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On the development of the ECOWAS Court of Justice into a sub-regional human rights body and its particular implications for women’s rights in West Africa
(2023)
West African women are entitled to seek relief for their human rights violations by means of two parallel African systems for the protection of human rights, the African system at the regional level, and the ECOWAS system ...
The Widening Definition of Hate Speech – How Well Intended Hate Speech Laws Undermine Democracy and the Rule of Law
(2022)
Liberal European democracies are standing at a crossroads: on the one hand, freedom of speech ought to be protected and cherished, but on the other hand, the importance of protecting vulnerable groups from harm and ...
Positive obligations for states in light of international human rights laws to assist nationals abroad to return home from situations where their rights are at risk : an analysis of the situation at Al Hol camp and the strategies states have used to ensure the protection of human rights
(2022)
Considering states’ international human rights obligations in light of international human rights instruments and norms, to what extent are they required to assist their nationals to return to their home country when they ...
The Right to Breathe : An Examination of How Human Rights Can Be Applied to Guarantee Access to Clean Air
(Åbo Akademi, 2020)
Access to clean air is vital for human health. Still, more than 90 per cent of people in the world live in areas where exposure to air pollution exceeds the WHO Air Quality Guidelines, making outdoor air pollution is the ...
International child abduction – balancing on a tightrope between procedural effectiveness and the protection of human rights : The Hague Child Abduction Convention and the European Court of Human Rights
(Åbo Akademi, 2020)
International child abduction cases consist of complex and sensitive issues that have become more common alongside globalisation and increased international interaction between people. Cases can be considered difficult to ...
Transnational Legal Strategies in the Pursuit of Climate Justice – An Analysis of Current Climate Case Law in Europe
(2022)
Climate change litigation, or climate litigation, has increased exponentially in the past few years. While it is a global phenomenon, most climate litigation has thus far taken place in jurisdictions in the Global North ...
Controversial cures - State obligations and sexual orientation change efforts
(2022)
Sexual orientation change efforts (SOCE), more commonly known as “conversion therapy”, is a term used to describe practices with the goal to change a person’s sexuality from nonheterosexual to heterosexual or gender identity ...
Irretrievably Prejudiced? : The Right to Legal Aid in Exclusion Proceedings at First Instance within the European Union
(2022)
Article 1F of the Refugee Convention obliges contracting states to exclude individuals suspected of having committed certain grave crimes from the scope of the Refugee Convention. While taking place within the administrative ...
Addressing Systemic Human Rights Violations at the European Court of Human Rights
(2021)
Over the past decades, the European Court of Human Rights has become overwhelmed by the massive numbers of applicants constantly lodging their complaints with the Court. In the early 2000s, the Court noted that over half ...