Essays about: "mens rea"
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6. A Dead End or a New Beginning? The Place of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in the Responsibility to Protect Doctrine
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : As endorsed by states in the 2005 World Summit, the R2P doctrine primarily reaffirms the responsibility of states to protect their population from genocide, war crimes, ethnic cleansing and crimes against humanity. Secondary responsibility is on the international community to encourage and help States to exercise this responsibility and where states manifestly fail to protect their populations to take collective action, in a timely and decisive manner, through the Security Council, to protect populations. READ MORE
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7. Consent in rape law - A comparison of three models
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Rape violates international human rights law; global and regional human rights mechanisms clearly establish this. There is an obligation on states to investigate, prosecute and punish instances of rape. When it comes to defining what rape is, which acts states are obliged to prosecute the international mechanisms provide little guidance though. READ MORE
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8. Current Development of the Concept of Genocide in the Jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Tribunals and Its Possible Further Impact on the Practice of the International Criminal Court
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Though the practice of genocide traces its roots back to the atrocities committed in the ancient times, however, the international community has shown its reluctance to acknowledge the existence of that horrific crime. The impunity for the Armenian genocide perpetrated by the Young Turks of Ottoman Empire in 1915 had a significant impact on Adolf Hitler who referred to the Ottoman killings of Armenians in his political speeches justifying Nazi's brutal policy. READ MORE
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9. Vetting - Selected Legal Aspects of the Vessel Selection Process. With special focus on seaworthiness, duty of care and charter party vetting clauses
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : ''Vetting'' is the general name used to describe the oil and chemical companies' process of selecting ships for their cargoes. This is a process which is not entirely harmonized and which has not been described or treated to any greater extent in literature, especially not from a legal point of view. READ MORE
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10. Joint Criminal Enterprise in International Criminal Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : JCE is a mode of liability that comprises of three categories of case. This thesis focuses on the third category, namely extended JCE. Extended JCE applies to cases where a group have a common criminal aim, but a crime occurs that was not a part of this common aim. READ MORE
