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European Master in Human Rights and Democratisation Theses written in partial fulfilment of master's degree
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The feasibility of implementing the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights in the mega-sporting events
(2020)Mega-Sporting Events are a hot topic in the field of business and human rights. They are closely linked with the negative covers of human rights violations, which has triggered many scholars' research on this topic. In the ... -
The dragon, the bear, and the eagle in Latin America : how superpower interventions affect human security in Latin America
(2020)This thesis aims to evaluate effects that superpower interventions have on human security in Latin America. The objective is to find and address possible correlations between the foreign policy of superpowers and human ... -
Sexual exploitation and abuse by MINUSTAH peacekeepers: a critical assessment of the impact of socio-cultural norms in peacekeeping
(2020)Several cases of sexual exploitation and abuse (SEA) involving peacekeepers have been reported during MINUSTAH. Throughout the years, the United Nations has elaborated an extensive framework concerning sexual exploitation ... -
Positive media representation of the Bulgarian LGBTQ+ community and shifting national attitudes towards homosexuality
(2020)This thesis deals with the question of whether positive media representation can favorably affect attitudes towards the LGBTQ+ community in Bulgaria. As a post-Soviet country that recently joined the EU, Bulgaria still has ... -
Occupying the streets and spaces of power: the participation of women in politics. The case of Brazil
(2020)The aim of this thesis is to investigate whether and to which extent Brazil has been complying with its international obligations on the women’s right to political participation. I will elaborate on the relationships between ... -
Intergovernmental organizations’ impact on environmental democracy in post-soviet countries and their contribution to the transboundary cooperation: the case of OSCE in the South Caucasus region regarding the water/energy nexus
(2020)2020 marks the 22nd birthyear of the Aarhus Convention which is the regional legal document for the implementation of environmental democracy in Europe. This study provides a broad comprehension on the principle of ... -
Family life interrupted: unaccompanied asylum-seeking children in the Dublin III family reunification procedure. The case of Greece and Germany
(2020)This thesis explores the topic of the legal and practical constraints of the family reunification procedure applied to unaccompanied asylum-seeking children (UASC) under the Dublin III Regulation (DR III). It critically ... -
What is the future of human rights? A discussion on assisted suicide and mental health
(2020)The present paper argues that human rights are a wonderful way to understand and to introduce the debate on assisted suicide that our contemporary society needs. People with mental illness are a very vulnerable group in ... -
Europe and its Muslim “strangers” : combating the challenges faced within the socio-cultural integration process
(2020)The relationship between Europe and Islam has always been a subject of cultural controversies. The increasing Muslim migration flows in Europe during the last decades, together with the recent sharp manifold crises and ... -
Artificial intelligence and judicial systems : opportunities and challenges at the intersection of AI and courts of justice
(2020)The adoption of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in the judicial systems is a phenomenon that has been gaining strength in recent years and presents opportunities and challenges for the achievement of fundamental rights. In ... -
Lost in legislation: peer sexual intimidation in secondary schools. A comparative study of France and the Netherlands
(2020)Sexual intimidation between peers at secondary schools can have serious psychological effects on those targeted. Nevertheless, it is a severely underestimated phenomenon worldwide. This thesis, through a case study of ... -
The rise and consecration of the right to personal data protection within the European Union legal order
(2020)While we entrust our personal data to ‘information and communications technology’ (ICT) companies, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) gives data subjects the possibility to control the dissemination of their ... -
Housing, homelessness and human rights: advocating a rights-based response to a systemic problem
(2020)Homelessness is one of the most visible human rights deprivations of our time. Yet, it does not provoke the same horror and outrage of other crises of similar magnitude. The complacency surrounding homelessness is alarming, ... -
Skepticism, stigmatisation and securitisation: the culture of suspicion and disbelief towards unaccompanied minors. The securitisation of unaccompanied minors in Greece
(2020)By means of a case study on the Netherlands, this thesis aims to answer the question to what extent the pretext of securitised migration has impeded the relocation efforts of unaccompanied minors from Greece. The Netherlands ... -
Improving the international regulation of cybersextrafficking of women and children through the use of data science and artificial intelligence
(2020)Today, perpetrators of human trafficking for sexual exploitation are using cyberspace to recruit, advertise and exercise control over women and children, who are intrinsically more vulnerable to this crime. The Internet ... -
Climate-induced migration: a threat to peace and security? A regional analysis of the West African Sahel
(2020)Climate change stipulates a well-known global phenomenon. Global warming has already resulted in dramatic consequences in various parts of our planet, ranging from natural disasters to forced migrations. Countries that are ... -
Canada’s empty promise : a critical examination of canada’s feminist international assistance policy in relation to the missing and murdered indigenous women and girls in Canada
(2020)In 2017, Global Affairs Canada (GAC) passed the country’s latest foreign policy entitled, Canada’s Feminist International Assistance Policy (CFIAP). Individuals have praised this policy, claiming it as a “game changer ... -
The locked metal door : comparative perspective to preventive policies to exploitative child begging in Croatia and Romania
(2020)People involved in begging can be seen around the world. They are mostly children, young adults and women who pushed by different factor of vulnerability become invisibles in the urban landscape. Although begging is not ... -
Effectiveness of humanitarian action in protracted crisis : case of the health sector response in Lebanon’s border town of Arsal
(2020)An international response to a humanitarian crisis brings together a variety of actors. Different missions, agendas and capacities provide a breadth of potential, but encounter great risks when attempting to address people ... -
Women’s rights and gender equality’s backlash in Europe : a multidimensional analysis within the spectrum of gender fatigue phenomenon
(2020)Women’s Rights and gender equality have always been in the spotlight of socio-political developments. However, in this time and age, the significance of these two concepts acquired a different meaning due to the current ...
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