Browsing Human Rights by Title
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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 ... -
Humanizing (Anti)corruption: The socio-legal values of a human rights-based approach to corruption
(2019-09-03)This master’s thesis intends to contribute to the current academic and policy debate on the values of determining whether a particular human rights violation was caused by a corrupt behavior; and to defend a human rights-based ... -
I don’t see a future being gay in this country: A non-legally binding charter and its consequences for queer women in Poland.
(2021-10-14)LGBTQ rights are under attack in Europe. Poland is one of its most homophobic countries and many municipalities have announced themselves ‘LGBT-free zones’ by adopting the Family Charter (henceforth the Charter), which is ... -
I skuggan av en brottsutredning: En rättssociologisk undersökning om Polismyndighetens brottsofferstöd
(2022-02-03)The judicial system in Sweden has a tradition of focusing on the perpetrator of the crime. The lesser focus on victims may lead to a decreased focus on victims’ human rights. This raises the question of how victims of crime ... -
Indigenous justice in Guatemala: Indigenous women’s access to justice versus indigenous communities’ collective rights
(2022-05-20)In 2016, the Constitutional Court of Guatemala ruled in favor of validating the application of ancestral justice by the indigenous authorities of the community of Comitancillo, San Marcos, to an individual who raped a ... -
Intersectionality and the Vulnerability of Irregular Migrant Women to Sexual Assault: the Journey and Arrival to the U.S./Mexico Border
(2017-08-09)This research looks at the sexual assault of irregular migrant women on the journey and arrival to the United States/Mexico border from an intersectional perspective. It aims to analyze this topic through understanding ... -
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 ... -
Lärares gemensamma teoretiska utgångspunkt i att arbeta mot rasism i undervisningen: En idéanalys av Lgr22
(2022-12-22)Sweden has ratified the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (1966) and the Convention on the Rights of the Child (1989), which both establish every person’s rights in the conventions without any ... -
Marginalisation of bisexual asylum seekers: a discourse analysis of Swedish case law
(2024-03-15)Bisexual individuals are often construed as ‘half homosexuals’, and thus seen as less vulnerable to sexual minority intolerance and persecution. According to bisexuality scholars, however, bisexual individuals are subjected ... -
Mäns våld mot kvinnor i nära relationer - En kvalitativ intervjustudie om socialsekreterares upplevelser av att arbeta med våldsutsatta kvinnor
(2024-03-15)Men`s violence against women is a global problem and it is something that has existed for many years. It is a problem that many human rights organizations highlight and that the Women`s Convention works to abolish all ... -
“Mäns våld mot kvinnor ska upphöra” En kritisk diskursanalys av Sveriges nationella våldsförebyggande program på området mäns våld mot kvinnor (2022)
(2024-03-15)Combating men’s violence against women has long been on the political agenda in Sweden and has intensified over the years. A national violence prevention program in the area of men’s violence against women has been in place ... -
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 ... -
Media Discourse of the Right to Privacy under Surveillance: An analysis of the media coverage from post-9/11 to post-Snowden US
(2018-09-21)The right to privacy in the age of surveillance is a long-standing controversial issue. This controversy first heightened in 2001, after 9/11 terrorist attacks; and again in 2013, after Edward Snowden‘s mass surveillance ... -
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 ... -
Nationella minoriteter och det kommunala ansvaret: En fallstudie om Uddevalla kommun och den sverigefinska minoriteten
(2018-09-10)Minority languages has in a historical perspective been marginalised in Sweden. At the year of 2000 were 5 national minorities and their languages officially recognised as minority languages (Finnish, Meänkieli, Sami, ... -
Otrygghet från ett människorättsperspektiv: (O)jämställd trygghet på BmSS i Göteborgs Stad
(2021-07-01)Sweden has ratified fundamental human rights conventions such as The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, The Convention of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), and the Convention on the Rights of Persons ... -
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 ... -
En policyanalys av Sidas styrdokument angående deras integrering av FN:s ramverk Human Rights Based Approach
(2020-02-18)Human rights became an important part of the development aid sector in 2003, due to the UN framework Human Rights Based Approach, HRBA. It is used across the sector, including within the Swedish state aid agency, Sida. ... -
Rätt till hälsa efter sexuellt våld: En kvalitativ undersökning om unga kvinnor med migrantbakgrund och deras erfarenheter
(2022-08-24)Health is a universal human right, and in contrast sexual violence is a human rights violation, which affects millions of women globally. Thus, numerous United Nation conventions condemns sexual violence and demands ...