Essays about: "promotion and protection of human rights"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 29 essays containing the words promotion and protection of human rights.

1. 11. The Role of Multinational Corporations and of the State in Promoting Human Rights in Bangladesh: A Case Study of the Rana Plaza Factory Collapse

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

   Author : Victor Yusha; [2018]
   Keywords : Human Rights; Bangladesh; CSR; Garment industry; globalization;

   Abstract : My study analyzes the role of the state and multinational corporations in the promotion of workers’ rights in Bangladesh through a case of the Ready-Made Garment(RMG) industry. My study examines the responsibility of Multinational Corporations(MNCs) and the motivation behind it. READ MORE

3. 12. Unfolding Slavery: a comparative analysis of definitions and positive obligations in the IACtHR case of Hacienda Brasil Verde Worker v. Brazil and the ECtHR case law on slavery and forced labour

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

   Author : Flávia Cieplinski; [2018]
   Keywords : International Human Rights Law; Inter-American Court of Human Rights; Slavery; Servitude; Forced Labour; Trafficking in Persons; Positive Obligations.; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : In October 2016, the IACtHR issued the judgment of the case of Hacienda Brasil Verde Workers v Brazil. The case concerns the subjection of 85 workers to slavery-like conditions in a private-owned livestock farm located in the north of Brazil. Brasil Verde Workers v. READ MORE

4. 13. Support and protection for Human Rights Defenders : To what extent can the international instruments and their corresponding mechanisms provide support and protection for HRDs, especially those that are submitted to criminal prosecution within the national legal systems?

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Virginia Matamoros Alas; [2016]
   Keywords : Human Rights Defenders; Guatemala; Support; Protection;

   Abstract : This study has aimed at examining the nature and function of the support and protection that is offered and provided to human rights defenders trough a selected few international as well as regional human rights instruments and mechanisms, among them the Declaration on Human Rights Defenders, the EU Guidelines on Human Rights Defenders as well as the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights and the Inter-American Court on Human Rights. In order to conduct such a study in a fairly limited and concrete way a number of cases were selected of human rights defenders who have undergone or are currently undergoing criminal prosecution and are incarcerated in Guatemala. READ MORE

5. 14. Understanding Swedish Democracy Aid: An analysis of political party assistance.

   University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Isaac Mutasa; [2013-10-04]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Abstract The Swedish government commissioned a committee led by Hadar Cars in December 1993 to report on the question of channeling assistance for building democratic structures through Party Affiliated Organizations (PAOs) 1. The report laid down the foundation for what can be seen as the Swedish template for political party assistance. READ MORE

6. 15. Mandatory Prosecution Policies in Cases of Domestic Violence - A State Obligation under International Human Rights Law?

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Joanna Nilsson; [2012]
   Keywords : Våld i nära relationer; Domestic violence; Folkrätt; Human Rights law; Mänskliga rättigheter; Public international law; Violence against women; våld mot kvinnor; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Uppsatsen behandlar skyldigheter under det internationella regelverket för de mänskliga rättigheterna i området våld i hemmet, med inriktning på vilken utsträckning stater anses ha en skyldighet att införa obligatoriska åtalsregler (närmast jämställt med allmänt åtal) för våld i hemmet. Med våld i hemmet avses mäns våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer och uppsatsen genomsyras av ett strukturellt perspektiv där våldet ses som ett jämställdhetsproblem, vilket även anger tonen för analysen. READ MORE