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Title:Immigration detention, territoriality and human rights : towards destabilization of sovereignty's territorial frame Author(s):CORNELISSE, GalinaDate:2007Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2007 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:From a sociological point of view, camps or transit zones may present the institutionalisation o f temporariness as a form of radical social exclusion and marginalisation in modem society and a conservation of borders as ...

Title:The Constituent and Instrumental Role of Human Rights in Development Policy: A case study of European Union (EU) relations with the group of African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states Author(s):SHEEHY, OrlaDate:2007Citation: Florence, European University Institute, 2007 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:This thesis explores the impact of international human rights law on the changing trends in international development policy and practice. The subject matter is analysed through a case study of European Union development ...

Title:Human Rights as the Business of Business: The application of human rights standards to the oil industry Author(s):HERNANDEZ URIZ, GenovevaDate:2005Citation: Florence : European University Institute, 2005 Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:This thesis explores the challenges posed by greater public demands placed upon transnational corporations to improve their human rights records. Its focus is placed on the oil industry because it epitomises the archetypical ...