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The impact of climate change on low-lying island nations: a challenge for the international community : the case of Tuvalus climate refugees
(2011)Climate change is considered one of the major causes of migration flows. It has been estimated that by the middle of this century hundreds of millions of people will be forced to cross national borders as a consequence of ... -
EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights, the prohibition on inhuman and degrading treatment, and asylum: new legal implications for Dublin 2.?
(2011)This thesis will examine the expected positive obligations of the European Union following EU accession to the European Convention on Human Rights. It will argue that in currently dysfunctional areas of EU regulation, ... -
Conflict-related sexual violence and international peace operations
(2011)Within the United Nations peace and security work, as well as in academic research, advocacy and policy initiatives concerned with peace and security, gender is mainly conceptualized as synonymous with women while sexual ... -
The interrogation of witnesses abroad in execution of European investigation order : an examination from eyes of defence
(2011)The objective of this study is to examine the position of the defence in a criminal case under the Initiative for a Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council regarding the European Investigation Order in ... -
The right to liberty and the prohibition of preventive detention: on the use of pre-trial detention of suspected terrorists in the 21. Century within the framework of the European Convention on Human Rights
(2011)States have traditionally vindicated the need to loosen up standards of detention to face extraordinary circumstances. In the political context dominated by the global War on Terror, there is an ongoing debate among scholars ... -
Democracy and human rights on the way of transition : case study Republic of Croatia: does Croatia meet political criteria of guaranteeing democracy and human rights with a view to the country’s accession into the European Union?
(2011)After almost six years of negotiations, member states of the European Union on 24th June 2011 decided that Croatia is finally ready for ending of negotiation process for European Union membership, just before Croatian ... -
Bridging ethnic divisions through building social capital: structural challenges and future perspectives for Bosnia and Herzegovina
(2011)The recent history of Bosnia and Herzegovina has had little positive notes. So far the results of the very ambiguous state building project of both USA and the EU have been mixed at best. This thesis highlights an excessive ... -
The corporate response to allegations of human rights abuse: an analysis of responses published by the business & human rights resource centre
(2011)As governments and International Governmental Organisations (IGOs) continue to weigh the pros and cons of mandatory regulation for corporations and as long as the international business community continues to resist it, ... -
Human rights, student movement and the role of religious intellectuals: post-revolutionary Iran
(2011)During the past decades Human Rights movement in Iran has developed considerably and mobilized different layers of society including young population. This is thanks to many factors such as the universal human rights flow, ... -
Let's have a baby boy!
(2011)The purpose of this research is to understand why one sex is preferred over the other one and if it is considered procreative autonomy, instead of simply being the choice made by the parents to ensure the sex of their ... -
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 ... -
Land Grabbing in Sub Saharan Africa : a human rights framework to address state and extraterritorial obligations : the case of China in the D. R. of the Congo
(2011)The size and duration of land grabs in Sub Saharan Africa are of dimensions never seen before. This work aims at using human rights as a tool to address the impact of land grabbing on local livelihoods. Findings suggest ... -
Transgender persons and family life : the issues of sterilisation and loss of child custody rights
(2011)This thesis deals with the compatibility of requirements to access legal gender recognition with international human rights law, in particular the pre-condition to be rendered permanently infertile and the possibility of ... -
Women at work: taking a gender approach to business and human rights framework
(2011)This thesis aims to address the „gender‟ question within the business and human rights discourse. The main question to be addressed is whether, and to what extent, the present business and human rights discussion takes ... -
Modern magic in Nigeria: witchcraft accusations, child abandonment and child trafficking in Akwa Ibom state
(2011)This thesis explores the possible link between branding children as witches, child abandonment and the risk of child trafficking in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. By combining the theoretical perspectives of Michel Foucault’s ... -
No cure for data that’s insecure: an analysis of the European health data protection safeguards
(2011)Health data belong to the most intimate sphere of individual’s life. Therefore, due to the sensitive nature, it is necessary to provide adequate protection to them. According to the view of the European Court of Human ... -
Bringing minority rights home : the effective protection of minorities in the enlarged European Union: possible goal or just a myth?
(2011)This thesis analyses whether the European Union needs to establish a legal framework to protect the rights of national minorities living in its Member States. It focuses mostly on the accession process to the European ... -
“Schools of crime” or young offenders rehabilitation? : the right to education in juvenile detention centres
(2011)While IHRL and European regional instruments on the matter of the penalty of deprivation of liberty applied to minors have been widely transposed to most European national legislations, a gap between laws and practical ... -
Chinas rising impact in Sub-Saharan Africa and the use of child labour: is there room for corporate social responsibility?
(2011)China‘s increasing rise in Africa has been the topic of many studies and debates in recent years. How Chinese investments and MNEs presence on the continent impact child labour, particularly children‘s right to be free ... -
Displacement and sexual violence in Colombia: state obligations to protect and provide access to justice
(2011)Ensuring the protection of human rights and access to justice is an essential component in the effective realisation of universal human rights. Human rights are meaningless if they cannot be protected and enforced, in ...
