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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The theme of the thesis is to analyze the Ethiopian Anti Terrorism Proclamation's stipulation that criminalizes speech that encourages terrorism in light of the right to freedom of expression as envisaged in the Constitution ...
(Research report / Rapport / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
Armed conflicts evolve dynamically and the way wars are fought has changed significantly over time. The majority of contemporary armed conflicts involve a multitude of different actors with varying military capabilities. ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
Nordic Journal of Human Rights. 2013, 31(2), 262-278 http://www.idunn.no/ts/ntmr/2013/02
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The Arab Republic of Egypt displays Human Rights problems not uncommon those generally found in the Middle East. Although having a growing economy, social development in general is hindered by lack of education, corruption, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The Thesis examines of one of the trending CSOs/NGO laws in the developing world, the Ethiopian Charities and Societies Law. More specifically, it assesses the various measures in the law that seem at odds with the freedom ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis examines the justifications of amnesty for human rights violations. It is argued that amnesties adopted in a transitional context are usually considered a direct hinder to transitional justice, especially to ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
This thesis is organized in the form of a legal opinion on the lawfulness/legality of the Neptune Spear Operation, carried out by secretive US-JSOC Special Forces (Navy SEALS and DELTA Forces), with the aim to kill or ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Climate change challenges human rights (HRs) "as the dominant language of justice." A HRs and climate change discourse has accepted this challenge but this discourse remains marginal – both in traditionally-technocratic ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Norwegian climate policy has stalled; it is fundamentally isolated from broader energy and economic policies, particularly the country's petroleum industry. Human rights can reinvigorate climate politics by recognising ...
Free, Prior and Informed Consent and Sustainable Hydropower Dams A case study of the World Bank’s Flagship Dam: Nam Theun 2 Hydropower Project in Laos Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
At the height of the European Mediterranean migration crisis in 2016-2017, many EU member states abdicated their SAR responsibilities, and SAR NGOs filled the gaps in Mediterranean SAR. To discourage this practice as well ...
Law is Violation: Are Human Rights a Hollow Vessel? Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The thesis investigates whether counter-terrorism enforcement in Indonesia has led to interference with social rights of families of terror suspects and convicts. In doing so, it seeks to elaborate on how violations of ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2005)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
While the lack of employment opportunities has significantly contributed to the social and economic marginalization of persons with disabilities, the right to work is now clearly set out in Article 27 of the newly enacted ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
During its more than three decades of history, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights has been consolidated as a fundamental instance for the protection of human rights in the continent. It has been an instance for the ...
Towards A Business and Human Rights Treaty Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
Business enterprises can contribute to the realization of human rights in many instances. However, they may also cause adverse effect on the enjoyment of human rights. The increasing disclosure of business involvement in ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
Published December 2013 © Cambridge University Press
http://www.cambridge.org/cr/academic/subjects/law/human-rights/legitimacy-international-human-rights-regimes-legal-political-and-philosophical-perspectives
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
The chapter addresses some of the tensions between sovereignty, international human rights review and legitimacy, and bring these findings to bear on the proposals for reform of the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
This paper analyses Jürgen Habermas’s claim that democracy and human rights are co-original and its implications for his international theory. A central argument in his theory, the co-originality thesis suggests that human ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
While several perspectives could be used to approach the issue of child trafficking, through this study I aim to present from a human rights perspective the key legal, political, and social factors that may explain the ...
THE ROLE OF PROVISIONAL MEASURES IN THE PROTECTION OF THE RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL: AN EXAMINATION OF THE AFRICAN SYSTEM OF HUMAN RIGHTS Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
An unusual friendship: An inquiry into partnerships between human rights organizations and companies
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights recommend to businesses the use of external expertise, stakeholder dialogue, and civil society consultation. Hence, collaboration with, for example, human rights ...
The Right to Health of Mentally ill Persons in Ghana A case study of the New Jerusalem Chapel in Ghana Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
ABSTRACT The paper focused on the right to health of mentally ill persons in Ghana with the research area being the New Jerusalem Chapel in Ghana. The research aimed at finding out how the right to health of mentally ill ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
I 2008 opplevde Noreg ein auke i talet på einslege mindreårige asylsøkjarar, frå 403 i 2007 til 2500 i 2009. Dette førte til ei innstramming i asylpolitikken og innføring av midlertidig opphald for einslege mindreårige ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2011)
Corradetti, Claudio & Bartlett-Esquilant, Gillian (2011). "Society in Science": the DePGx Project and the Democratization of Helth Policy Strategies through Public Deliberation., In Ethics and Philosophy Center for Applied ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
How can we assess the epistemic quality of democratic decision-making? Sceptics doubt such assessments are possible, as they must rely on controversial substantive standards of truth and rightness. Challenging that scepticism, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
This article investigates gender implications of judicial activism within the context of the 2011 revolution. Relying on analysis of a sample of judicial decisions in the field of divorce and child-rearing, I argue that ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The world has faced different forms of acts of terror from different kinds of group. And due to this, states have come up with different approaches either to halt terrorist activities or to deter them before it happens. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Modern society is becoming more and more complex and multicultural. In this scenario, social fragmentation and immigrants' marginalization are also emerging as serious issues of nowadays democratic life. This research aimed ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
It was reported, in 2008, that there were more than 11,000 children working as kamaiya bonded child labour. Children who work in the kamaiya system perform domestic chores, take animals to pasture, collect grass/hay, and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The study examined the nature of compulsory land acquisition and compensation, the right to property within Ghanaian context from human rights perspectives. This study was to find out whether the conditions that are required ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2006)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Abstract
The study was carried out to ascertain how poverty, inequality and economic marginalization affect Ghana’s ability to meet its obligations under articles 11, 12 and 13 of the International Covenant on Economic, ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion, 2004)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The Right to Employment for People with Disabilities: A Study on Jordan
This study examines the implementation of international human rights laws and legislation in an attempt to answer the main research question of why ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)
This chapter charts some of the key characteristics of Nairobi County, particularly those of development and governance that are directly relevant for how we may imagine the capital as a city of politics. The aim is, first, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Helped by the growing opening of markets and advances in transport and communication ser-vices, an export-based economy has been endorsed in many countries for some decades now. To this end, one of the tools used is named ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
There has never been a more urgent time for psychologists to gain a broader and deeper understanding of the pernicious dynamics of humiliation. Congratulations to the American Psychologist for introducing an article on the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The Alien Tort Statute is a 1789 US provision used for raising claims on international core crimes even when committed against foreigners, on foreign soil and with foreign corporations’ complicity. Its uniqueness may permit ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The Dublin Regulation is an EU instrument with the purpose of defining what State is responsible for an asylum application, and thereby ensuring applicants access to asylum procedures, however only in one State. This study ...
Protecting human rights of fishermen in the South China Sea Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Key Words: Domestic violence, women, State responsibility, Human rights, Norway
Domestic violence against women is a human rights violation that affects women all over the world regardless of their color, nationality, or ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
ABSTRACT
This Thesis deals with the Freedom of Expression and Democratic Process: It Analyse the Laws and Policies Relating to Freedom of Expression in Zanzibar.
The Objectives of this Thesis is to examine to what extent ...
China's Belt and Road Initiative: A Human Rights Perspective Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2018)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This research focuses on the right to food of refugees in Ghana with the case study area being the Ampain Refugee Camp. The study aims to find out how the right to food of refugees is fulfilled in Ghana looking for three ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The transitional justice field has rapidly expanded according to new political context requirements that cover situations that are not exactly transitional. For instance, In Colombia, despite an ongoing armed conflict, the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This research examines a specific area of the press in Vietnam which at present is developing very fast and freely. That is the entertainment news production in online newspapers. Entertainment news with tabloid contents ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
This paper analyzes the legitimacy of the newly adopted Russian Foreign Agent Law, which compels all politically active non-governmental organizations (NGOs) that receive foreign funding to register as ‘foreign agents’ ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Zimbabwe has been wrought by a vast array of challenges including a continuous retrogression of socio-economic conditions including massive evictions, the collapse of the health system and a deterioration of the education ...
The Protection Quandary: Voluntary Human Shields : Addressing Voluntary Shields' Loss of Protection under International Humanitarian Law and Human Rights Law Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Human shields have long been used as a defensive tactic in asymmetrical warfare. A particularly contentious issue regards which protections voluntary human shields are entitled to under international humanitarian law (IHL). ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2021)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2013)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2010)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
While academic research on human rights today focuses primarily on the promotion of freedom of religion as something positive, the misuse of religious freedom of religion remains under-researched. The deployment of religion ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) is now the only treaty with a mandatory reporting procedure not to allow individual petitions or complaints. Is this discriminatory treatment justified? This thesis explores ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
In this thesis the primary task has been to explore the potentials in Martha Nussbaum’s capabilities approach, especially in terms of how she balances norms requiring respect for cultural diversity and individual choice ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The thesis is a case study that seeks to assess implementation of human rights in the Kurdistan Region, Iraq by applying the “spiral model” of human rights change as it is presented in The Power of Human Rights (Risse et ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2008)
In this thesis, it is intended to examine as to how Ethiopia has addressed the past state sponsored human rights wrongs and what measures have been taken beyond dealing with the past in order to create a human rights culture ...
Gender Based Discrimination in Marriage and Family Life : A Case Study of Pakistan Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Traditional values and conservative religious interpretations are considered to be a great challenge to the international human rights regime. This is true especially in the case of Pakistan where women’s human rights are ...
Sexual violence : Sexual violence against women in Iran compred with International Human Rights Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Rape, forced marriage, forced pregnancy; sexual slavery, forced prostitution and forced sterilization are taken as sexual crimes by the world community. Besides that the specific customs and traditions, as well as superstitious ...
The Politics of Human Rights and Global Justice : Rawls and Habermas on the Prevention of Gross Violations of Human Rights Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The thesis compares the ideas of two prominent figures in contemporary political philosophy, John Rawls and Jürgen Habermas, about humanitarian intervention and initiatives to preempt such moves. Indeed this thesis asks ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
Transitional justice (TJ) is an ever-growing field, relevant all over the world. Indonesia has undergone a profound transition to democracy since the fall of Soeharto in 1998. However, separatist challenges have continuously ...
Not "Just" A Transition Ensuring international human rights and labour standards for workers in transitions to low carbon societies Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
To what degree could responsible mining play a role to prevent human rights violations arising from the industry? : A human rights law perspective Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The study primarily aims to address the legal consequences of the rise of responsible mining and responsible mining itself to international human rights law in regulating the mining industry. Firstly, the thesis describes ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
The African Peer Review Mechanism was launched in 2002 as a ground-breaking initiative, promoting broad-based participation in development in Africa, and signalling a reconstitution of sovereignty on the continent. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
The thesis is the result of the field work done with a group of children living in a shelter named "Hijos de la Luna" which took place in the city of Oaxaca, Mexico during 2010 and 2011. By implementing the human rights ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This paper aims to shed light on labour rights, specifically the freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining. The thesis attempts to justify labour rights historically, philosophically, morally and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Every year developing countries lose billions of dollars through tax evasion and tax avoidance by TNCs, which are some of the largest tax payers in the world. A great portion of developing countries’ already scarce revenues ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2006)
The Environmental Bill of Rights (EBR) adopted in 1994 by the province of Ontario, Canada empowers members of the public with participatory rights in environmental decision-making. This thesis evaluates the de facto ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The Chinese hukou system has been established since 1950s with the purpose of migration control and resource distribution. The agricultural hukou holding residents’ rights to freedom of movement are strictly limited. The ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This master thesis is a comparative study of the legislation and practice of freedom of information in Norway and Vietnam. The thesis poses the question if we have an international human right to information, is there a ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The Family Planning Policy of The People's Republic of China exists in stark opposition to declarations of reproductive rights as laid out in the Beijing Declaration and Platform for Women (1995). The resultant ongoing ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis examines the Norwegian State obligations to protect unaccompanied children against human trafficking under international human rights law. The purpose with this study is to show that trafficking of children ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
One key tool in a rights-based approach to enhancing women’s participation in governance is affirmative action. Enabling women’s access to and active participation in governance institutions through women’s Facilitating ...
Corporatism, Freedom of Association and Shenzhen s Trade Union Reform Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The Right to be Heard in Asylum Interview Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Avhandlingen handler om norske asylprosedyrer med fokus på asylintervjuet. Avhandlingen drøfter relevante asyllover og regler, beskriver asylintervjuprosedyrene, og drøfter hvordan språk og kultur påvirker troverdighetsv ...
To Comply or Not to Comply? : Internalisation of International Humanitarian Law by Armed Groups: A Case Study on the Ban on Anti-Personnel Landmines Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Proliferation of armed groups poses a challenge to the framework of international humanitarian law. Are the existing mechanisms under IHL sufficient to ensure compliance with the law by such groups? The purpose of this ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis analyze the development of Norwegian Sami rights and the consequences of their implementation. It consists of two parts. The first is theoretically based and consider the development of indigenous rights as ...
The Interest of State(s) in The Individual and Institutional Accountability for Atrocities Conducted During Armed Conflict : A Case Study of Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2008)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Implementing Universal Education as Human Right and as a Millennium Development Goal: Diverging or Converging Approaches? Begrenset tilgang
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The present thesis was directed to understand the conceptual and operational implications of approaching the objective of universal education as a human right and as a MDG in the context of development activities. The two ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis is about how some people are ‘inside’ the protection of the law, while others are ‘outside’. More specifically it is about how some people are left vulnerable because of certain migration policies, criminalisation, ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The thesis discusses the ability of post-conflict Sierra Leone in providing reparation for the most vulnerable victims of war.
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The present study focuses on Ethiopia, a country despite facing daunting development challenges, is said to have sustained a notable push towards realizing universal primary education. The study was, therefore, made with ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
As we teach political theory, we cannot escape the canon problem, since we must select a manageable set of key texts, thinkers and theories. However, what we select also shapes what we take political theory and the subject ...