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Korean Peace: Framing the Nexus of Movements, Identity and Peace
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-06-04)The Korean War never officially ended, resulting in continued hostilities on the Korean Peninsula for over 70 years. International state-led diplomatic talks have achieved little success in reducing tensions. In these failures, there has been a grassroots social movement voicing demands for peace in the region. However, perspectives from this movement have not been given much consideration, thus, ... -
Education as a humanitarian response: A critical approach to education at Greek first reception centres
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-23)This dissertation delves into the availability and inner workings of the educational system provided to children living at Greek first reception centres. The aim was to address how the right to education can be promoted or hindered for these children, as well as the ability it can have to foster equity and human rights values. To this end, semi-structured qualitative interviews with parents, teachers, ... -
Negotiating Legal Gender Recognition in the Post-Yugoslav Space
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-23)Legal gender recognition has emerged as a pressing human rights concern across Europe. Trans rights face barriers in the post-Yugoslav space, including medicalized legal procedures, anti-gender opposition, and linguistic exclusion. From a social constructivist perspective, this ethnographic research examined how trans activists from Serbia, Montenegro and Croatia navigate these complex landscapes. ... -
The Right to Adequate Clothing: A Social Right or an Unsustainable Privilege? Sweden as a Case Study on the Emergence of ‘Sustainable Clothing’ and its Relation to Human Rights
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-21)This research delves into the matter of the under-researched human right to adequate clothing, and how this right may be affected by the emerging need for the clothing industry to become more sustainable. For this aim, the paper explores what adequacy means in the human right to adequate clothing. It illustrates that sustainable clothing is less accessible than clothes from ‘fast fashion’, the ... -
The Right to Education for Afghan Refugee Children in Iran: Barriers and Progress
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2024-05-23)The crisis of displacement has resulted in a situation where numerous refugee children, including those, from Afghanistan residing in Iran are encountering obstacles when it comes to accessing education. Despite Iran’s stance towards welcoming Afghan refugees, there are still significant challenges in ensuring that these children have fair and inclusive opportunities for education. This qualitative ... -
The root of extraction: understanding prison labor through the lens of human dignity
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-23)This study explores the compatibility of prison labor with human dignity by synthesizing and critically reflecting on existing research on the topic. Evaluating work in incarceration through the perspective of a core, foundational value such as human dignity allows us to consider whether it is a reality irredeemably linked to abuse or coercion, as it is frequently portrayed, or whether there may be ... -
Democratisation, Political Inclusion, and Systemic Justice: The Effects of Youth Movements on Social and Political Change in Nigeria
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-23)This study examines the effects of youth movements on social and political change in Nigeria, using the student movement in the 1980s/90s, the #NotTooYoungToRun movement (2016–date), and the #EndSARS movement (2017–2020) as case studies. Eight activists actively involved in these movements were interviewed, and the interview findings were complemented with data from various secondary sources, including ... -
Participatory theatre for human rights: Exploring its benefits for newcomers in London in view of the UK’s hostile environment
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-23)Apart from bridging the fields of participatory theatre and human rights research, the main aim of this thesis was to explore how participatory theatre helps newcomers in London to navigate the UK’s ‘hostile environment’ and promote their lived experiences as valuable human rights knowledge. First, the thesis conceptualised how both fields are interlinked, building on existing literature about ... -
Delivering Resistance: Exploring Mobilisation and Collective Actions of Food Delivery Couriers in Georgia
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-22)This thesis investigates the collective actions of gig workers in Georgia. Specifically, the study sheds light on how Glovo, Bolt Food, and Wolt food delivery couriers mobilise for better working conditions and labour rights in the country. For this purpose, the thesis draws on news reports covering riders’ mobilisation and in-depth interviews with five former couriers who have participated ... -
Drugs, Death, Despair: Analysing Discourse over the Use of Capital Punishment for Drug Offences in Indonesia
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-22)In 2014, the Indonesian President, Joko Widodo, declared the “war on drugs.” Despite global abolitionist movements, Indonesia has maintained its firm stance on the death penalty for drug offences. This study aims to examine the discursive struggle over the use of capital punishment for drug offences in Indonesia by analysing the discourse used by the government and the counter-discourse actors and ... -
Loss of independence of the Colombian ombudsperson. Clientelism and horizontal accountability in a declining national human rights institution
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-22)The international status of the Colombian ombuds institution presents a paradoxical scenario. Although the loss of its independence has been documented for almost two decades, it has always received the highest rating from the organization that assesses compliance with international standards. While this is happening, the direction of this State agency continues to be determined by a deficient ... -
Information privacy and data protection in e-government services in The Gambia: A human rights perspective
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-21)This study undertakes an investigation into the standards of information privacy and data protection within the framework of e-government implementation in The Gambia. The Government of The Gambia has embarked upon the deployment and operation of e-government services across various state agencies, aiming to facilitate crucial transactional processes, notably the issuance of ID cards and passports. ... -
An oppressed majority: The need for reparative policies to address the imbalances and minorization process faced by Black Brazilians
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2024-05-21)This thesis addresses the under-researched dynamic in Brazil where black Brazilians despite being the demographic majority in the country are oppressed, facing systemic human rights violation and disproportional imbalances. This study aims to fill this gap in two parts. The first is by exploring the Brazilian history since the slavery period, identifying the historical violations endured by the black ... -
Towards Developing a Global Policy Framework to Regulate Big Tech’s Impact on Democracy: A Global South Perspective
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-22)Technology and innovations have been rapidly evolving and infiltrating almost every aspect of human lives. These innovations have allowed humanity to excel in unprecedented manners. State, market, and culture form the basis of a society, and Big Tech companies have now captured all. Through online surveillance, political advertising online, and algorithmic targeting, there have been serious implications ... -
Artificial Intelligence and Hate Speech: Exposing Facebook’s Biased Algorithms and Threats to the Freedom of Expression
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-05-22)Today social networks are the leading platforms for expressing opinions publicly. However, publicity on the Internet differs considerably from the generally accepted concept of publicity: when speaking any opinion or idea online, the user feels neither direct danger nor possible consequences for expressing his thoughts. Thus, Hate Speech online was created as a particular category of public statements ... -
UN human rights mechanisms in prevention of atrocity crimes: the context of mass atrocities in Ukraine
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-11-06)There has been limited examination of the current and potential capacity of the UN human rights mechanisms to effectively engage in preventive measures. The international community, mainly through the UN Security Council, focuses on peaceful conflict resolution, mediation and political interventions, narrowing the scope of atrocity prevention to security, diplomacy and politics. However, by reassessing ... -
Human Rights in Neoliberal Era: A Case Study of Georgia
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-11-01)Neoliberalism, characterised by free-market reforms, privatisation of public services and assets, prioritisation of private property rights, and limited government interference, has shaped the "neoliberal age." Critics argue that these policies have contributed to social inequality, poverty, and human rights violations. This research analyses the challenges neoliberal policies present to human rights ... -
Who deserves international protection in Europe? A critical analysis of the unequal treatment given to Convention refugees and beneficiaries of subsidiary protection in the European Union
(Mastergradsoppgave; Master thesis, 2023-11-01)The aim of this dissertation is to investigate the establishment of the Common European Asylum System (CEAS) and its successive reformulations, focusing on the EU policy on standards for the qualification of third-country nationals or stateless persons as refugees or beneficiaries of subsidiary protection. It analyses how hierarchies are constructed for the different policy target groups and how ... -
European Union Governance Response to Corporate Social Responsibility and the French Case Study
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-11-01)This dissertation explores the European Union (EU) strategy on corporate responsibility in relation to sustainability reports and due diligence processes in human rights. The focus is on the French position in the area, as it was the first member state to legislate on the duty of vigilance. The aim is to examine the interaction with the EU and the member states in this issue-area using France as a ... -
“I don’t want the Church if the Church doesn’t want me” - Mormonism’s impact on LGBTQ+ people: A case study of LGBTQ+ ExMormons
(Master thesis; Mastergradsoppgave, 2023-05-24)This study aims to find out ‘Mormonism’s impact on the lives of LGBTQ+ people’ and explore ‘the reasons why LGBTQ+ Mormons choose to leave the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church).’ LDS Church has a long history of discrimination against its queer members and also notoriously campaigned to support Proposition 8 which was a California ballot proposition to define marriage between ...
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