Search for dissertations about: "International Standards"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 143 swedish dissertations containing the words International Standards.

  2. 1. International Financial Institutions and Labour Standards : A Legal Study of the Role of These Institutions in the Promotion and Implementation of Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining

    Author : Mpoki Mwakagali; Niklas Bruun; Tonia Novitz; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; international financial institutions; international labour standards; freedom of association and collective bargaining; conditionality; international law; human rights; development; Private Law; civilrätt;

    Abstract : This dissertation examines the legal implications of the operations of international financial institutions (IFIs) on international labour standards on freedom of association and collective bargaining. International financial institutions provide financial assistance to member states for development activities and attach conditionality to their lending. READ MORE

  4. 2. The development of wireless infrastructure standards

    Author : Fredrik Gessler; KTH; []
    Keywords : standards; standardisation; wireless communication; technologocial development; development process; DECT; WCDMA; 3G;

    Abstract : This thesis treats the development of wirelessinfrastructure standards resulting from co-operative research,development and standardisation efforts. It strives to identifykey influences on this development process, and toconceptualise the process itself. READ MORE

  5. 3. The political economy of emission standards : politics, business and the making of vehicle emission regulations in Sweden and Europe, 1960-1980s

    Author : Mattias Näsman; Ann-Kristin Bergquist; Kristina Söderholm; Per Högselius; Umeå universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; history; car industry; environmental governance; environmental regulation; air pollution; transition; vehicle emissions; transnational; European integration; standards; knowledge creation; linking; delinking; expertise; business power; lobbying; California Effect Hypothesis; ekonomisk historia; Economic History; History; historia; sustainability; hållbarhet;

    Abstract : The purpose of this thesis is to contribute to an improved historical understanding of the challenges and complexities involved in constructing systems of governance of motor vehicle air pollution. The specific aim of the study is to explore the development of regulatory vehicle emission standards in Sweden between 1960 and the 1980s as well as to analyze this development within its broader European economic, regulatory and environmental policy context by adopting a transnational approach. READ MORE

  6. 4. The Development and Use of Standards by Non-state Actors: A Study of the Dynamics of Regulating Sustainability Assurance

    Author : Amanda Sonnerfeldt; Institutionen för handelsrätt; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International standards on assurance engagements; Regulatory Space; Accountancy Profession; Decentred regulation; Standards; Non-state actors; Ustainability; Assurance;

    Abstract : Non-state actors have been increasingly engaged in regulation, operating and setting rules outside of, and parallel to, existing legal institutions. These “alternative to legal rules” have been increasingly influential in domestic law and policy, with growing evidence of them penetrating legal, professional, as well as social orders. READ MORE

  7. 5. Terrorism and Exclusion from Refugee Protection

    Author : Hevi Dawody; Mark Klamberg; Simon Andersson; Sarah Singer; Stockholms universitet; []
    Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; exclusion from refugee protection; terrorism; international crimes; serious crimes; membership of a terrorist organisation; standard of proof; individual criminal responsibility; regime interaction; international refugee law; international human rights law; international criminal law; treaty interpretation; rättsvetenskap med inriktning mot folkrätt; Legal Science; specialisation Public International Law;

    Abstract : The aim of this study is to provide further contributions to the field of international refugee law and exclusion from refugee protection, particularly concerning exclusion cases involving terrorism. The study establishes a framework relevant for interpreting Article 1F of the 1951 Refugee Convention (also known as the exclusion provision) in accordance with international norms. READ MORE