Essays about: "regional protection for human rights"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 41 essays containing the words regional protection for human rights.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Defending the Defenders: International Protection for Local Human Rights Defenders in the Global South

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

   Author : Timothy Lincoln Reeves Jr; [2022]
   Keywords : Human Rights Defenders Global South International Regional Human Rights Systems Attacks violations Protection; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Local human rights defenders play a significant role in the realization and enjoyment of human rights. Working alone or in association with others, they peacefully advocate for and promote fundamental freedoms and human rights for themselves and for their fellow citizens. READ MORE

4. 3. United Nations and the Yazidi : A Discourse Analysis on Arguments Around Intervention

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Hugo Valentin-centrum

   Author : Sarah Stone; [2022]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Since 1948, the United Nations (UN) has been tasked with trying to prevent genocides yet when it comes to providing militaristic intervention, the UN fails to act. This thesis explored why the UN did not intervene militarily in the Yazidi genocide of 2014 through analyzing the arguments in source documents from the UN bodies of the Secretary-General, Human Rights Council, and Security Council. READ MORE

5. 4. Dialogs of Peace in Protection of Life: A Comparative Case Study of a Nonviolence Method by the Indigenous Guards of the Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca in the Post-Peace Accord Context (2016-2021) in Colombia

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Nordiska Latinamerikainstitutet

   Author : Mimmi Clase Hagman; [2021]
   Keywords : Colombia; Peace Agreement of 2016; Ethnic Chapter; Territorial Focus; Cauca Department; Violence; Nonviolence Method; Peace; Regional Indigenous Council of Cauca; Association of Cabildos in Northern Cauca; Indigenous Guards; Kiwe Thegnas; Cyclical War; Power of Asymmetry; Conflict Resolution; Conflict Transformation; Dialogs; Puracé Coconuco; Resguardo of Paletará; Toribío; Proyecto Nasa; Colombia; Acuerdo Final de Paz de 2016; Capítulo Étnico; Enfoque Territorial; Departamento del Cauca; Violencia; Método de la No-violencia; Paz; Consejo Regional Indígena del Cauca; Asociación de Cabildos del Norte del Cauca; Guardia Indígena; Kiwe Thegnas; Guerra Cíclica; Poder Asimétrico; Resolución de Conflicto; Transformación del Conflicto; Diálogos; Puracé Coconuco; Resguardo de Paletará; Toribío; Proyecto Nasa;

   Abstract : The Peace Agreement of 2016 between the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia - People's Army raised hopes after decades of internal armed conflict, but the levels of violence continue to be high in rural areas. Cauca is the department of Colombia where most social leaders and human rights defenders have been killed since 2016. READ MORE

6. 5. Emergency Powers & Human Rights: Shield or Sword? Analysing the emergency powers paradox in a Southeast Asian context

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Paola Zuleta; [2021]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : The state of emergency – the governmental provision of imposing exceptional powers applicable to emergencies – is a characteristic shared by a majority of national governments. The possibility to invoke emergency provisions, albeit necessary, is inherently vulnerable to abuse. READ MORE