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  1. 6. The risky reality to legally exist - A critical analysis on the notion of legal identity in International Human Rights Law

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

    Author : Amelie Kraft; [2021]
    Keywords : legal identity; international human rights law; social inclusion; SDG 16.9; différance; critical legal analysis.; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Around 20% of all people worldwide (1.5 billion) do not have an official and legally recognized document as proof of their identity. This affect, for example, their right to vote, to open a bank account, obtain formal employment or seek legal compensation. READ MORE

  3. 7. A trinitarian analysis on how The United Nations Security Council failed to protect Timor-Leste's Independence and Human Rights through political action 1960-1999

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheter

    Author : Evelina Skagerlind; [2021]
    Keywords : Timor-Leste; East Timor; United Nations; Security Council; Independence; Human Rights; Colonialism; East Timor Question; Veto; International Relations; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to research how the United Nations (UN) through the Security Council (SC) failed to act politically to protect the independence and human rights of Timor-Leste 1960-1999. 1960 Timor-Leste was acknowledged by the UN as a non-self-governing territory and so remained until the referendum of independence 1999. READ MORE

  4. 8. ‘Imagine all the people sharing all the rights’: The application of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities in the practice of the European Court of Human Rights with a focus on the right to vote

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

    Author : Noémi Báthory-Okunlola; [2021]
    Keywords : disability law; right to vote; legal capacity; guardianship; European Court of Human Rights; CRPD; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : The thesis covers human rights violations against persons with disabilities, focusing on their right to political life and the right to vote, using the framework of critical disability theory. The aim of the thesis is two-folded: it analyses the use of the UN Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) in the adjudication of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) with a focus on the right to vote of persons with disabilities. READ MORE

  5. 9. War, peace and the women’s voice : A study of the newspaper Tidevarvet and its view on women´s rights and the peace during the interwar period

    University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Religionsvetenskap

    Author : Sofia Zetterman; [2020]
    Keywords : Human rights; League of Nations; Interwar Period; Tidevarvet; Fogelstadsgruppen; The suffragette movement;

    Abstract : The purpose of this essay is to study articles from the newspaper Tidevarvet during the newspapers first years 1923-1924, and the newspapers last year, 1936. The main focus will be on the topics about women’s right and the peace issue. READ MORE

  6. 10. The devil in disguise : seeking political opportunity through Brexit to claim 'rights to the city' in London

    University essay from Lunds universitet/LUCSUS

    Author : Leonard D'Crus; [2018]
    Keywords : Brexit; political opportunity; ‘Rights to the city’; community-led housing; Scenario analysis; London; sustainability science; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : There has long been a crisis of housing affordability in London, which the government and private sector are failing to address. On top of the socio-economic challenges brought about by this, London’s current and new stock of housing are not built to the necessary environmental standards to achieve legally binding environmental targets. READ MORE