Search for dissertations about: "International intervention"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 126 swedish dissertations containing the words International intervention.

2. 1. The Responsibility to Protect by Military Means : Emerging Norms on Humanitarian Intervention?

   Author : Diana Amnéus; Ove Bring; Kjell Engelbrekt; Mary Ellen O'Connell; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Responsibility to Protect; humanitarian intervention; international law; international relations; human security; interdisciplinary; constructivism; gender perspective; resolution 1325; International law; Folkrätt; folkrätt; Public International Law;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an interdisciplinary study on the external ‘Responsibility to Protect’ (R2P) and international law. It focuses on the legal customary process on jus ad bellum by which states try to address the gap between the legitimacy and legality of humanitarian intervention to protect human security within a state against genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. READ MORE

4. 2. On the Virtual Borderline: Cyber Operations and their Impact on the Paradigms for Peace and War : Aspects of International and Swedish Domestic Law

   Author : Marika Ericson; Inger Österdahl; Jann Kleffner; Gunnar Hult; Robin Geiss; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International law; cyber operations; cyberattacks; jus ad bellum; peace; war; armed conflict; state of emergency; cybercrime; cyber defence; cybersecurity; sovereignty; intervention; use of force; armed attack; cyberoperationer; internationell rätt; konstitutionell rätt; cyberbrott; cyberförsvar; cybersäkerhet; krisberedskap; totalförsvar; Public International Law; Folkrätt; Systems science for defence and security;

   Abstract : Contemporary disputes between states contain elements of psychological and information operations, intelligence operations and cyber operations as well as methods for physical use of force. Cyber operations may use, or contribute to, all of these different techniques and methods combined and can be focused on intelligence gathering, preparation of networks for future attacks, sabotage or on preventing access to information. READ MORE

5. 3. Raising the Costs or Lowering the Bar : International influences on conflict-related sexual violence

   Author : Karin Johansson; Lisa Hultman; Erika Forsberg; Jessica A. Stanton; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; conflict-related sexual violence; wartime sexual violence; wartime rape; international intervention; third-party intervention; violence against civilians; peacekeeping; civil war; shaming; condemnation; UN Commission on Human Rights; UN Human Rights Council; UN Universal Periodic Review; Peace and Conflict Research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

   Abstract : This dissertation contributes to the growing literature on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). More specifically, the four essays it contains advance our understanding of CRSV by shedding light on the intersection between international involvement and CRSV perpetrated by states and rebel groups engaged in civil war. READ MORE

6. 4. International organizations as peacemakers : The evolution and effectiveness of intergovernmental instruments to end civil war

   Author : Magnus Lundgren; Jonas Tallberg; Isak Svensson; Yoram Haftel; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; intergovernmental organizations; international organizations; conflict management; conflict resolution; mediation; civil war; armed conflict; institutional design; mediator bias; bargaining theory; Political Science; statsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Across four self-contained essays, this dissertation seeks to identify which features make international organizations (IOs) effective peacemakers in modern civil wars. The first essay introduces an original dataset on the institutional design of 21 peace-brokering IOs between 1945 and 2010. READ MORE

7. 5. Armed intervention, pursuing legitimacy and the pragmatic use of legal argument

   Author : Olof Beckman; Raoul Wallenberg institutet för mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; armed intervention; international law; United Nations; public international law; state practise; self-defense; legal argument; human rights; Folkrätt;

   Abstract : This study examines how States use legal arguments in cases of armed intervention and how this usage can influence the development of international law. The objective is to contribute to the understanding of the law on armed intervention by conducting a study of how States actually use legal arguments to justify or condemn armed interventions in actual cases. READ MORE