Essays about: "weapons and international law"
Showing result 11 - 15 of 32 essays containing the words weapons and international law.
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11. Nuclear Weapons in the 21th Century - A Legal Examination of the Possession of Unmodern Nuclear Weapons and International Law
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : In its Advisory Opinion: Legality of the Threat or Use of Nuclear Weapons, the ICJ affirmed that the principles and rules of IHL and international environmental law are applicable to the question of nuclear weapons. Further, the effects of a nuclear weapon explosion are undoubtedly disastrous, it is however not the effects of a detonation that separates unmodern nuclear weapons from modern nuclear weapons, it is their respective level of security. READ MORE
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12. Autonomous Weapons – the “Kalashnikovs” of Tomorrow? An Analysis of the Meetings of Experts on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems within the framework of the United Nations' Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons
University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för globala studierAbstract : After the invention of gunpowder and the development of nuclear weapons, the world faces a third revolution in warfare: lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS). Since 2014, states, scientists and civil society activist have been discussing the risks of such systems and possibilities to regulate them within the framework of the United Nations’ Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons (CCW). READ MORE
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13. Marketisation of Security
University essay from Malmö universitet/Fakulteten för kultur och samhälle (KS)Abstract : Entangled in a context of increased use of private military and security companies globally, this study sets out to investigate the motivation for Denmark to use private military and security companies (PMSCs) for maritime security in parilious international waters. This study examines the decision making process taking place in the Danish Parliament in 2012 prior to the passing of Law 116 The amendment of the Firearms Act and the Act on Warfare, etc. READ MORE
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14. The myth of the Red Line : an international relations analysis of the Obama administration’s argumentation for and against a military intervention in Syria
University essay from Lunds universitet/Mänskliga rättigheterAbstract : This paper aims to examine the arguments proposed by the Obama administration regarding a U.S. military intervention in Syria due to the use of chemical weapons by the Syrian regime in 2013. READ MORE
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15. Use the force? - An analysis of the effect of the TPN on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakultetenAbstract : In its Advisory Opinion on the Legality of Nuclear Weapons the ICJ was unable to conclude definitely the legality or illegality of nuclear weapons in international law. Since then the Treaty on the Prohibition of Nuclear Weapons have been signed, with the aim of establishing a total prohibition on nuclear weapons. READ MORE
