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The legal consequences of the August 2008 Russian-Georgian military conflict: how does the "creeping occupation" carried out by Russia violate Georgia's sovereignty and the Georgian people’s rights?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2017)
The present thesis illustrates how the "creeping occupation" violates Georgia’s territorial integrity and fundamental human rights based on the historical, as well as the 2008 and subsequent developments. Stemming from the ...
The applicable international instruments and mechanisms for the protection of human rights defenders in Cambodia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)
The human rights defenders' situation in Cambodia is still extremely concerning; human rights
defenders (HRDs) frequently face physical attacks, legal harassment, intimidation, arbitrary
arrests, torture, and security ...
Effect of new Aliens Act of Finland on the fair trial in asylum cases
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
This thesis describes various elements of the rights to fair trial, free access to the justice, fairness, public hearings, and trials by the independent tribunals. The purpose of this thesis is to examine new Aliens Act ...
“Sicherungsverwahrung” (preventive detention) in Germany under the scrutiny of the ECHR
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The societal challenge how to deal with offenders deemed habitually dangerous, requires to balance needs for security of the general public with the human rights of the potential extreme dangerous offender. The prediction ...
Execution of judgments of the European Court of Human Rights finding a violation of Article 18 of the Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
The European Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms (hereinafter ‘the Convention’) is a living instrument that gradually and consistently develops. Almost 70 years after the adoption of the ...
Protection of the right to equal recognition before the law of persons with limited capacity in the Republic of Latvia
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
By restricting the ability of a person to make choices, guardianship excludes the person from a number of personal, social, and community experiences and thus creates a form of arbitrary and unreasonable segregation. Having ...
Sharia in Europe. Way to legal pluralism?
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2020)
In contemporary Europe there have been debates with regards to growing Islamic community and its demand for sharia norms. Reports on the serious Human Rights violations and emergence of fundamental Islam increased fear in ...
The European Convention of Human Rights standards particular to new democracies
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)
This research covers the standards of interpretation of the European Convention on Human Rights that may be particular to new democracies (defined as the state Parties to the Convention which have transitioned to a democratic ...
Conflict between anti-money laundering legal provisions and fundamental rights
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)
The conflict between anti-money laundering law (the “AML”), as the objective of general interest, and the right to private and family life and data protection, as the fundamental rights, (the “conflict”) has intensified ...
Contradiction between the blasphemy laws in Islamic nations and the international human rights law
(Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)
This thesis explores the contradiction between blasphemy laws and international human rights law. Blasphemy laws, which involve insulting or showing disrespect towards God, have gathered significant controversy due to their ...