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  1. 1. The crisis of International criminal law in Africa: An African perspective on international criminal law and (in)security governance

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Rukiatu Fatmata Sheriff; [2023]
    Keywords : International Criminal Court; African Union; Ontological Security; anxieties; Postcoloniality; international criminal justice; Third World Approaches to International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Since coming into force the International Criminal Court, has been challenged with a series of issues. Criticism, especially, from African states has forwarded the underlying anxieties that riddles this relatively new institution of international criminal justice. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Effects of Indirect Rule on Electoral Violence : A Quantitative Study

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Fabian Stigar; [2023]
    Keywords : Electoral violence; Colonial legacies; Indirect rule; Direct rule;

    Abstract : Elections are a democratic process intended to create peaceful and legitimate transfers of power. However, since the second and third waves of democratisation, policymakers and researchers have observed that electoral processes are transformed into arenas for political gain through violence. READ MORE

  4. 3. The Dutch state’s apology for its role in the slavery past : Dominant discourses and power relations in the seven apology speeches

    University essay from Jönköping University/HLK, Medie- och kommunikationsvetenskap

    Author : Lotte Rinzema; [2023]
    Keywords : Slavery; Political Apology; Historical Injustices; Dutch State; Postcolonialism; Postcolonial Theory; Discourse Theory; Critical Discourse Analysis; Historical-Discourse Approach;

    Abstract : This study takes a deeper look into the apologies the Dutch state made in 2021 for the role of The Netherlands in the history of slavery. This was done by the presentation of seven speeches by seven members of the Dutch government in the national archives in the European and the Caribbean part of the Dutch Kingdom. READ MORE

  5. 4. Building Resilient States and Societies as Goal in the Joint Africa-EU Strategy : What’s the Problem Represented to be?

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

    Author : Giulia De Zorzi; [2023]
    Keywords : European Union; Africa; resilience; policy; WPR; postcolonialism;

    Abstract : This study concerns the problem representation behind the goal of building more resilient states and societies in EU-Africa policies. As resilience is a recent feature of the European Union’s policy discourse, the study aims at uncovering the problematisation behind its use towards Africa and, consequently, what interests lie behind this change of language. READ MORE

  6. 5. And in my Head I Paint a Picture : The Role of Development Volunteering Organizations in the Othering of States in the Global South

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

    Author : Runa Ziegler; [2023]
    Keywords : international volunteering; development volunteering; othering;

    Abstract : The focus of the Bachelor thesis is to analyze how states in the Global South are being othered by states in the Global North that fund international development volunteering (IDV). A focus is put on states that fund IDV as part of their contribution to the Sustainable Development Goals. READ MORE