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Involuntary soft sterilization for ‘unfit mothers’: Best interests of the child or latent eugenics? A historical comparative approach to the Dutch Law proposal and its legitimation
(2021)Due to the atrocities that resulted from the Nazi eugenic rhetoric, many states have been reluctant to implement policies that could be read as eugenics. However, the reality is that eugenic thought is still among us. In ... -
A union between United Nations peacekeeping and conflict-related sexual violence against women : a critical analysis of the United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA), its Gender Unit and its strategies towards conflict-related sexual violence against women in Mali
(2021)Mali has been in conflict since 2012 and since 2013 the United Nations has been present in the country with their United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission in Mali (MINUSMA). Their presence has ... -
Procedural rights from a climate justice perspective. The case of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Aarhus Convention
(2021)Climate change is a global issue that requires a global solution. It disproportionally affects certain groups of people and regions of the world which are historically less responsible for the climate crisis, by threatening ... -
The human rights due diligence of the European Investment Bank. A case study in Kenya
(2021)Human Rights Due Diligence (HRDD) has become an increasing trending topic in recent years. Recently, the European Union has drawn a framework for a mandatory due diligence at the European level. In the future the European ... -
City diplomacy and human rights : a multidisciplinary analysis
(2021)To deal with the challenges posed by globalization a strong and effective structure of global governance is needed. This thesis supports the idea that local governments are more adequate than states to cover the role of ... -
Patent rights or patient rights? An assessment of intellectual property and right to health within the Covid-19 pandemic
(2021)The outburst of Covid-19 and the global unequal distribution of vaccines among the world countries turned on again the existing tensions between the global rich, developed north and the global south on the role played ... -
Changing the status quo of race and capital punishment? : An evaluation of North Carolina’s Racial Justice Act
(2021)The influence of racial bias on capital punishment in the US is part of a narrative long heard and extensively discussed over the past while nothing much seemed to change. Examples of states taking measures to confront ... -
The right to water, water stress & privatization: economic or public good? A case study of the Chilean water model & a look into the future
(2021)Water is the prerequisite for enjoyment of all rights and under threat due to global water stress. The aim of this study is to examine the scope of the right to water and the state obligations connected to it in relation ... -
I do but I don’t : the effectiveness of the Forced Marriage (civil protection) Act 2007 and other legislation against forced marriage at preventing child marriage in the UK
(2021)This thesis assesses the effectiveness of the current system against forced marriage at protecting against child marriage in the UK. It considers the work of the Forced Marriage Unit, both inside and outside the UK, in ... -
Expanding upon the gendered continuum of violence: do gender norms in peacetime play a role in exacerbating armed conflict and violence against women during armed conflict? The cases of the Former Yugoslavia and the Democratic Republic of Congo
(2021)This thesis aims to expand on the gendered continuum of violence to include gender norms. In other words, do gender norms have a role in exacerbating the likelihood of an armed conflict, and how are these directly linked ... -
Towards the establishment of a fully compliant national human rights institution in Italy
(2021)This dissertation concerns the establishment of a National Human Rights Institution (NHRI) in Italy. In particular, whether the country is currently on the right track in the process of creating one that can be accredited ... -
Women, peace and security: gender norms and militarisation in Kashmir and Southern Thailand
(2021)The aim of this thesis is to uncover how gender norms affect women’s everyday lives and their agency in civil society organisations in militarized and conflict-struck societies. The thesis is designed as a qualitative ... -
Human rights education : a study of the participant's exposure to visual arts as a method
(2021)Over the last few decades, human rights education (HRE) has been increasingly deemed as a necessary condition for ensuring the enforceability of human rights. This work seeks to understand whether the absence of a ... -
A second chance: from the process of radicalisation to a deradicalisation programme. The voluntary homecoming foreign fighters. The importance of rehabilitation, reintegration and resocialisation.
(2021)The first part of this research aims to analyse the process of radicalisation, namely the reasons and factors that have motivated thousands of European citizens to embrace the fundamentalist and extremist ideology of the ... -
The relationship between support for populist parties and a government’s COVID-19 response. Case studies of the Netherlands and Italy
(2021)Populism has been on the rise for several decades. Its causes are complex and its effect on democracy can be detrimental. In the past year, COVID-19 has disrupted public life. Because of the profound effect populism and ... -
The business case for addressing sexual harassment through the business and human rights framework: Bulgaria case study
(2021)The objective of this master thesis is to focus on gender-inclusive policies/laws adopted by the Bulgarian state and companies, and how building on these practices the business and human rights framework can be advanced. ... -
Words that hurt : a legal semantic analysis of sexual violence and rape in international judicial bodies of criminal character with the help of natural language processing
(2021)A lot of attention has been given to issues concerning Sexual and Gender Based Violence, which by many is synonymous to violence targeting only women, while neglecting how sexual violence affects male victims. Yet, there ... -
Human trafficking for sexual exploitation purposes : a gender-based approach to the Nigerian - Italian route
(2021)This thesis explores the phenomenon of trafficking of women and girls for the purpose of sexual exploitation. Firstly, I analyse the definition and scope of the phenomenon, in accordance with the international legal ... -
Intimate partner violence and mental health: A pervasive, still invisible intersection
(2021)Intimate partner violence is both a human rights and a public health concern. Despite the existing awareness of this reality, intimate partner violence numbers are still alarming all over the world. Moreover, domestic ... -
Linguistic human rights and the right to mother tongue education: the overlooked components of the human rights regime. Focus on the Arabic-speaking minority in France and the controversial topics of the instruction of Arabic within the French system of education and in Islamic religious institutions
(2021)The aim of this thesis is to bring enhanced awareness on the importance of the right to language and the need for it to be better recognised and protected. The specific focus of the text is on immigrant linguistic ...
