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Showing 1 to 20 of 29 for “"International protection"”.
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The international protection of language rights
Speakers of more than six thousand languages are not entitled to education, nor to the administration of justice or public services through the medium of their mother tongue(s). This statement is true of most indigenous language minorities and universally of migrant, immigrant or refugee …
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The effect of UNHCR operations in the development of Turkey's asylum framework
… ever law on asylum - The Law on Foreigners and International Protection, a significant portion of Turkey’ s quest of reforming its asylum framework through policy. Both the EU and UNHCR were able to exert their influence on Turkish officials throughout the draft law process. Their influential …
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The Transformation of Civic Identity and Local Patriotism in Hamburg, 1790 to 1815
At the same time the cataclysmic international events stimulated the emergence of a new local identity--Hanseatic solidarity. The city's need to defend its sovereignty and neutrality during the wars of the French Revolution and later Napoleonic conquest prompted Hamburg to unite with the cites of …
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HOT+COLD : physical and atmospheric phenomena in the Antarctic
… looked at a local or regional scale, with large international protocol, remaining largely ineffective and mired through process. The summation of this altered climate includes effects like rising surface and atmospheric temperatures, rising sea levels, ozone depletion, and reduced cloud …
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The legal implications of the WIPO treaty on intellectual property, genetic resources and associated traditional knowledge on indigenous peoples of Uganda and Kenya
… or fair compensation. Despite the adoption of international instruments and the enactment of domestic legislation aimed at protecting Traditional Knowledge, gaps in enforcement and governance persist, leaving Indigenous communities vulnerable. In response to these global challenges, the World …
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THE CONSERVATION AND PROMOTION OF THE 'CULTURAL HERITAGE OF MANKIND': WHICH OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW?
The research consists in an international law-based analysis which, focusing on the issue of determining the obligations set up, notably, by the United Nations, towards the protection of the ‘cultural heritage of mankind’ pending on the international community, approaches the enhancement of the …
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International displacement and state compliance with international human rights standards: the current protection of internally displaced persons' right to physical security in Nigeria
… for an interesting case study to understand international protection of IDPs. This dissertation asks whether the current protection of IDPs' right to physical security in Nigeria complies with international human rights standards. The current international legal framework in place for the …
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The failure of the European Union to offer adequate protection to refugee women
… womanhood cannot qualify for refugee status and international protection. Secondly, the unsafe conditions of camps and some reception centres in Europe which exposes women to further forms of violence serves to compound their suffering and trauma and also amounts to further violations of their …
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Do European Union measures against people smuggling constitute non-entry and within this context violate refugee´s rights?
… measures against people smuggling and the protection of refugee rights. Against the backdrop of a global refugee crisis, the European Union's migration policies and border control strategies have come under scrutiny. The European Union's commitment to human dignity, freedom, democracy, and …
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Accounting for Gender in International Refugee Law: A Close Reading of the UNHCR Gender Guidelines and the Discursive Construction of Gender as an Identity
… High Commissioner for Refugees’ “Guidelines on International Protection: Gender-Related Persecution within the context of Article 1A(2) of the 1951 Convention and/or its 1967 Protocol relating to the Status of Refugees” – a document that explains how legal definitions of refugee status might …
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Ireland's geospatial distribution of border controls: a macro study of Ireland's migration system
… the local, to the regional, to the national and international level to underpin the Irish migration system. At each scale, the assemblage of departments, state actors and territorial state structures work in unison, simultaneously, across these scales to enforce control on migrants through …
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NEVER AGAIN; WORKING TOWARD AN EFFECTIVE EARLY WARNING SYSTEM FOR GENOCIDE PREVENTION
… the work of this thesis Bruce Cronin‟s theory on International Protection Regimes (IPRs) is used, for its emphasis on the need for international actors to work toward the “common good” in order to realize a stable and secure international order. Three cases studies (Rwanda, Bosnia, and Darfur) are …
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Realising the effective enforcement of civil and political rights in Africa: an analysis of the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights.
… instead of transplanting from other regional or international treaties. This thesis reviews the African Charter as well as scholarly arguments on civil and political rights protection. First, it analyses the international protection of contemporary human rights under the Universal Declaration of …
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Childhood and asylum : the legal protection of unaccompanied asylum seeking children and young people in the United Kingdom asylum and social care systems / Ibidunni Francisca Idowu-Eberendu
The main theme of the thesis is the legal protection of unaccompanied asylum-seeking and separated children in the United Kingdom asylum and social care systems. The thesis investigates if the standard of legal protection conferred upon unaccompanied asylum seeking and separated children in the …
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A 'harvest' in Malawi: the position of albinism in Refugee Law
… The dissertation seeks to unravel whether the international law grants refugee status to people with albinism. In response to the question, the dissertation analyses the definition of a refugee under the 1951 Convention. Persecution and inability of a State to protect victims of human rights …
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Legal responses to international terrorism : current framework under Maltese law.
… of the Maltese legal framework in combating international terrorism, and identifies any lacunae which need to be addressed. Legislation is analyzed in light of international and regional legal measures. The dissertation first deals with the criminalisation of terrorist acts under Maltese law. …
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Promoting Resilience in Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking and Refugee Minors
… asylum-seeking minors (UAMs) applying for international protection, and 60,000 UAMs from Central America were apprehended at the US-Mexico border. These unaccompanied minors are vulnerable, and the traumas they face impact their mental health. As such, it is important to design mental …
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(Un)-African: queering South Africas approach to SOGI rights
… in South Africa's approach to the international protection of people of non-normative sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI). It seeks to understand why South Africa's support for SOGI rights in the international system has been inconsistent, by answering the following …
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