Essays about: "paramilitary"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the word paramilitary.

  1. 1. Persistence of Human Rights violations in Colombia : A pre - and post peace treaty analysis

    University essay from Enskilda Högskolan Stockholm/Avdelningen för mänskliga rättigheter och demokrati

    Author : Gerardo Vasquez; [2023]
    Keywords : Colombia; Latin america; peace process;

    Abstract : Latin American politics in recent years has caused a stir worldwide. Amid social uprisings, power fluctuations between opposing political thoughts, cases of corruption, and human rights violations, one of the cases that stands out the most in the region is the Colombian one. READ MORE

  3. 2. The role of economic actors in the Colombian armed conflict

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Laura Juanita Serna Velasco; [2022]
    Keywords : History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis assesses the role of two economic actors in the Colombian armed conflict: a multinational company in the agricultural sector and artisanal and small-scale miners in the extractive sector during one of the worst episodes of violence in the Urabá region of Colombia (1990 – 2003). The document combines an analysis of particular business characteristics and a description of the historical legacies that shaped the economic patterns of the areas where the businesses operated. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Identity of Northern Ireland - A Change over Time

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

    Author : Jonathan Corr; [2020]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : The result of Brexit in 2016 gave rise to an imposing question for many politicalscholars, what will happen to Northern Ireland? The region had seen a continuous dividesince its establishment under the Anglo-Irish Treaty of 1921, with violence taking centerstage over three decades in what has become known as ‘The Troubles’. This period ledto the death of some three thousand plus people. READ MORE

  5. 4. Engage and Destroy - The effects of law enforcement militarization on positive peace in Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Carl Lundahl; [2020]
    Keywords : Law Enforcement Militarization; Positive Peace; Brazil; Argentina; Costa Rica; Democracy; Social Justice; Justice; Human Rights; Development; Structural Violence; Armed Forces; Paramilitary; Police; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The purpose of this bachelor was to investigate how law enforcement militarization affects positive peace in Argentina, Brazil and Costa Rica and why law enforcement militarization affects positive peace in a certain manner. Positive peace was defined as the absence of structural violence and constituting democracy, social justice, justice, human rights and development. READ MORE

  6. 5. Power and policy - A comparative study on the state use of paramilitary forces in the Democratic Republic of Vietnam and Ukraine

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Gabriel Lindgren; [2020]
    Keywords : Power; policy; paramilitary; war; action; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Combative paramilitary forces are an unconventional but not unusual notion in warfare. The purpose of this study is to explain how the domestic and international power of a state affect its decision to support and align itself with paramilitary forces in war. READ MORE