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Title:State responsibility, climate change and human rights under international law Author(s):WEWERINKE, Margaretha Johanna
Date:2015Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2015
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated in numerous reports that unless urgent action is taken to curb the emission of greenhouse gases, irreparable damage will be done to the Earth's ecosystems, ...


Title:Remembering past atrocities : the duty of memory in international law Author(s):CAMPISI, Maria Chiara
Date:2015Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2015
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:From serious violations of human rights, international law derives a set of consequences that fall to the responsible states. These consequences take the form of secondary obligations arising from primary rules and standards, ...

Title:L'accès à la justice civile en cas de violations des droits de l’homme par des entreprises multinationales Author(s):BRIGHT, Claire
Date:2013Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2013
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:Cette thèse se propose d'analyser l'accès à la justice civile pour les victimes de violations de droits de l'homme commises par des entreprises multinationales, au regard des règles de compétence internationale des tribunaux ...

Title:Human security and human rights under international law : reinforcing protection in the context of structural vulnerability Author(s):ESTRADA-TANCK, DorothyDate:2013Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2013
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:Human security has been qualified as "the emerging paradigm for understanding global vulnerabilities". Articulated by UN and regional bodies over the last twenty years, its person-centred axis of freedom from fear, from ...
Title:The right to justice for victims of human rights crimes Author(s):SPIGA, Valentina
Date:2013Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2013
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of LawAbstract:The past three decades have seen increasing concern in the international community for the need to more effectively 'do justice’ for victims of mass atrocities. At the same time, there is a growing recognition that such ...


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 ...
Title:Softly, softly : developing a normative framework for internally displaced persons and its implications for the human rights law-making process Author(s):BAGSHAW, SimonDate:2002Citation:
- Florence : European University Institute, 2002
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Law
Title:Les metamorphoses de l'action positive : des human rights aux ressources humaines Author(s):CHARPENTIER, LouisDate:1997Citation:
- Florence, European University Institute, 1996
Type:ThesisSeries/Number:EUI PhD theses; Department of Political and Social Sciences