Browsing Norsk senter for menneskerettigheter by Title
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(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’ ...
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(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 ...
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(Chapter / Bokkapittel / AcceptedVersion; Peer reviewed, 2020)This chapter analyses from a European perspective the complex relationship between international human rights law (IHRL) and international humanitarian law (IHL) in the context of multinational military operations. In ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2008)
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(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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2013)Human rights are far from undisputed and far too often tensions and disagreements arise when human rights and their universal nature are taught to audiences in local contexts. This study analyses the way resistance to human ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)Sexual violence is a common human rights violation among campus students. Students within the university, faculty committees, and members of staff are not only involved in sexual violence, but also in addressing its causes. ...
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Addressing the Practice of Child Marriage through Universal Human Rights: The Case of EthiopiaRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)
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Addressing the Right to Self-Determination: The Okinawans’ Claims from the Group-Based Rights PerspectiveRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)This paper discusses the Japanese society from the group-based rights perspective. International human rights law provides the rights mostly in an individualistic form. But there is also a development of the international ...
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Advancing Direct Corporate Accountability in International Human Rights Law: The Role of State-Owned EnterprisesRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2017)Resorting to the immensely State-centric international legal system to regulate corporate human rights abuses is often viewed as inadequate. Among many proposals aiming at filling the international regulatory gaps, imposing ...
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Aesthetics Above Autonomy: Analyzing the Sociopolitical and Human Rights Implications of Involuntarily Hospitalizing the Mentally Ill HomelessRestricted Access (Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2023)
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(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 ...
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(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 ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2010)
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2020)This thesis is an examination of the theory of reciprocity as forwarded by David Rodin. His theory is a reply to Cécile Fabre’s arguments for a subsistence war. In particular, he criticises the interest theory of rights. ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2019)The research presented in this thesis examines the potentiality of artificial intelligence as an interrogator within a police interrogation to promote a non biased environment in an effort to mitigate the ongoing racial ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2015)This research projects investigates the construction of human dignity in the lived experience of poor, Roma women in Oslo, Norway. It seeks to contribute to a more inclusive, less abstract interpretation of human dignity, ...
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(Master thesis / Masteroppgave, 2016)
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(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, ...