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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The Universal Periodic Review (UPR) is seen by some as the most tangible innovation in the reform process that created the Human Rights Council in 2006 to replace the repudiated Commission on Human Rights. It is an ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
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Adoption of the Optional Protocol to International Covenant on Economic Social and Cultural Rights proves the Universality, indivisibility, interdependent and interrelated of ESC Rights. That is, the ESC rights ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
In international environmental law, forest law is often perceived as undeveloped area of law. Major threats posed from multidimensional environmental crisis facing planet earth and the humanity: climate change, loss of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This paper identifies a growing trend of the adoption of restrictive laws regulating establishment and operation of NGOs in Azerbaijan, Belarus and the Russian Federation. Broad and vague provisions often provide the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
International petroleum arrangements are the result of interplay of states, often represented by their national companies, and private oil entities, within the oil industry. While the former are interested in economic ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Year 2011 has been a “freedom of assembly year” as we have not only watched the events of “Arab spring” and “Occupy Wall Street”, but UN appointed the first-ever Special Rapporteur on the rights of freedom of assembly and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis evaluates if there is already sufficient regulation to effectively prevent maritime terrorism or whether the current international law on maritime security needs to be improved to reduce the vulnerability of ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
This thesis focuses on the case of Erdemović, which concerns the law of duress, and particularly upon the majority Judgement of Judges McDonald and Vohrah. In their Judgement, they narrow the issue before them down to ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Inspirert av FN erklæringen om at 2010 er det internasjonale året for biologisk mangfold, forsøker denne oppgaven å finne ut hvordan internasjonal humanitær rett kan anvendes for å beskytte regioner med viktige biologisk ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Southern Africa has been surely but stealthily slithering towards a supranational order. Not just that- a regional order based on a constitutional order is being cobbled. SADC has been at the core of such a transformation- ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The aim of this thesis is the better understanding of structural sexual violence against women. Through a human rights approach, the author examines the link between the gendered discriminatory policies against women and ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The aim with this thesis has been to get a better understanding on how islands can affect the delimitation process.
I have divided this presentation into two main parts. First I have concentrated on the definition ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Joint Implementation is one of three flexibility mechanisms established to allow developed countries to receive credit for greenhouse gas emissions reductions activities conducted in developed countries against net emissions ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Healthcare was for long not considered a matter to be dealt with by the European Union. It was looked at as outside of the competence of the EU and the legal entitlements of the individual patient to access healthcare ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The thesis examines the legitimacy of the expanding powers of the Security Council and addresses the question of whether such hypertrophy serves the purpose of strengthening the rule of law in international relations, as ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The Member States of the European Union (EU) have developed various means of preventing irregular migration. Those Member States along the Mediterranean coast find themselves under increasing pressure to control immigration ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Laws criminalizing defamation exists in numerous countries in the world, including some
western European countries and the United States. However, in those mentioned developed
countries these laws are usually not applied ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
The thesis examines the accountability of state and non-state actors under international law of child soldiering. It argues that states and non-state actors as such must be made accountable for breaching their obligation ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) consists of the obligation of the business society to pay attention on problems external to them, public problems, such as combating poverty and social inequity, reduction of spatial ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The achievement of a certain level” of environmental quality is legally formulated within the Right to a Healthy Environment. National constitutions and international instruments guarantee this right. These instruments ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Armed conflicts with many core international crimes committed entail many suspects. There are nearly 2000 opened war crimes cases, including almost 10, 000 suspects in Bosnia and Herzegovina (BiH) as a result of the war ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Subject of this work is the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on the Prevention of Terrorism into the Russian legislation. The Convention is called upon to fill the gap in the international instruments on ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
When refugees flee their countries and cross the border, security ranks high among the priorities of those seeking asylum. Maintaining the purely civilian and humanitarian character of refugee camps and settlements is ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
Corruption is a global problem that undermines the rule of law, democratic governance and sustainable development. Widespread corruption also leads to systemic human rights violations. The current legal framework dealing ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Reducing emissions form deforestation and forest degradation in developing countries (REDD) is a climate change mitigation mechanism addressing the current environmental crisis by increasing the value of standing forests. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Capacity to prosecute core international crimes of genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes is emanating and concentrated at the international tribunals. What about other places making disturbing headlines in the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This paper treats multilateralism as an essential tool in the implementation of climate policies. It focuses on how multilateralism can facilitate the efforts of the international community in dealing with the climate ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
The existence of dual system of responsibility is considered to be a constant feature of international law, which nevertheless reveals many shadow areas at the same time. If international crime is committed by a state organ ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
Refugees are the persons whose fundamental rights have been violated. Within refugee community, rights of refugee women have been much more violated. Refugees’ problem has existed since long time. Now this problem is ...
The ICC and Non-States Parties Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2007)
After more than half a century¡¯s efforts, the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court (¡®the Rome Statute¡¯) was signed on 17 July 1998 at the United Nations Diplomatic Conference of Plenipotentiaries on the ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
This thesis discusses about the key provisions of the TRIPS Agreement and their effects on the realization of the right to health on access to essential medicines. It explores also the relationship between the trade right ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2006)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
This thesis seeks to clarify whether or not Developed States are legally obliged to cooperate for the protection of economic and social rights. The aim is to provide an analysis of the relationship between laws and realities ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
The thesis presents some reflections regarding the potency of socio-economic rights. The paper points out the role of socio-economic rights and the interdependence of the two sets of rights. The aim of this paper is to ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
An analysis of the legal obligations for data controllers when data subjects requests the right to data portability.
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Right to free and fair elections in Azerbaijan : Electoral legislation and electoral practice of Azerbaijan with regards to international law and democracy Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The thesis discusses the right to participate in free and fair elections and its exercise in Azerbaijan in context of international law and democracy. The main focus of the study is directed to analysis of conformity of ...
(Master thesis / Hovedoppgave, 2008)
This paper examines the notion of the doctrine of humanitarian intervention and its relation with state sovereignty as the fundamental basis of the modern world order and attempts to establish whether a legal and legitimate ...
The EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement : The impact of EPAs on the Right to Food Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
The discussion underlying this thesis is the EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement and its impact on the Right to Food. The EU under the auspice of the Cotonou Agreement is negotiating new trade agreements with its ACP ...
The Prohibition Against Superfluous INjury or Unnecessary Suffering : Adjusting International Humanitarian Law to Modern Medicine Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Is the recognition of a non-state armed group as the government of another state a violation of international law? On the face of it, the international law is quite straightforward on this issue. The principles of state ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
In situations where an applicable norm of IHL and an equally applicable norm of IHRL seem to be in conflict with each other it is often unclear how to solve the apparent norm conflict. The principle of best protection ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2009)
This paper deals with wars of national liberation in the context of occupation. The law of occupation in international humanitarian law has developed to include wars of national liberation. Hence this study identify the ...
The state of reference in asylum applications of stateless persons Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
The thesis is focused in the new type of claims in international investment law – claims concerning the revocation of incentive schemes in the photovoltaic (PV) solar sector. The general research question of this work is ...
The Principle of Effective Nationality in the Decision of Refugee Status : focusing on cases of North Korean asylum seekers Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The meaning of dual nationality of Article 1. A. (2) of the 51 Convention can be interpreted with the principle of effective nationality. Thus, it is important to consider the availability of protection by the country of ...
The EU Approach to International Investment Agreements Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
The study includes an overview of the development of EU foreign investment law before the Lisbon Treaty came to force as well as the consequences after the moment when it became a binding legal document. The main research ...
Loss of Protection: Denial of benefits under International Investment Agreements due to investor human rights violations Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
The protection and preservation of the natural environment, the integrity of ecological systems, and the survival of species are positive conditions for peace and human security. Given the interdependent and complex nature ...
Third Country Processing Regimes and the Principle of Non-Refoulement: A Case Study of Australia's Punitive Pacific Solution Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2015)
The crime against humanity of apartheid has been widely neglected: jurisprudence is non-existent and the academic discourse modest. The International Criminal Court (ICC) is the first international criminal tribunal to ...
Domestic Legislatures and International Human Rights Law: Legislating on religious symbols in Europe
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This article examines the dynamics of domestic legislatures’ application of international human rights law. Specifically, this article asks the following: What factors shape how domestic legislatures apply international ...
International Commercial Arbitration in Bosnia and Herzegovina: How the current legal framework is contributing to underdeveloped arbitration? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
This thesis examines how Norwegian companies protect foreign investments against political and regulatory risk. It does so by looking at how the Norwegian Investment Fund for Developing Countries (Norfund) protects its ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This article examines article 4(h) of the Constitutive Act of the African Union, which provides for military intervention in an AU member state by the AU to stop mass atrocities, namely, serious human rights violations ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
This article studies maritime terrorist acts as international terrorism and related prosecutorial mechanisms. It is first examined how the most serious manifestations of international (maritime) terrorism may be regarded ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
Drawing adverse inferences from non-production of documentary evidence in international arbitration Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This paper attempts to demonstrate a new legal norm of States’ right to renewable energy for environmental protection in international law, and to discuss the potential normative conflict between this right and the WTO ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2012)
In recent years, there have been many incidents of sovereign default that have exposed bondholders to huge financial damage, without “leaving room” for any effective remedy. Indeed, the recent case of Argentina has ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The right to family reunification for refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection under Article 8 and 14 of the ECHR Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Inequalities in International Law: Reproducing Power Asymmetry behind the Mask of Universality Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
Regulatory Autonomy and Public Health under the World Trade Organization (WTO): A Case Study of the Chilean Food-labeling Scheme Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / SubmittedVersion, 2017)
This article takes as a point of departure that transnational police cooperation agreements and practices change what we might call the police worldview. This may further impact on the way nation state police forces deploy ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
This thesis examines the evolution of the protection of women against domestic violence in Brazil, influenced by the performance of the Inter-American Human Rights system in protecting the rights of women in the region. ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
Verden oversvømmes av våpen, og hvert år blir så mange som 500,000 mennesker drept som en følge av håndvåpen. Våpenkriminalitet forer vold og konflikter, og de spres uanstrengt via internasjonale farvann. Ulovlige håndvåpen ...
Liquidated Damages in International Commercial Contracts with an Emphasis on EPC Contracts Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2022)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)
The establishment of a marine protected areas as area-based management tools have had a significant contribution to the conservation of marine ecosystems. The concept of MPAs is a paramount part of the package deal negotiated ...
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
Due to its economic development and increasing population, Turkey s energy consumption is expected to grow. In accordance with this need the country has instituted regulations to support energy production based on renewable ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
Atrocious crimes have been committed in the course of several wars that plagued the course of history. Consequently, a crusade over several centuries culminated in a treaty – the Rome Statute which for the first time in ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
This thesis deals with the question of whether the EU is in need of further harmonization of commercial law or not and the reason why its development is going faster in some areas such as Consumer Protection and slower in ...
When may foreign investors lose the protection of investment treaties due to misconduct? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
The thesis aims to answer the research question: under what circumstances may foreign investors lose the protection of investment treaties due to misconduct? It is focused in the analysis of arbitral case law in relation ...
Transnational Litigation for Environmental Damages Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
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The Evolution of Global Constitutionalism Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)
In this paper my focus has been mainly on constitutional law in its cross-boundary concept and its relationship with that of national constitutions as how the constitutions of the nation-states are affected by the more ...
Missing adaptation: Could states be held responsible for resulting climate change damages? Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2011)
This essay aims to re-examine the jurisdiction of the international criminal tribunals with the reference of sophisticated International Court of Justice (ICJ) and the focus of relatively rudimentary ICC. The main structure ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2017)
It is often claimed that international investment arbitration is marked by a revolving door: individuals act sequentially and even simultaneously as arbitrator, legal counsel, expert witness, or tribunal secretary. If this ...
(Journal article / Tidsskriftartikkel / PublishedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2016)
The provisions on genocide protect four exclusive, amongst others the racial, groups. Yet, international criminal tribunals are manifestly uncomfortable with collective groupings and interpret ‘race’ rather inconsistently. ...
The Brazilian perspective on the protection of foreign investment Restricted Access
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2014)
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
The aims to study, analyze, interpret and compare default provisions of a select number of JOAs and then note their differences and/or rationale behind differences to see to what extent parties to a JOA are protected against ...
(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2014)
In a context of structural changes of global economic development, the export processing zones have become a truly widespread phenomenon for several decades. As a policy tools and strategic measures, EPZs have a great ...