Human Rights: Recent submissions
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Papperslösa kvinnors politiska delaktighet: Om utrymmet för individen att vara politisk när hon är utesluten ur den politiska gemenskapen.
(2017-06-28)Human rights apply to all individuals, regardless of nationality or legal status. However, in practice, people living as undocumented – without a residence permit in the state where they are situated – seems to be regarded ... -
Mental Health Rights of Incarcerated Mothers who are Accompanied by their Children in a Kenyan Prison
(2016-09-29)The purpose of the study is to examine how incarcerated mothers accompanied by their children in prison are able to claim their right to mental health care as well as if and how this right is fulfilled. Instead of the ... -
Kvinnors rättigheter i riksdagsdebatten: en studie av hur kvinnors rättigheter debatterats i kammaren mandatperioden 2010-2014
(2016-09-14)Women’s rights are debated today in Sweden as well as in the rest of the world, though it is not a new topic. Ever since the subject first started being discussed the view on what rights women should have and how they ... -
Closing the Gap: An interview study with Swedish newspaper publishers and editors on the lack of consistency between commitments on media and gender and actual representation
(2016-09-12)Women are grossly underrepresented as news subjects globally. This is a direct violation of the universal human right of freedom of expression, as well as a major hindrance to global sustainable development and societal ... -
Understanding the Zimbabwe situation through the human security lens 2005-2009
(2016-03-24)The human security concept emerged as a result of contemporary global developments that triggered the manifestation of risks threatening the safety, survival and welfare of human beings. As such, there was need to widen ... -
‘The Palestinian Threat’: A Study of Israel's Contemporary Security Discourse in a Human Rights Context
(2016-03-23)This thesis is a case study of how Palestinians are depicted as a threat in Israel's security discourse. Applying Securitization Theory, a broad definition of security is adopted, whereby what may constitute an “existential ... -
Women or victims?: An analysis of National Action Plans in response to United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security
(2016-02-01)Conflict affects and engages men and women in different ways. United Nations Security Council’s Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security draws attention to the disproportionate impact on women during and after conflict. ... -
Att tolka och arbeta med mänskliga rättigheter: en jämförelse mellan förvaltningar och bolag i Göteborgs Stad
(2015-11-04)Human rights is a broad concept which can be interpreted and implemented in many different ways. Human rights in public management is a growing research area, but many aspects are still not well researched. One of these ... -
Categorization of Human Beings versus The Universality of Human Rights
(2014-09-05)The principle of non-discrimination is central to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and to the human rights discourse that surrounds it. The principle that no distinction should be made between people based on ... -
Human rights within the discussion of entrepreneurship: On a secondary level in the education system
(2014-06-27)In Sweden in the year of 2011 a new curriculum was put in place on the secondary level. This curriculum contains the introduction of human rights and the demand that human rights shall be visible within all subjects on the ... -
Welfare, Integration and Human Rights: A study on labour market segregation and integration policy in Norway.
(2013-10-30)A fundamental principle of human rights is that of equality and non-discrimination. This should apply to every human being on an individual basis and to everyone of a Member State’s territory. However, in many countries ... -
"Reencountering our ways": A discourse analysis of indigenous women's work for their individual rights within the Mayan systems in Guatemala.
(2013-10-11)Legal pluralism, the co-existence of several legal systems within the same state, exists in most countries in the world. This existence of parallel legal systems can enhance women’s access to justice, for example if these ... -
Mänskliga rättigheter i samhällskunskapen: Utifrån ett lärarperspektiv
(2013-03-05)Human rights have been added to the new curriculum which came into force the 1st of July 2011 in the Swedish Upper Secondary school. The purpose with this master thesis is to compare the old and the new curriculum as part ... -
You must be hard-nosed!: A gender analysis of excluding organizational cultures in a production environment
(2012-10-30)In international human rights law, the boundaries between legal discrimination and its more subtle forms, exclusion, are very vague and difficult to frame. This thesis examines the subtle intangible mechanisms leading to ... -
”Vi fixar och trixar oss fram till att hjälpa människor”: En studie med fokus på det sociala arbetet med köpare och säljare av sexuella tjänster i Sverige i relation till mänskliga rättigheter.
(2012-10-18)The thesis ”Vi fixar och trixar oss fram till att hjälpa människor” focuses on social work in the field of prostitution and human trafficking in Sweden. Through semi-structured interviews with social workers in the ...