Search for dissertations about: "European Convention on Human Rights"
Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 swedish dissertations containing the words European Convention on Human Rights.
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1. The Right to Property and the European Convention on Human Rights. A Nordic Approach
Abstract : The Nordic constitutions secure the right to property. A fundamental issue under the constitutional provisions guaranteeing the right to property has traditionally been how to distinguish between interference with property rights which come under their scope and those which do not and hence in principle do not enjoy any constitutional protection. READ MORE
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2. European Convention on Human Rights in Latvia: Impact on legal doctrine and application of legal norms
Abstract : Latvia offers an excellent point of departure for evaluating the influence of international human rights law through the European Convention on Human Rights on a sovereign state that has established itself as a democratic political system in the decline of the 20th century. This book explores the impact of the Convention on the domestic implementation of human rights provisions by studying the case law of the Constitutional Court and the Supreme Court, including the doctrinal concepts applied by these courts. READ MORE
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3. Human Trafficking and Slavery Reconsidered. Conceptual Limits and States' Positive Obligations
Abstract : The support for the fight against ‘human trafficking’ has evolved rapidly and comprehensively. There has been, however, no overarching critical evaluation of the efforts to make ‘human trafficking’ a focus of international law. READ MORE
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4. Journalism Worthy of the Name: A Human Rights Perspective on Freedom within the Press
Abstract : There is much tension between the conception of the press as a private enterprise subject to the logic of the market and the press as an instrument of democracy. One of the broken promises of democracy is the failure of the market in guaranteeing a vigorous political debate. READ MORE
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5. International organizations and children’s rights : Norm adoption, pressure tactics and state compliance
Abstract : Since the adoption of the United Nations (UN) Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), the attention given by international organizations (IOs) to children’s rights has increased. This dissertation seeks to identify what this means for the global promotion of children’s rights, by addressing three interrelated questions: 1. READ MORE
