Essays about: "veto powers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 7 essays containing the words veto powers.

  1. 1. The Legal Rights for Enforcement Action in the United Nations and for Individual States : A historical assessment of the powers and legalities of the Security Council, General Assembly and individual states in upholding international peace and security through coercive measures

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Fabian Jahn Högler; [2021]
    Keywords : public international law; international law; legal history; UN; United Nations; responsibility to protect; veto; Security Council; General Assembly;

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  3. 2. Humanitarian Intervention as a Weapon : A qualitative study on the impact geo-strategic interests of veto powers has on the UN decisions to intervene in Libya, and the Non-intervention in Syria.

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning

    Author : Mohamed Malik Mourtaday; [2017]
    Keywords : Civil wars; UNSC decision to intervene; Libya; Syria; veto powers; soft-balancing calculus; geo-strategic interests.;

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  4. 3. The Fiscal Consequences of Peace: Taxation and veto power in post-conflict countries

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Jakob Frizell; [2016]
    Keywords : post-conflict recovery; veto players; power-sharing; fiscal policy; tax revenue; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Effective and fair taxation is imperative for development and thus sustainable peace in post-conflict countries; yet there is a glaring paucity of generalizable research on the subject. Drawing on theories from Political Economy and Comparative Politics this thesis investigates how political veto powers affect these states’ ability to mobilize domestic resources. READ MORE

  5. 4. Head of State Immunity and International Crimes

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Magnus Mannerström; [2015]
    Keywords : Folkrätt; Public International Law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The aim of this thesis is to explore the status of the immunity afforded to heads of state for serious international crimes. The central question asked is whether heads of state at the present time can commit international crimes and still be granted impunity. READ MORE

  6. 5. Legal boundaries of the UN Security Council: Limitations in the use of targeted sanctions

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Karin Eriksson; [2009]
    Keywords : EG-rätt; Folkrätt; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The UN Security Council has been questioned ever since the time of its foundation in 1945. Mostly the criticism has evolved around its powerful status in relation to its limited number of seats and the privileges of the permanent members, such as their right to veto, thus, the question is not new. READ MORE