Essays about: "public international law"

Showing result 41 - 45 of 475 essays containing the words public international law.

  1. 41. Mandatory Human Rights Due Diligence: A study on sources of international business and human rights law, and stakeholder engagement in the context of the EU’s sustainability due diligence directive

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

    Author : Aram Shokor Qasim; [2023]
    Keywords : public international law; law; soft law; hard law; CSDDD; sustainability; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The European Council’s proposal for a corporate sustainability due diligence directive (the “Proposal”) aims to introduce obligations and respon-sibilities for some companies (“Company/Companies”) related to sustainability matters. Part of the reasons for the Proposal was the emergence of global value chains, which are prone to contain human rights violations. READ MORE

  2. 42. Stora Enso and Human Rights Due Diligence : Understanding the compliance requirements of the proposed EU Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence for large public-interest companies through a case study of Stora Enso

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

    Author : Josefine Bergman Larsson; [2023]
    Keywords : Human Rights Due Diligence; HRDD; Directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence; CSDDD; Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence; Stora Enso; Corporate Sustainability; Business and Human Rights; UNGP; OECD guidelines; human rights due diligence requirements; human rights law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : This thesis seeks to examine the human rights due diligence (HRDD) requirements outlined in the EU proposal for the Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDD proposal) for large EU limited liability companies (LLC), offering a comprehensive overview of these requirements. To further clarify and substantiate the HRDD provisions stated in the CSDD proposal, the thesis also includes a case study of Stora Enso, which serves as an illustration of how these requirements are applied in real-world scenarios. READ MORE

  3. 43. Of course, but maybe: the absolute prohibition of refoulement and threats to national security and public safety : Legal and practical effects of undesirable but unreturnable refugees

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Hanna Aftonfalk; [2022]
    Keywords : International law; refugee law; human rights law; non-refoulement; refugee protection; exclusion; torture or ill-treatment; national security and public safety;

    Abstract : States are routinely confronted with conflicting duties of maintaining full respect for human rights, on the one hand, and protecting national security and public safety, on the other. This is not least noticeable when States’ sovereignty and the right to control who enters and leaves their territories clash with the obligation to afford protection to refugees fleeing persecution. READ MORE

  4. 44. Corruption’s Impact on Welfare Spending: A Panel Data Analysis

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Leo Kleja; [2022]
    Keywords : Corruption; Public spending; Panel data; Fixed effects regression; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : The existence of corruption poses challenges for governments worldwide attempting to implement certain policies as well as organizing their economy. Not only can widespread corruption threaten the rule of law and legal order but also the trust in and legitimacy of public institutions. READ MORE

  5. 45. Justifying or Excusing Humanitarian Intervention? - An Examination of Whether the Law of State Responsibility Can Accommodate the Domestic Justification-Excuse Distinction

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

    Author : Isabella Krvavac; [2022]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; public international law; analogi; analogy; rättfärdigande omständigheter; justifications; ursäktande omständigheter; excuses; humanitär intervention; humanitarian intervention; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : In defense of humanitarian intervention, it has been claimed to be ‘illegal but justified’ and ‘illegal but excused’. One way of understanding such claims is that humanitarian intervention is illegal since existing primary rules of international law prohibit such intervention. READ MORE