Browsing RJA Bakalaura darbi / RGSL Bachelor Thesis by Author "Miļūna, Ieva"
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Analysing the concept of freedom of expression in media: Article 10 of the European Convention of Human Rights
Muciņa, Laura Loreta (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)Free and independent media is the cornerstone of a functioning democracy and plays an important role on informing and exposing different political and social aspects and therefore acting as ‘public watchdogs’. Article 10 ... -
Analysis of Pakistan’s policy towards Afghan refugees: a legal perspective
Azam, Raja Irfan (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)Pakistan hosts to the world's largest single population of Afghan refugees. However, despite Pakistan's long-standing acknowledgment of Afghan refugees, their legal status remains unclear. This is due to Pakistan's refusal ... -
Analysis of peacekeeping’s performance within the United Nation’s framework on the examples of Rwandan, Liberian and Somalian cases
Agejeva, Viola (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2019)The research focuses on the United Nation’s notable legal instrument of “peacekeeping” and examines its performance on the examples of three cases – UNAMIR, UNMIL and UNOSOM (that later on transitioned into UNOSOM II). The ... -
The applicability of international humanitarian law to the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo
Gajan, Sophia Katharina (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
Eidhammer, Jonas Bruun (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 ... -
Corporate criminal liability– overcoming selected obstacles of application of the concept
Baltiņa, Karīna (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)Criminal liability and criminal sanctions have always been distinguished from civil and administrative ones by implying moral condemnation. Upon the emergence of criminal offences committed in the context of business ... -
Death penalty under international humanitarian law
Grasmane, Agate Paula (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)War and the practice of the death penalty are two separate occurrences started and created by humans that make the killing of another human being lawful and justifiable. International humanitarian law is the system of ... -
The definition of ‘terrorism’ under international law in relation to armed conflicts involving non-state actors
Lazdiņa, Anna Elīza (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2021)The growing influence of violent non-state groups within the international realm for some time already has presented challenges for scholars, lawyers, and politicians. One of the most prominent technical challenges has ... -
Economic sanctions: violation of human rights and the obligation to settle disputes peacefully
Popesku, Anna Marija (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The thesis examines the complexities surrounding economic sanctions, the violation of human rights, and the international obligation to settle disputes peacefully. The author explores controversies between the efficacy of ... -
Efficiency of international humanitarian law in protection of journalists during armed conflicts
Vecvagare, Tīna (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The thesis aims to determine what are the factors hindering efficiency of international humanitarian legal frameworks in place for the protection of journalists which have a vital role in a democracy during armed conflicts. ... -
Efficiency of sanctions imposed against Russian Federation and their legal and economic impact worldwide
Meļņika, Jekaterina (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)The topic of Bachelor thesis is - the effectiveness of sanctions against the Russian Federation and their legal and economic impact worldwide, thesis hypothesis - the imposed sanctions against the Russia are effective and ... -
Efficiency of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court in prosecuting state officials for committing international crimes
Lapiņa, Laura (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The aim of the present thesis is to examine and assess the efficiency of the International Criminal Statute in prosecuting state officials for committing international crimes. More precisely the thesis will discuss the ... -
Frozen conflicts of Russia
Leitis, Kārlis (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The bachelor thesis contains legal analysis of Russian interventions in Ukraine, Georgia and Moldova from international law perspective. The analysis of the frozen conflicts from international relations perspective and the ... -
International humanitarian law principle of distinction in relation with ISIL in non-international armed conflicts
Zujeva, Aleksandra (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)After the devastation of the 20th-century armed conflicts, the human population wished that the 21st century would bring peace once and for all. However, this “utopia” soon was diminished as the influence of the terrorist ... -
Legal issues of human shields
Zaļā, Laura (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The paper focuses on analyzing whether the civilians involved in the hostilities as involuntary human shields enjoy the same legal protection under the law as voluntary human shields. The author looks at the differences ... -
The legal status and guarantees of civilians being used as shields in an armed conflict
Surkova, Anna (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 ... -
Liability of Internet intermediaries as an obstruction of the freedom of expression
Šapovalovs, Martins (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The thesis looked upon the current legal regime established by the European Court of Human Rights with regard to the liability of Internet intermediaries for user-generated commentaries and examined how detrimental it is ... -
National positions and regulatory perspectives concerning use of lethal autonomous weapons systems in warfare
Rosenberg, Annabelle Jacqueline (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2023)With the rapid speed of artificial intelligence in various sectors of society nowadays, whether positive or negative, it comes to no surprise that artificial intelligence is also found in military, as an integral component ... -
Non-conformity of 2015 US Space Act to the Outer Space Treaty in issues related to commercial exploitation of natural resources in space
Rogozins, Artemijs (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2018)The thesis assigns the paramount importance to identifying whether property rights to natural resources in space are acknowledged and well-founded. This research aims to bring the utmost attention to the three research ... -
The principle of non-refoulement vs national security in the post 9/11 era
Stepočkina, Jeļena (Riga Graduate School of Law, 2022)The terrorist attack on September 11, 2001, had largely raised the problem of terrorism in international society. Governments launched campaigns against terrorism, one of them being the War on Terror, which as a result, ...