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Showing 1 to 20 of 189 for “"Human Rights Law"”.
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Pre-trial detention under contemporary European human rights law
… juridically, in the light of the European law on human rights. Some aspects of pre-trial detention have been considered in relative depth, both internationally and comparatively. Consequently, the adequacy of the ECtHR decisions in its quest to safeguard pre-trial detention rights has been …
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Human rights law in Tunisia in the post-Arab Spring era
… social changes for a better economy, democracy, human rights, and equality. Since the uprising in 2011, the changes in law, society and politics have continued. The efforts towards change including public participation, the coalition between civil society organisations and political parties have …
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Women's rights in Islam and current discourse of international human rights law
… on the basis of sex as reflected in the UN human rights instrument culminated in 1979 with the adoption of the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. With the adoption of the Convention, the separate concepts of women's rights were recast in a global …
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The application of Shari’ah and international human rights law in Saudi Arabia
… comparative study of the application of Islamic law (Shari’ah) and international human rights law in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It provides an analysis of the sources of Islamic law as well as the sources of international law to set the background for analysis and defines the nature of both …
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State obligations in international human rights law on human trafficking : case study Poland
… compliance of international and national (EU) laws on human rights, with a specific focus on Poland, regarding the extent to which they meet the minimum standards for the elimination of human trafficking. The primary research question examines whether international and regional efforts in …
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Reforming Hudud ordinances to reconcile Islamic criminal law with international human rights law
International human rights laws are grossly violated by the hudud ordinances, with their extremely cruel punishments, including stoning for adultery, beheading for apostasy, and amputation for theft. Pakistan, Sudan, Brunei Darussalam and Saudi Arabia, for example, follow the doctrines of the four …
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Childhood statelessness in Kenya: an appraisal of legislative compliance with international human rights law obligations
… as a citizen of any state under its citizenship laws. In Kenya, childhood statelessness arises in both non-migratory and migratory contexts. In the non-migratory context, it affects children from ethnic minority groups and non-indigenous communities like: the Nubians, Waatas, Shirazis, Coastal …
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International human rights law and climate change: the case for a duty to mitigate climate change
… between climate change and international human rights law. A special focus lies on the question if states have a human rights obligation to mitigate climate change by reducing greenhouse gas-emissions. To this end, the dissertation develops and proposes a risk-based approach that helps …
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Human rights and jus Cogens: Questioning the use of normative hierarchy theory in human rights law
… hierarchy among rules relating to international law. As such the recent trend of placing human rights norms in the catalogue of jus cogens has had a significant impact on both domestic and international law. For instance, in Barcelona Traction, Light and power Co, Ltd (Belgium v Spain), the …
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The implications of judicial non-intervention in religious matters: a South African human rights law perspective A
… on the need to ensure strict protection of human rights, specifically with reference to religious freedom, equality, and freedom of association. The core issue in this case was the accepted forms of intimate relationships allowed within the church in relation to the leadership roles the …
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(Transnational) Corporations and Human Rights: an exploration into the accomodation of capital in international human rights law.
… in, if not instigators of, a variety of human rights violations. Despite this evidence, the international community of states has been unwilling or unable to respond to these violations in any adequate measure. At the same time, the discourse of human rights has become integral to state …
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How effective is international Human Rights Law? A case study of domestic violence in the United Kingdom
This thesis argues that international human rights law has only a limited amount of potential to be used effectively in relation to the issue of domestic violence in the United Kingdom. The possible use of human rights law through two strategies is assessed. The first of these is a litigation …
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Realising the socio-economic rights of refugees under international human rights law: A case study of South Africa
… of this study is to outline the socio-economic rights of refugees in South Africa with a particular emphasis on their rights to education, housing and health care. The study aims to explore whether the current treatment of refugees in South Africa is in accordance with existing international …
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Indians, ungulates, and unconventional oil : the protection of culturally significant environmental features through multi-jurisdictional human rights law
… the expansive interpretation of established human rights law from the provincial, domestic, regional and international legal spheres to protect environmental features crucial to the continued existence of indigenous cultures. Specifically the research will assess whether a practicable basis …
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A History in the Making: Muslim Sexual and Gender Diversity between International Human Rights Law and Islamic Law
… and gender diversity related to international human rights law and Islamic law, as well as an ethnographic account of contemporary Muslims in Lahore, Pakistan whose pluralist sexual and gender experience defies the punitive gaze of state law.<br/><br/>The central hypothesis of this project is …
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A Theory on State's Extended Remit under International Human Rights Law: Foundations and Implications for Extraterritorial Environmental Protection
… of the scope of applicability of international human rights law in order to demonstrate the potential of human rights approaches for extraterritorial environmental protection. While the issue of extraterritoriality in the human rights field has been discussed for more than a decade now, the …
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Media and Armed Conflict: Protection of Journalists and Media Facilities under Human Rights Law and International Humanitarian Law
… legal regimes are applicable: international humanitarian or human rights law. In conclusion, it suggests a parallel application of both regimes while international humanitarian law is to be regarded as lex specialis in the event of an armed conflict. In the case of a discrepancy between norms …
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