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    • Press freedom and media's role in conflict and peace-building : case of the post-2007 election crisis in Kenya 

      Radoli, Ouma Lydia (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05-27)
      The 2007-2008 election violence in Kenya left more than 1,200 people dead and over half a million internally displaced. There were serious human rights violations, including freedom of movement, freedom of assembly and opinion. A Commission of Inquiry set to investigate the violence has attributed the conflict to unresolved historical grievances. But, the government and international agencies blame ...

    • Promoting the right to life, liberty and security through grassroots youth empowerment : the case of the Maji Mazuri organization in the Mathare informal settlements, Kenya following the 2007 post-election violence 

      Aguilar-Francis, Rebecca Alicia (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-22)
      This dissertation focused on how youth in post-conflict and conflict prone communities directly and indirectly promote the right to life, liberty and security of person through grassroots youth empowerment initiatives and organizations. The research was centered on both a theoretical analysis of youth empowerment and peace education and as a case study focuses on one particular organization in the ...

    • Punished for Persecution: An Analysis of the Criminalization of the Asylum Seeker in the United Kingdom 

      Haglund, Molly Grace (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-22)
      Far from a welcoming and humane reception, those seeking asylum within the United Kingdom are confronted with obstacles at all levels of their search for protection. Rather than fulfill their responsibilities to refugees, the UK has sought to avoid its international legal obligations through the implementation of deterrence policies—practices that seek to evade and deny the offering of protection ...

    • The Ramifications of the ICTY and the ICJ in Bosnia-Herzegovina Post-Conflict: Understanding the relationship between Justice and Reconciliation 

      Estrella, Denise A. (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-22)
      The ability to foster reconciliation while addressing human rights can be achieved through the ICTY and the ICJ stemming from their use of providing accountability on individual level to a state level, admissions of guilt, removal of war criminals from society, outreach program and establishing historical and legal truths. Within the state of BiH, for many citizens there exists the belief that a ...

    • Redrawing the Boundaries of Membership: Labor Migrants in the UN Convention on Migrant Workers, NAFTA, and the European Union 

      Anderson, Joseph Trawicki (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-23)
      Labor migrants occupy an indeterminate place in the rights regimes of nation-states. Even when engaged in documented movements, labor migrants enjoy a set of rights more limited than those of citizens. This dissertation reviews three international legal agreements, the UN Convention on Migrant Workers, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the European Union (EU) in order to understand ...

    • Refugees (not)welcome: Is UK’s being selective towards which refugees are allowed to enter its territory? 

      Bina, Sihana (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-22)
      Countries of the Global North have long established restrictive measures to deter refugees and asylum-seekers from their territories. In 2022, when the number of refugees in Europe doubled due to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, the international response varied, and refugees were granted access to entry and protection. Focusing on the United Kingdom (UK) as a case study, this thesis examines the ...

    • Refugees between EU policies and Human Rights Law. The case of Syrian refugees on Hungarian borders 

      Nasser, Suha (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-05-23)
      The number of refugees heading Europe looking for a safe place is increasing. The violations against those refugees are escalating as well. Thousands of refugees from different nationalities are fleeing their countries because of conflicts and violence. They are entering Europe through the border countries, on their way to apply for asylum in one of EU countries. The majority of those refugees are ...

    • REPRODUCING VIOLENCE THROUGH RECONSTRUCTING THE HYMEN? Gender-Based Violence Against Women in Lebanon 

      Hajali, Majd (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-21)
      Virginity in Lebanon is still a controversial and sensitive issue. Women’s value and honour is linked to the “hymen mystique”, which they fear losing before marriage. Regardless of the reasons for virginity loss, a non-virgin woman is deemed a sinner according to the Lebanese patriarchal social standards. With the existence of three-dimensional function of the hymen: honourable, social and physiological, ...

    • Rethinking humanitarian space 

      Ahmad, Sana (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-11-01)
      This study looks at the humanitarian space in Myanmar which includes not just the humanitarian operations in the country, the access to volatile zones by the humanitarian organisations, the humanitarian principles, but also a space which permits a complementary arrangement of diverse actors holding different positions and skill sets and deliver to those in need. The study is based on the practical ...

    • The right to freedom of expression versus media censorship in China : Chinese citizens and the Internet 

      Zhang, Yiyao (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2010-05-28)
      This dissertation examines citizens’ practice of freedom of expression on the Internet in China. It focuses its discussion on issues such as what channels are available for Chinese citizens to voice their opinions on social and political issues, how Chinese citizens raise issues on the Internet, what impact of the Internet is on traditional media, and what the attitude of the government is in ...

    • Rights Based Approach: Understanding and Practice within NGOs: An Analysis of ActionAid’s project in Pakistan 

      Qadir, Yusra (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05)
      This study aims to assess if the understanding of Rights Based Approach (RBA) is consistent within ActionAid or not. It also seeks to determine if an ActionAid project adheres to RBA’s essentials or not. The study goes beyond seeking a yes or no answer to these questions. It digs deeper to identify causes of inconsistencies in RBA understanding across ActionAid staff and factors affecting the project’s ...

    • Rights-based approach in the work of Save the Children UK 

      Tran, Ha Anh (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-24)
      As human rights and development share the same goal of achieving human liberty and dignity, the human rights-based approach to development has come to life using international human rights standards and frameworks to reinforce the legal obligations states have to create changes towards the fulfilment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. This study aims at diving into the massive theoretical ...

    • The Role of The Georgian Orthodox Church in Resistance to LGBTQ Equality: Examining Discourses and Geopolitical Implications 

      Rogava, Ketevan (Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-22)
      This thesis examines the discourses employed by the Georgian Orthodox Church's (GOC) regarding LGBTQ rights. It explores the geopolitical position of the GOC through the discourses utilised and inspects intersections with the discourses of the far-right groups in relation to LGBTQ equality. Through qualitative research using critical discourse analysis, the study uncovers the dynamics of the GOC’s ...

    • The role of the media in promoting human rights : an analysis of the BBC documentary, 'Chocolate: the bitter truth' 

      Nwankwo, Victoria Chioma (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2011-05-31)
      This study examines the role of the media in promoting human rights. Central to the study is an effort to find out why the media decide to include human rights coverage as part of their programmes as well as the portrayal of human rights elements in such programmes. A total of five journalists were interviewed, three of them were BBC journalists involved in the production of the documentary which ...

    • Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the Universal Periodic Review 

      Schlanbusch, Mari Dahl (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-23)
      The subject of this research is human rights related to Sexual orientation and gender identity in the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of the United Nations. The UPR is a unique peer review mechanism which reviews all UN member states in a universal manner, but also a source of politicisation along regional lines. This politicisation has a detrimental effect on the universality of the process, ...

    • Social Media Challenges and Opportunities for Human Rights: A Case of Blasphemy Laws in Pakistan 

      Noor, Sanam (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2016-06-10)
      The social media has revolutionized communication and politics at different levels around the globe. Many social media platforms have epitomized the exercise of the freedom of expression and opinions without relying on traditional mass media intermediaries. At the same time, it has posed serious challenges for users and raised many questions about free speech and governance of the internet. The ...

    • Solitary Confinement as a Human Rights Concern: A Case study of Burma’s Political Prisoners. 

      Weerwag, Nola (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-11-11)
      Solitary confinement has repeatedly been found to be detrimental to mental health, causing a range of symptoms, including anxiousness, depression, memory loss and paranoia in a significant amount of prisoners. This sparked a wider, ongoing debate on whether solitary confinement can amount to torture or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. The research that informed this debate however ...

    • Theatre and the Right to have Rights. Creative intercultural encounter between Israelis and Palestinians in Israel promoting principles of peace and Human Rights in the context of reconciliation of intractable conflict 

      Rosenbohm, Dominique (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2015-05-22)
      There are many rather idealistic writings upon the effects that art can have on conflict societies and the role that art can play in the promotion of Human Rights. In the context of intractable conflict with a discourse of dehumanisation, it becomes particularly important to reemphasise everyone’s right to have rights and general related principles of equality, that are central to both Human Rights ...

    • TOWARDS THE EMERGENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL HUMAN RIGHTS? A discussion of the relevance of the right to a safe and healthy environment 

      Dussud, Morgane (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2013-05-23)
      This dissertation focuses on the link between human rights and the environment and the emergence of environmental human rights in the form of an individual, substantive, third generation right to a safe and healthy environment. It aims at formulating a working definition of the right to a safe and healthy environment (RSHE). To do so, I first discuss the theoretical relationship between human ...

    • Towards universal primary education : a case study of US development assistance to education reform in Pakistan 

      Inayat, Mahvish (Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2012-05-22)
      The inclusion of Universal Primary Education in the Millennium Development Goals; to ensure that by 2015, Education for All become a reality speaks volumes about the importance of education to development. Education permeates through a number of human rights, providing a basis for the education of human rights. For this reason, education is cited as a top priority in development policy. Pakistan is ...