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The 2013 Irish legislation on abortion: turning-point or missed opportunity? : a critical analysis from a human rights perspective
(2014)While Ireland is being targeted by a worldwide Amnesty International campaign on sexual and reproductive rights, a reflection on the Irish legal framework on abortion is deemed necessary. The present work assesses whether ... -
The 2016 reform on Islamic education textbooks in Morocco : the strategy used by the reform to implement a “more tolerant” Islam
(2017)In 2016, a commission working under the supervision of the Moroccan Ministry of Education completed a revision of the textbooks and curricula for the teaching of Islam in public schools. This change was very controversial ... -
The absence of EU funding for Syrian civil society groups in exile: A missed opportunity or a sensible approach?
(Global Campus, 2017)As a leading donor of the international refugee response, having mobilised over 9 billion euros since the start of the conflict towards humanitarian and development assistance, the European Union has contributed greatly ... -
Access Guide to Human Rights Information
(FRAME, 2015-12)The Access Guide to Human Rights Information is based substantially on the information gathered through interviews with EU officials from the Commission, the Parliament and the Fundamental Rights Agency, reflected in the ... -
Access to justice and human rights: the recognition of customary justice systems
(2011)There is an increasing development and institutionalization of customary justice systems in the legal order of several countries in the world. These justice mechanisms are recognized for providing an affordable and culturally ... -
Access to social rights of non-removable TCNs in the European Union : destitute in the limbo of toleration
(2018)Throughout the European Union, a group of migrants live in protracted destitution, without access to basic economic, social and cultural rights. This is the result of the legal limbo they live in. Although being in an ... -
Acts of accountability : the individuals moral responsability to protect refugees rights when the rule of law in modern States fails to do so
(2013)When human rights violations occur within the rule of law of modern states as a result of the instrumentalisation of human rights, it is inevitable to ask what role and moral responsibility the individual has to protect ... -
Addressing the needs of children with neurodisabilities in the juvenile justice system: what must governments do to better satisfy their international human rights obligations for children in detention?
(2014)This paper looks at research that suggests there is an over--‐representation of children with neurodisabilities in juvenile detention and examines whether international human rights law adequately protects these vulnerable ... -
Adjusting our lenses : the right to equal legal capacity for people with disabilities
(2014)Will the realisation of equal legal capacity in practice lead to greater participation and empowerment of people with disabilities in exercising decision-making about their lives? This thesis addresses the implementation ... -
Adjusting the right to privacy to Virtual Reality : example of copyright enforcement policies
(2013)Every significant progress or shift in human history has been triggered by innovation – fire, wheel, electricity. The challenge of these discourses is the ways in which human species adopt to the changes. These technological ... -
Administration of indigenous justice : limits and scope of indigenous legal systems based on the plural control of constitutionality of the Plurinational Constitutional Court of Bolivia
(Global Campus, 2017-09-20)This paper offers an analysis of the essential aspects of the collective human right to the administration of justice of the Native Indigenous Peoples and Nations in the Plurinational State of Bolivia, based on the role ... -
Adolescents in wanderland: a qualitative study on the immediate problems faced by unaccompanied and separated children seeking asylum on Lesvos, Greece
(2016)This thesis is a qualitative study researching the immediate protection of adolescents, specifically Unaccompanied and Separated Children, in the current refugee crisis as they arrive in the European Union on the Greek ... -
The adoption of the prevention of torture as a public policy in Morocco
(2016)This report describes the research that I conducted during a two months internship at the Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies in Rabat, Morocco. I started by examining the process of democratization in Morocco ... -
Adults in age, but not in wage : does the British sub-minimum wage for workers aged 18 to 21 amount to age discrimination under European law?
(2014)During the past several years, governments all over Europe have tried to promote integration of young workers into the labour market by diminishing their labour protection. At the same time, there has been an important ... -
Advancing the rights of migrant workers in the Gulf Cooperation Council: reforming the Kafala system
(2014)The aim of this thesis is to shed light on the need to reform, or abolish, the kafala (sponsorship) system through which the member states of the GCC operate to regulate the labor contracts of migrant workers wishing to ... -
Advancing womens human rights outside the EU: a case study of the EU external action towards Algeria and Tunisia
(2012)Is the EU external action effective and efficient in promoting women's human rights in third states? This thesis explores the question in a case study on Algeria and Tunisia. A process-tracing methodology is employed to ... -
Advocating for migrants rights at EU level : an analysis of advocacy activities concerning the 2011 amendments of the Frontex regulation
(2013)The respect, protection and fulfilment of migrants’ rights count amongst the most pressing human rights challenges the European Union (EU) and its Member States are facing. At the same time, migration is increasingly framed ... -
Africa’s democratic deficit: the role of the diaspora in bridging the gap between citizens and government
(Global Campus, 2019)Africa’s diaspora continues to play an indispensable role in shaping the continent’s social and political landscape. This impact has been felt since the struggle against colonialism to the contemporary challenges of ... -
"The agony between cultural accommodation and zero tolerance" : female genital mutilation (FGM) and male circumcision (MC), a comparison
(2013)Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) is for a long time already subject of different worldwide international campaigns. Male Circumcision (MC) is even much more widespread but is on the contrary a much more accepted practice. ... -
Agreement on the European Master's Degree in Human Rights and Democratisation (EMA Joint Programme)
(2017-12-12)When EMA universities decided to develop into the association EIUC, this important evolution had a fundamental impact also on the conception of the EMA degree. Upon initiative of the University of Padua, the coordinator ...
