Essays about: "queer legal theory"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the words queer legal theory.

  1. 1. A third legal gender in Sweden? Recognition, alternatives, and the question of human rights for non-binary and intersex individuals in Sweden

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Hedvig Mio Ahlström; [2023]
    Keywords : human rights; gender; sex; binary; liberal inclusion; queer; non-binary; intersex; third legal gender; Sweden; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Under de senaste åren har transrättighetsrörelsen fått ökad spridning och uppmärksamhet både inom den queera rörelsen och i västvärlden och i media överlag. Debatter om att implementera ett tredje juridiskt kön för de personer som inte vill vara registrerade som man eller kvinna, och för personer födda med tvetydiga primära eller sekundära könsorgan, har ökat och nya policys implementeras i olika länder och stater runt om i världen. READ MORE

  3. 2. Human rights versus the traditional family: Implications of the European Court of Human Rights' standard of review in cases concerning Articles 8 and 12

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

    Author : Assi Eliina Uuskallio; [2022]
    Keywords : traditional family; traditional marriage; LGBTI rights; gender equality; discrimination; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Against the background of a conservative push against LGBTI+ and women’s rights, in which courts have already become battlefields, it is important to look at how the European Court of Human Rights, a leading human rights adjudicator both in Europe and globally, would respond to arguments made in the name of human rights but whose real purpose is to limit the rights and freedoms of women and LGBTI+ people. One such argument that has so far been successfully used is the protection of the “traditional family” or “traditional marriage”. READ MORE

  4. 3. LGBTQ+ People & Disasters - A Queer Human Rights-Based Critique of Vulnerability

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

    Author : Christopher Cowan; [2022]
    Keywords : mainstream vulnerability analysis; disaster risk reduction; LGBTQ ; sexual and gender diversity; queer theory; queer legal theory; heteronormativity; subordination; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Climate change and hazard events pose an existential threat to human rights. Hazard events were traditionally viewed as ‘natural disasters’ which were beyond our control and the people caught up in them were unfortunate victims to the unstoppable force of nature. READ MORE

  5. 4. LGBTIQ rights and inclusion in development: The final frontier in human rights? A qualitative case study of the LGBTIQ community in Tanzania

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Emil Norlén; [2021]
    Keywords : LGBTIQ rights; human rights; Queer theory; SDG 10;

    Abstract : The human rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, and queer (LGBTIQ) population is repeatedly violated in countries around the world. Discrimination, violence, and state-led persecution towards the LGBTIQ population takes a negative toll on development and will ultimately affect the outcome of SDG 10, reduced inequalities. READ MORE

  6. 5. The Protection of LGBT+ rights in International Criminal Law

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

    Author : Adam Olofson; [2020]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public International Law; Queer Law; Queer critical Theory; Crimes against humanity; Persecution; International Criminal Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sexual and gender minorities have historically and globally been vulnerable to persecutory and discriminatory acts. Today, sixty-eight United Nations member states criminalize consensual same-sex sexual conduct and nine states expressively criminalize the gender identity/expression of transgender people. READ MORE