Suche
Anzeige der Dokumente 1-10 von 15
The applicability of international humanitarian law to the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
The thesis intends to direct attention to the problems caused by the increased legitimization of use of force through peacekeeping mandates. The core of the thesis answers whether peacekeepers can, once authorized to take ...
Autonomous weapons systems & international humanitarian law: principles, responsibilities and state behavior
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
The thesis aims to analyze the controversies surrounding autonomous weapons systems (AWS) by answering the question: Are AWS are compatible with international humanitarian law (IHL) and should they be regulated? The question ...
Legality of Western military intervention in Kosovo (1999)
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
The research focuses on the legitimacy of humanitarian interventions. This study analyses the legality of NATO's military intervention in Yugoslavia because it set forth the first precedent of a forced intervention of a ...
Nexus between the legality of nuclear weapons and sustainable development
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)
The aim of the thesis is to assess the legality of nuclear weapons from the perspective of sustainable development and to examine whether the legality of nuclear weapons is compatible with sustainable development. The ...
Taking the ‘human’ out of humanitarian? States’ positions on Lethal Autonomous Weapons Systems from an International Humanitarian Law perspective
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)
The debate about the legality of Lethal autonomous weapons systems (LAWS) under humanitarian law is still ongoing. This is also due to the developing of autonomous weapon systems which might reach new milestones in autonomous ...
Analysis of legal aspects of the targeted killings made by the United States of America using unmanned aerial vehicles in Libya and Yemen
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)
The current Bachelor Thesis is an analysis of the legality from the perspective of the international law of two connecting aspects: the targeted killings and the unmanned aerial vehicles. The United States of America is ...
A challenge for accountability: legal analysis on the involvement of private military and security companies operating in armed conflicts
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
Throughout the history the reliance on the Private Military and Security Companies (PMSCs) considerably increased, gaining more possibilities to provide security services and military forces in conflicting territories. ...
Intervention in Yemen in 2015: assessing the alleged violations of international humanitarian law by Saudi-Led coalition in Yemen conflict
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
Importance of international humanitarian law has emerged significantly in last two decades, becoming as the primary legal source, which is used as the pre-emptive measure of restricting international actors from indiscriminate ...
The legal status and guarantees of civilians being used as shields in an armed conflict
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)
This study is aimed to present an analysis concerning the status of civilians used as human shields in modern armed conflicts under international humanitarian law. The main objectives of this study consist of identifying ...
The outlaw of sexual violence during an armed conflict: the analysis of the prosecution of rape from ICTY and ICTR to ICC
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)
Sexual vioence is a widespread phenomenon used during an armed conflict, especially, as a weapon of war. Although prohibited by laws and prosecuted within numerous cases, issued by various courts as well as ad hoc tribunals, ...