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The right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion under the ECHR: conscientious objection to military service in theory and practice
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)With the increasing significance of national security and defense in recent years, the issue of conscientious objection has become even more pressing than ever before since it raises concerns for those individuals who ... -
Right to privacy – the conflict between individual privacy and public safety under Article 8 of the ECHR
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)This paper discusses the tension between the right to privacy and the need for public security in the context of mass surveillance and data protection under Article 8 of the ECHR. The author analyses the relationship between ... -
Right to private life under the scope of mass surveillance: differences in approaches to the implementation of the principle of proportionality in the jurisprudence of the CJEU and the ECtHR
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)Mass surveillance in a digital age prompts a new domain of challenge in the balancing act of the interest of national security and the right to privacy. The Thesis examines the clash between national security imperatives ... -
Right to respect for private and family life and right to non-discrimination of trans people in the Council of Europe legal system
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)Transsexuals are one of the LGBTQIA+ community members whose rights have occasionally been overlooked. In some nations, the rights of transgender individuals are included in the legislative process by creating distinct ... -
The right to the truth in international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The analysis of the thesis sheds light on the right to the truth in in international law. The analysis conducted show that right to the truth is related to the obligation to provide truthful accounts of human rights ... -
The rights of asylum seekers at the external borders of the European Union
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)In my work, I paid attention to asylum seekers in the territory controlled by the European Union. Examined the detention of asylum seekers and recent cases heard by the European Court of Human Rights, as well as the ... -
Rights of self-determination in case of Nagorno Karabakh. Status quo and possibilities after the 2020 ceasefire
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The region of Nagorno Karabakh has been in constant on and off-going conflict since the end of the Cold war and the majority of Caucasus region, which includes Armenia and Azerbaijan. Nagorno Karabakh has been in the ... -
The risk for shareholders of the company in case of rebuttable presumption of death occurred in Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)This work was carried out to identify such an unlikely risk for companies as rebutted presumption of death in Latvia. Unfortunately, the law of this country is too young to face such cases in practice, for which an analysis ... -
Risk-based approach in the European anti-money laundering legislation: origins, benefits, and implications
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The major objective of the thesis is identifying the benefits and implications of the risk-based approach under the Third and the Fourth Anti-Money Laundering Directives. Thesis aims to discover why did the European AML ... -
The role of the United Nations in Rwandan genocide
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)This paper concerns the genocide that happened in Rwanda in 1994, where almost 800,000 people were brutally killed. The aim of this paper is to examine why such organization such as the United Nations, which main purpose ... -
Russia's use of rhetoric and international law: a case study of the interconnection between legalistic language and rational choice theory
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)This bachelor thesis examines how Russia’s use of rhetorical language from international law allows it to maintain its strategic interests and justify its actions in the international system. Using a case study of the ... -
Russia’s perspective on international relations and international law since 2007
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)Russia’s course of action over the past 12 years caused global concern. This thesis outlines the precise moment that Russia altered its foreign policy and the underlying reasons for that change. In doing so, the approached ... -
Sacrificing right to reputation in favour of freedom of speech in the context of defamation laws
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)The right to reputation and right to the freedom of speech are two essential elements that play the role of a cornerstone of any modern democratic society, but bringing these two crucial pillars into the right balance is ... -
Scope of definition of beneficial owner in the European Union anti money laundering directives and Latvian national laws
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)This thesis researches reviews the problem that has been defined in the following way “What are the neccesary requirements for a person to be identified as the Beneficial Owner within the scope of Anti Money Laundering ... -
The scope of state’s responsibility to limit climate change
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)The work is structured in three main sections – first covers the theoretical grounds on defining what is climate change and all the main international agreements that regulates climate change and that many states have ... -
Security token offering in EU: applicable law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The paper focuses on applicable law towards Security Token Offerings (STOs) in the European Union. The goal of the thesis is to analyse the legal framework in the EU with regards to STOs from the perspective of an organizer, ... -
Selected legal aspects of online adult education
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)Covid-19 has had a large influence on the educational system. Since March 2020, the majority of teaching and learning has taken place online, including in the adult education sector. Adult education entities all around the ... -
Self-determination of Western Sahara under public international law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The aim of the paper is to analyze chances for independence under public international law on the territory of Western Sahara as the result of the conflict between Morocco and Western Sahara. The tasks of the paper are to ... -
Separate and dissenting opinions: their role in the practice of the ICJ
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The purpose of the thesis is to draw attention to the significance of the individual opinions in the practice of the International Court of Justice. The author aims to define the actual role of individual opinions in the ... -
Severance pay in case of moral harassment in Latvia compared with Baltics
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The thesis will carry out a review and research on moral harassment and mobbing in Latvia in comparison with the Baltic states. The author researched if the employee is eligible to receive the severance pay in case of ...