Essays about: "torture and International Law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 40 essays containing the words torture and International Law.

  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. THE ABSENCE OF THE ROLE OF UNITED NATION IN MIDDLE EAST PRISON AND VICTIMIZATION, HOW THIS AFFECTS PRISONERS HEALTH

    University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för kriminologi (KR)

    Author : Islam Hassan; [2022]
    Keywords : universal design; inclusion; methods;

    Abstract :  The absence of the United Nations in the Middle East countries has resulted in the victimization and violation of human rights in prisons. People imprisoned for opposing the government are detained and tortured unlawfully. READ MORE

  5. 4. Can International Human Rights Instruments Prevent Police Torture in Kerala?

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

    Author : Archa Baburaj; [2022]
    Keywords : Law and Political Science;

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  6. 5. Ratification and Reservations: A Window-Dressing Exercise? A Study on Reservations to Human Rights Treaties

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

    Author : Sara Egelberg; [2021]
    Keywords : Public international law; reservations; human rights treaties; treaties; human rights; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : For the conditions under which States may reserve themselves to certain provisions of a Convention, which they nevertheless wish to oblige themselves to, are regulated in Article 19 VCLT. States may make reservations under this Article unless: (a) a reservation is prohibited by the treaty, (b) the treaty provides that only reservations of a certain kind – and the reservation in question is not of that kind, or (c) the reservation is incompatible with the object and purpose of the treaty. READ MORE