exploring how honour killings are characterised, a qualitative study within three European newspapers, in three different languages, was conducted. READ MORE

  5. 24. Women’s bodies and Men’s Honour : Supporting Middle eastern migrant women who have experienced honour violence

    University essay from Linköpings universitet/Tema Genus

    Author : S. Al; [2017]
    Keywords : Honour; women’s rights; Intersectionality; Guilt culture; Shame Culture; gender difference; feminism; inequality; Middle East;

    Abstract : This thesis is a study of gender and honour, focusing on NGO’s who work to support women in Sweden who have escaped honour violence. The purpose of this thesis is to find out and explain how they make sense of honour and more specifically, to investigate how does Swedish authorities can help the Middle Eastern women who are victims under this tradition. READ MORE

  6. 25. "We should be a lot angrier" : A case study of the Marikana shootings

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för medier och journalistik (MJ)

    Author : Caroline Åstrand; Linda Birgersson; [2014]
    Keywords : Marikana; South Africa; newspapers; government; hegemony; postcolonialsm;

    Abstract : Our aim with this study was to examine how the Marikana massacre, the killings of 34 mineworkers in August 2012, was portrayed in the news media in South Africa. We based our study on a discourse analysis of a selection of articles written at the time of the massacre. READ MORE