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Ingrid Carlberg. Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust
(Global Campus, 2019)J Mutton Book Review ‘Ingrid Carlberg Raoul Wallenberg: The Man Who Saved Thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust (with an introduction by Kofi Annan) (original in Swedish)’. Norstedts 2012; Editions Limited, ... -
The transformation of the Inter-American system for the protection of human rights : the structural impact of the Inter-American Courts case law on amnesties
(2011)Since 2001, although only in very few cases concerning amnesty laws, the Inter- American Court of Human Rights has started to declare the lack of legal effects of domestic legislation owing to its incompatibility with the ... -
Climate change, forced migration and security implications: a new challenge for global solidarity?
(2011)Human migration will be one of the consequences of climate change, although there are still problems with establishing the causal link, lack of scientific certainty and lack of consensus on a proper definition of climate ... -
Local rights and global land hunger : a human rights-based approach in a context of large-scale land acquisitions
(2011)The global competition over African land is at an historical peak. Some call it “win-win opportunities”, others “land-grabbing”, violating the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights. Firstly, this ... -
Bad civil society and the state: a complicated relationship
(2011)Civil society and the state form an inseparable couple – mutually reinforcing, controlling and cooperating with each other. This thesis will concentrate on the relationship of the state with a particular part of civil ... -
Nuclear energy and human rights: bittersweet harmony or clear conflict?
(2011)The 2011 nuclear accident in Fukushima, Japan has caused states to reconsider their nuclear energy plans and the safety of nuclear power plants. Known facts were repeated again; the deployment of nuclear energy involves ... -
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 ...
