Search for dissertations about: "international human law"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 65 swedish dissertations containing the words international human law.

2. 1. Negotiating Asylum. The EU acquis, Extraterritorial Protection and the Common Market of Deflection

   Author : Gregor Noll; Juridiska institutionen; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; extraterritorial protection; international law; human rights; European Union; burden-sharing; demos; legal theory; interpretation; international private and public law; discrimination; refugee law; asylum; internationell rätt; European law; EU-rätt; EU law; public international law; folkrätt; internationell privaträtt; private international law;

   Abstract : How are access to asylum and other forms of extraterritorial protection regulated in the European Union? Is the EU acquis in these areas in conformity with international law? What tools does international law offer to solve conflicts between them? And, finally, is law capable of bridging the foundational oppositions embedded in migration and asylum issues? This work combines the potential of legal formalism with an analytical framework drawing on political theory. It analyses the argumentative strategies used by international lawyers, exploiting the interpretative methodology of international law as well as elaborate discrimination arguments. READ MORE

4. 2. Themis v. Xiezhi: Assessing Judicial Independence in the People's Republic of China under International Human Rights Law

   Author : Jonas Grimheden; Raoul Wallenberg institutet för mänskliga rättigheter och humanitär rätt; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; China; judicial jndependence; international law; comparative law; independence of the judiciary; mänskliga rättigheter; human rights; Chinese law; law; judicial Reform; komparativ rätt;

   Abstract : The first of three parts in this study elaborates on international human rights law and drawing on the most essential international instruments and jurisprudence, the criteria constituting judicial independence are distilled as a framework for assessment. The point of departure is that judicial independence is a necessary guarantee for the enjoyment of human rights rather than a privilege of judges. READ MORE

5. 3. International Law and the Rescue of Refugees at Sea

   Author : Martin Ratcovich; Said Mahmoudi; Marie Jacobsson; Natalie Klein; Stockholms universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; law of the sea; maritime law; refugee law; human rights; migration; asylum; law enforcement; smuggling; refugees; migrants; boat people; rescue; non-refoulement; legal theory; interpretation of treaties; systemic integration; Public International Law; folkrätt;

   Abstract : International law provides a duty to rescue everyone in distress at sea. Rescue at sea often entails recovering survivors and bringing them on board ships or other rescue units. While their subsequent delivery and disembarkation may not always be controversial, they frequently are if those assisted are refugees and migrants. READ MORE

6. 4. Justice for victims of atrocity crimes : prosecution and reparations under international law

   Author : Fanny Holm; Monica Burman; Per Bergling; Pål Wrange; Umeå universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Crime victims; atrocity crimes; genocide; war crimes; crimes against humanity; prosecution; reparations; human rights; jurisdiction; transitional justice; International Law; folkrätt; Law; juridik;

   Abstract : This thesis takes its starting point from the need for a comprehensive approach towards justice following atrocities, and where not only the states in which the crimes were committed have a role to play. The thesis discusses atrocity crime (genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes) prosecution and reparations procedures concerning individuals as two appropriate courses of action, through which non-territorial states may contribute to atrocity prevention and justice for the victims of atrocities. READ MORE

7. 5. Corporate Human Rights Responsibility : A Continuous Quest for an Effective Regulatory Framework

   Author : Patricia Rinwigati Waagstein; Maja Kirilova Eriksson; Pär Hallström; Per Sevastik; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Law; Corporate Social Responsibility; Business; Human Rights; Economic; social and Cultural Rights; Multinational Transnational Corporation; International law; Folkrätt; Private International Law; Internationell privaträtt;

   Abstract : This study is build by a premise that there is a need to include regulatory approach in the discourse of business and human rights particularly of economic, social, and cultural rights which often neglected. The study is not expecting to produce exhausted set of rules which can directly or effectively applicable to all global corporation nor a set of global treaty which can cover the whole aspects of corporation and human rights. READ MORE