Human Rights: Recent submissions
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Invisible Harm in a Visible War: A Thematic Analysis of Slow Violence and Engaged Vulnerability in the Denial of Children's Health Rights in Gaza
(2025-09-24)This thesis investigates the systematic denial of Palestinian children’s right to health under Israel’s prolonged blockade of the Gaza Strip, with a focus on how this crisis reflects structural violations of international ... -
FRÅN FOLKLORE TILL KULTURELLA RÄTTIGHETER: En kvalitativ studie av implementeringen av UNESCO:s konvention om tryggandet av det immateriella kulturarvet i Sverige
(2025-09-23)Intangible cultural heritage is living traditions, customs and practices that have been transmitted between generations over time. It can be stories, music, dance, traditional crafts, ceremonies, rituals and festivals from ... -
Politik, etik, protest: Yttrandefrihet & palestiniers mänskliga rättigheter på svenska lärosäten
(2025-05-05)For more than a year and a half, students and faculty at universities across the world have been protesting academic complicity and non-innocence in the Israeli state’s treatment and mass killing of palestinians. According ... -
Access to Healthcare in the USA: the case of trans people of colour
(2024-11-14)Transgender people all around the world still face discrimination, threat and violence. Despite the efforts of many states in the United States of America to address these issues, previous studies revealed that, particularly ... -
UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights utveckling som norm: En analys av Sveriges regering, Volvo och Göteborgs Stad
(2024-11-07)Since the 1990s, when the number of transnational companies increased, it has created challenges regarding the responsibility of human rights. As a response to these challenges the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) ... -
Breaking the barriers and enhancing the enablers: A qualitative study on the state of adolescent girls’ education and the positive influence of NGO initiatives in Karnataka, India
(2024-11-07)India, with a population of approximately 1.429 billion people and 65% under the age of 35, hosts one of the largest education systems in the world. This demographic presents both opportunities and challenges, such as ... -
Dödligt våld mot äldre: En kvalitativ intervjustudie om det dödliga våldet mot äldre personer i nära relation
(2024-11-07)One of the most serious crimes against human rights is to deprive a person's right to life. In Sweden, 16 people are killed annually by a person they have or have had a relationship with, of which the majority of victims ... -
“Vi är den skyddsvärda minoriteten”: Hur den svenska radikal- och extremhögern tagit mänskliga rättigheter gisslan
(2024-09-23)Recent studies suggests that far right parties in Europe have adopted a liberal and progressive rhetoric to mobilize new voters. These parties have, for example, embraced values such as gender equality, LGBTQ rights, and ... -
Förskolans arbete med att förebygga mäns våld mot kvinnor: En kvalitativ studie om förskollärares beskrivningar av förskolans våldsförebyggande arbete utifrån en genusförändrande ansats
(2024-09-23)This thesis focuses on how to prevent men’s violence against women by transforming gender norms in preschool. The aim of this study is to, from the perspective of preschool teachers, explore how five Swedish preschools ... -
Heroines of war: Justice for the women in Kosovo: A qualitative study about the impact of humanitarian NGOs in fighting against gender-based violence in Kosovo
(2024-09-23)This thesis examines how non-governmental organizations (NGOs) address the recognition of the women survivors of gender-based violence (GBV) during the Kosovo war, exploring their roles as street level bureaucrats and the ... -
Är barnets bästa något annat än barnets delaktighet och respekt för barnets frihetsrättigheter?: En kritisk diskursanalys för att förstå statens och riksdagens språk om barnets bästa
(2024-09-23)The best interest of the child is a concept clearly expressed in Swedish legal texts. However, there are still challenges in the Swedish welfare system that lead to neglect and violations of children's rights. This thesis ... -
Är skadereduktion en norm inom den svenska narkotikapolitiken?: Debatten om cannabisens legala status
(2024-09-23)The most recent Swedish Drug Commission of Inquiry, grounded in the right to life and the right to health as well as the three international drug conventions, proposed a change in the national objective of drug policy from ... -
Medias makt i samhället: Porträtteringen av muslimer i samband med koranbränningarna i svensk nyhetsmedia mellan åren 2020 - 2023
(2024-09-16)The purpose of this thesis is to investigate how the news media frame and represent Muslims in Sweden in relation to the recurring events of Quran burnings in recent years. The main re-sources that the result is based on ... -
Children's rights in Swedish judiciary: A qualitative study of the construction of the child's best interest with a particular focus on the child's participation and exposure to violence in court cases.
(2024-09-16)The purpose of this study is to investigate the human rights of children in the Swedish judiciary. Specifically, it examines how the child's best interests are constructed and how children's participation and exposure to ... -
Hegemoniska och icke-hegemoniska maskuliniteter - En kritisk diskursanalys av politiska texters och unga mäns perspektiv på våld i utsatta områden
(2024-07-04)There is a lack of consensus within politics on how to deal with the so-called youth problem that exists in vulnerable areas. The politicians' positions are communicated in speech and writing and influence the majority ... -
"Varför ska vi betala?”: En studie om rätten till bostad i Sverige och kvinnors upplevelser av sina bostäder, området och renoveringar i Lövgärdet.
(2024-05-23)The purpose of this study is to investigate how the process and result of renovations in socioeconomic vulnerable areas affect the residents' right to housing; with a focus on women's experiences of their homes, their area, ... -
When reasons to dance are taken away A review of the effect of systematic persecution of the Hazaras on their traditional dance
(2024-03-15)This thesis examines the status of traditional Hazara dances in Afghanistan, which are gradually disappearing as an artistic genre. Anthropological studies highlight that dancing is an essential aspect of human behaviour, ... -
“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 ... -
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 ...