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Turning the tide : investigating the European Union’s approach to environmentally displaced people and advancing human rights based solutions
(2016)
Among the adverse effects of climate change, the phenomenon of forced human displacement is often overlooked. Above all, this creates challenges to the recognition and protection of the human rights of those displaced. ...
Euthanasia, one’s final human right? : the case of euthanasia for children
(2016)
This thesis deals with the case of euthanasia for children. In the context of my research, euthanasia refers to the situation in which a physician ends the life (euthanasia in the strict sense) or helps ending the life ...
Relocation of asylum seekers : requirements of international human rights law
(2016)
In an attempt to cope with the challenges the European Union (EU) and its member states were facing concerning the large number of refugees arriving in Europe in the course of the year 2015 the European Commission proposed ...
Don’t be universal; be human! : clash between universalism and relativism as an obstacle in protection of human rights
(2016)
The ongoing academic debate between Universalism and Relativism has had negative effect on implementation of human rights into practice and causes human rights to be less accepted within the human society. This thesis ...
European double taxation conventions and human rights in a globalized world
(2016)
The ECHR is an international convention designed to protect taxpayers, in much the same way as a double taxation convention. A good example of the overlap is the non-discrimination provisions found in both double taxation ...
The International Criminal Court and human rights : an unsettled relationship : from the jurisprudence of the Court to its impacts on Sudan, Kenya and the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(2016)
The International Criminal Court is the first permanent international criminal tribunal. Evolving in a world which faces the globalisation, the ICC is confronted to different fields of law which are interacting : international ...
A human rights income: how a basic income could help states fulfil human rights obligations
(2016)
Income inequality, persistent unemployment, and poverty have pushed political communities to search for new solutions to old social problems. In this context, the idea of a basic income has recently emerged as a popular ...
The role of national human rights institutions in ending impunity for human rights abuses during conflict: the case of Nepal
(2015)
Building on a case study of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) in Nepal, the thesis shows that the NHRC, in particular, and National Human Rights Institutions (NHRIs), in general, play a very important role in ...
Human rights and religion in Bolivia : why is the Catholic Church advancing human rights?
(2015)
The aim of this thesis is to shed a light on the factors that shape the relationship between the Catholic Church and human rights in the case study of Bolivia. Over the last decades, Bolivia has been affected by the emergence ...
Profiling the welfare state: upholding or updating human rights standards? A case study of the Netherlands
(2016)
This thesis investigates the use of profiling as a fraud enforcement instrument in the execution of the participation law, the law which regulates the ‘bijstand’ in The Netherlands, a form of social benefits. Taking a ...