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Reproductive rights of indigenous women in Latin America : freedoms and entitlements under international human rights law and arising state obligations
(2019)Although reproductive rights are an integral part of international as well as regional human rights law, indigenous women in Latin-America still face a variety of challenges concerning the enjoyment of their rights. Due ... -
Mexico's quest for alternatives: adopting a human security and integrity-building approach to the militarization of the Mexican National Guard
(2019)A Human Security crisis is underway in Mexico. The amount of human rights abuses and violations made by armed forces and police in the territory during the last 13 years has made it very difficult to think that the current ... -
Politics maunder, laws drag behind : European migration policies: reconciling national sovereignty and human rights commitments
(2019)The conceptual framework underlying this research is based on the premise that human rights are fundamental to the establishment of an equitable and fair society. However, very often, countries’ migration policies actually ... -
Human rights education for refugees : proposal of an empowering pedagogical tool in the case of Austria
(2019)In the context of the latest influx of displaced people coming to Europe, with Austria as one of the countries where most asylum applications were claimed in 2015, this thesis investigates the field of education for refugees ... -
Money over love? : a critical analysis of the United Kingdom’s minimum income requirement policy for non-EEA family route visa applications
(2019)This thesis investigated how the Minimum Income Requirement policy, established in 2012 in the United Kingdom, has directly and negatively impacted Human Rights. This is particularly relevant when considering the right to ... -
Beyond due diligence: enhancing business respect of human rights through engagement with the UN Sustainable Development Goals
(2019)Endorsed four years after the establishment of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Sustainable Development Goals underscored the vitality of a multi-stakeholder approach to global ... -
‘Europe’s cockroaches’ : freedom of expression, hate speech and their impact on refugee human rights
(2019)This thesis looks at our right to freedom of expression. Through a philosophical and legal perspective, freedom of expression is examined. It highlights some of the key ideas of John Milton and John Stuart Mill who are ... -
Safe country of origin and safe third countries : authentic concepts of safety?
(2019)In recent years, there has been a growing discussion around the migration and asylum issues concerning the need for new rules for the asylum system in the European Union (EU). The Commission has presented different ... -
Tackling the patriarchy: the football pitch as a transformative field for girls and women
(2019)The aim of this thesis is to investigate the transformative power of football for women and girls. It will first conceptualise football as a space for male hegemony and power, and hence of interest to feminists. This ... -
Mut o a la gàbia: how denial of referendum entails deprivation of freedom of expression
(2019)‘Mut i a la gàbia’ is a Catalan expression, commonly used in the informal context, which is aimed at forcefully imposing silence. The two nouns comprised in it, together with the copulative nexus that unites them provide ... -
The Inter-American system of human rights and the right to vote for convicts: the case of felony disenfranchisement as a social conflicting application and its full impropriety under international human rights law
(2019)This thesis evaluates whether the Inter-American System for Protection of Human Rights should allow all criminal convicts to take vote or not. The objective is to highlight the clear need for change and the outdated and ... -
Reconceiving European migration policy : the EU between ambitions and challenges
(2019)Given the current context of migration crises, the question of how the EU relates to migration has been generally asked in the field of refugee rights and asylum seekers; that of its policy in terms of legal immigration ... -
A ‘new European border’ on the doorstep of Africa: the externalization of migration management and its effects on migrants’ human rights
(2019)The aim of this thesis is to analyze the impact of external migration control on the human rights of migrants, asylum seekers and refugees. It will consider how the European Union (EU) and its Member States have pushed ... -
What is the most appropriate transitional justice model in addressing historical human rights abuses? A comparative analysis of the experiences of Australia and the Republic of Ireland
(2019)Transitional justice as a restorative framework may be used to address past, endemic human rights abuses in both transitional and non-transitional contexts. Different forms of transitional justice mechanisms—including ... -
The "other" and us : a philosophical research around the concept of responsibility in human rights
(2019)The present work focuses – in the broader context of human rights - on the theme of «responsibility». The latter is investigated in the first section from a strictly theoretical point of view, namely in close relation ... -
Save the seeds: the impact of the disappearance of traditional seeds on the right to adequate food
(2019)The disappearance of traditional seeds is a direct consequence of the industrialization of agriculture, privatization of the common good, liberalization of the markets, and the rise of intellectual property rights. The ... -
Towards the recognition of a right to a child under the European human rights framework? A study of surrogacy: emphasis on France
(2019)Human beings’ dependency on technology has fallen upon us in a blink of an eye. This dependency slowly allows technological progress to act in the most personal aspects of individuals’ lives. Reproductive technology while ... -
Boycotts in the struggle for human rights
(2019)Boycotts are a fascinating and multifaceted consumer phenomenon, long used by citizens to exert pressure on higher spheres of power in order to enact social change. Boycotts have been an old companion of human rights ... -
De facto and de jure annexation: a relevant distinction in international law? Israel and Area C: a case study
(2019)Since the occupation of the Arab territories in 1967, Israel has been carrying out policies of de facto annexation, notably through the establishment of settlements and the construction of the Separation Wall. However, ...
