Essays about: "nations international system"

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1. 11. Home in Hardship : Exploring how United Nations professionals negotiate constructions of home in and between hardship settings

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Alexander Thomas; [2021]
   Keywords : Home; mobility; international repeat mobility; actor-network theory; ANT; constructivism; United Nations; hardship;

   Abstract : There is a general recognition within the social sciences that extensive mobility challenges how we perceive the notion of home. With this idea as its starting point, this thesis explores how situations of hardship impact the ways in which mobile professionals negotiate and construct their homes. READ MORE

3. 12. UN Transitional Administrations: enjoying immunity or impunity? : A legal study on UN Transitional Administrations and their post-colonial impact on victims’ access to justice

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Viktoria Tomsson; [2021]
   Keywords : UN Transitional Administration; UN Peacekeeping forces; UN Peacekeepers; Postcolonialism; War crimes; Immunity; Victim s rights; FN:s fredsbevarande styrkor; FN-soldater; postkolonialism; Brott mot mänskligheten; Immunitet; Brottsoffers rättigheter;

   Abstract : United Nations peacekeeping forces and operations, have long had a history of crimes against civilians by its personnel, not least concerning crimes of sexual exploitation and abuse. While human rights violations are grave despite their origin, there is a specific element of impunity and distrust when the same people who comes to ‘protect’, are the same people who become perpetrators. READ MORE

4. 13. Appeal mechanisms and Investment Court Systems in Investor-State Dispute Settlement : An analysis of AM and ICS suggestions, in light of contemporary reform

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : David Drakopoulos; [2021]
   Keywords : arbitration; investor; State; ISDS; IIA; BIT; appellate mechanism; AM; Investment Court System; ICS; economic imperialism; status quo; regime; environment; human rights; multilateral investment court; MIC; UNCITRAL; ICSID; CETA; ECA; European Court of Arbitration; foreign investment; capital; capital importing; capital exporting; reform; international investment law; IIL;

   Abstract : We begin with a short analysis of the history of Investor-State Dispute Settlement (ISDS). We then discuss the merits and demerits of the regime, such as the arguments between finality, speediness, and correctness. READ MORE

5. 14. Resolving or transforming conflict? Analyzing mediation guidance within the United Nations, through the lenses of a problem-solving and transformative approach to mediation

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

   Author : Jasmine Traore; [2020]
   Keywords : International mediation; Transformative mediation; Conflict transformation; Problem-solving mediation; Mediator skills; United Nations;

   Abstract : The field of mediation tend to shift as practitioners and theorists make new recommendations concerning how the mediation practice should be conducted. The United Nations play a crucial role in this, its work involves providing training and guidance for new mediators through various arms of their system. READ MORE

6. 15. Education Projects in Ethiopia: are they democratic? A case study on Official Development Assistance

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Marlaina Lahger; [2020]
   Keywords : Ethiopia; Education Projects; Democratic Theory; International Organizations; Official Development Assistance; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : It would be difficult to argue that an uneducated society in today’s world would persevere beyond that of an educated; education has become an essential key to survival. It has been considered “a foundational driver of development which furthermore helps create self-reliance, economic growth, direction to better health and even democratic societies” (Usaid. READ MORE