Essays about: "thesis on human rights and freedom of expression"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 30 essays containing the words thesis on human rights and freedom of expression.

  1. 1. At Risk for Aiding the Vulnerable : A Critical Discourse Analysis on Legal Discourse for the Case of Protecting Human Rights Defenders

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

    Author : Maria Mihail; [2023]
    Keywords : Human rights defenders; peaceful action; international law; protection; freedom of expression;

    Abstract : Abstract This study investigates the legal discourse in case law regarding the violation of freedom of expression for human rights defenders, in order to examine how they are represented by states and within an international legal framework. There are still gaps in research trying to explain how and why HRDs get prosecuted for their work of promoting and continuing the respect for human rights. READ MORE

  3. 2. Facing SLAPP in Indonesia: A Human Rights Approach to Judicial Measures Silencing Journalists

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

    Author : Jonatan Klefbom; [2022]
    Keywords : Freedom of expression; Freedom of the press; International Human Rights Law; Journalists; SLAPP; Indonesia.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The UN Human Rights Council has several times addressed the expanding issue of judicial harassments against journalists around the world. In a functioning democracy, it is important to protect the freedom of expression and the freedom of the press. READ MORE

  4. 3. Mind the Gaps : Why de facto protection of human rights on social media is so difficult and what could be done about it

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Helena Borgå; [2021]
    Keywords : social media; Facebook; freedom of expression; right to privacy; normative conflict mediation; the identity of legal systems; legal pluralism; international legal subjectivity;

    Abstract : This thesis explores if and how states can regain control over large social media platforms like Facebook, and by doing so ensuring that individuals on those platforms can de facto enjoy their human rights, as enshrined in international treaties. Today, the platforms are crucial facilitators of human rights but at the same time facilitators of threats towards the enjoyment of the same rights. READ MORE

  5. 4. ADDITIVE MANUFACTURING FOR ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY : Innovative Design for an Ankle Foot Orthosis

    University essay from Jönköping University/JTH, Industridesign

    Author : Theresa Hoai-Thuong Nguyen; [2021]
    Keywords : Ankle Foot Orthosis; Orthotics; Assistive Technology; 3D Printing; 3D Scanning; Additive Manufacturing; Self-Expression; Personalization; Customization; Human Rights;

    Abstract : The following report presents a Master thesis project about a re-design of an ankle foot orthosis using additive manufacturing as the production method, conducted by a student in Spring 2020 as part of the Master’s programme Industrial Design at Jönköping University’s School of Engineering. Ankle foot orthoses are the most prescribed lower extremity orthoses worldwide and are worn in a visually obtrusive way making patients feel stigmatized for their disability. READ MORE

  6. 5. One public sphere at a time: A post-structural analysis on Turkey’s social media law

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Ipek Sezer; [2021]
    Keywords : Keywords: Social media; public sphere; Turkey; post-structural analysis; Habermas; freedom of expression; penal code; problem representation; human rights; critical voices; History and Archaeology;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the amendments of the Law on the Arrangement of Internet Publication and Combating Crimes Committed Through These Publications regarding its impact on the public sphere in Turkey, and explores the importance of the political background in which one analyses law. The study argues that social media is the last free public sphere in Turkey and analyses how the law aims to attack this sphere. READ MORE