Essays about: "third gender legislation"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words third gender legislation.

1. 1. The limits of Gender Autonomy - A Qualitative Analysis of Icelandic self-determination of legal gender and the Experiences of Trans, Queer, and Non-Binary Individuals

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Graduate School

   Author : Erica Brodén; [2023]
   Keywords : Transgender; non-binary; queer; self-determination of legal gender; third legal gender; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Since 2019, Icelanders can self-determine their legal gender. A third “neutral” option was also added. However, formulations in the Act allow only one self-determined change (Act on Gender Autonomy, 2019). READ MORE

3. 2. The recognition of the nonbinary gender : A socio-legal analysis of the third gender legislation in Malta and Germany

   University essay from Umeå universitet/Umeå centrum för genusstudier (UCGS)

   Author : Maria Kriva; [2019]
   Keywords : nonbinary; intersex; third gender legislation;

   Abstract : The binary conception of gender as solely male or female has had a great impact to nonbinary and intersex people in the societal and legal field. Their ability to enjoy human rights is impacted by the current normative confines of sex and gender. READ MORE

4. 3. Gender-related persecution of refugee women - A feminist analysis of the persecution grounds of the refugee definition

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

   Author : Amanda Hägglund; [2016]
   Keywords : Public international law; folkrätt; Migration law; Migrationsrätt; Refugee definition; Flyktingdefinitionen; Persecution grounds; förföljelse grunderna; 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees; gender-related persecution; könsrelaterad förföljelse; CEDAW; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : Like many other international human rights law instruments, the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees was written from a male perspective, which has resulted in that the refugee definition of the Convention historically has been interpreted through a framework of male experiences. For this reason, many asylum claims of female applicants have been ignored. READ MORE

5. 4. Yo ban? Rape rap and limits of free speech in India : An argument analysis of the debate about banning the artist Honey Singh

   University essay from Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Becky Bergdahl; [2013]
   Keywords : human rights; freedom of speech; India; argument analysis; hate speech law; gender;

   Abstract : This thesis consists of an argument analysis of three columns published in the Indian newspaper The Indian Express in the aftermath of the gangrape and murder of a young woman in Delhi in December 2012, and the following debate about glorification of rape in Indian popular culture. One of the columnists is arguing in favour of including gender as a category in the Indian law on hate speech, thereby banning an artist called Honey Singh and his lyrics about rape. READ MORE

6. 5. The Relationship Between the General Legal Principle of Equality and the Equal Treatment Principle in the Direct Tax Judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union: the Consequences for National Sovereignty

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Institutionen för handelsrätt

   Author : Eleanor Campbell; [2012]
   Keywords : European Union; direct taxation; equality principle; equal treatment; Law and Political Science;

   Abstract : The Legal Principle of Equality underpins most national tax systems and encompasses both substantive and procedural equality. In its substantive form, the principle requires that equal treatment of equal situations. This does not mean however that unequal situations always merit unequal treatment. READ MORE