Sökning: "Civilians"

Visar resultat 1 - 5 av 24 avhandlingar innehållade ordet Civilians.

  1. 1. International Humanitarian Law and Influence Operations : The Protection of Civilians from Unlawful Communication Influence Activities during Armed Conflict

    Författare :Pontus Winther; Inger Österdahl; Jann Kleffner; Kjetil Mujezinović Larsen; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; International Humanitarian Law; IHL; Geneva Conventions; Laws of Armed Conflict; LoAC; International Law; Armed Conflict; International Armed Conflict; IAC; Non-international Armed Conflict; NIAC; Occupation; Civilians; Civilian Population; Communication Influence Activities; Influence Operations; Psychological Operations; Threat; Coercion; Compulsion; Humane Treatment; Outrages Upon Personal Dignity; Cruel Treatment; Inhuman Treatment; Mental Torture; Public International Law; Folkrätt; Juridik med inriktning mot folkrätt;

    Sammanfattning : Contemporary armed conflicts are not only fought with physical means and methods. Increasingly, in order to achieve military and political objectives, parties to armed conflicts use communication activities to influence individuals. Armed groups such as ISIS use online propaganda to instil terror and recruit new fighters to their cause. LÄS MER

  3. 2. Targeting the Unarmed : Strategic Rebel Violence in Civil War

    Författare :Lisa Hultman; Mats Hammarström; Magnus Öberg; Scott Gates; Uppsala universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; one-sided violence; violence against civilians; killing; civil war; rebel group; rebel strategy; bargaining; count model; Renamo; Mozambique; Peace and conflict research; Freds- och konfliktforskning;

    Sammanfattning : Rebel attacks on civilians constitute one of the gravest threats to human security in contemporary armed conflicts. But why do rebel groups kill civilians? The dissertation approaches this question from a strategic perspective, trying to understand when and why rebel groups are likely to target civilians as a conflict strategy. LÄS MER

  4. 3. The United Nations Reformed : Responsibility, Protection and the Standing of States

    Författare :Peter Håkansson; Ronnie Hjorth; Per Jansson; Johan Eriksson; Linköpings universitet; []
    Nyckelord :SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; The United Nations; the responsibility to protect; protection of civilians; pluralism; anti-pluralism; standard of civilization; human rights; democracy; Förenta Nationerna; skyldighet att skydda; skydd av civila; pluralism; anti-pluralism; civilisationsstandard; mänskliga rättigheter; demokrati; Political science; Statsvetenskap;

    Sammanfattning : This study is about reform of the United Nations. The study does not address reform proposals that set out to change the organizational structure of the UN, but focuses on initiatives that affect the normative basis of the international society that the United Nations and the UN Charter enable and sustain. LÄS MER

  5. 4. La construcción discursiva de la responsabilidad civil durante una dictadura : Un análisis crítico de los discursos del juicio contra los excomandantes en Argentina en 1985

    Författare :Janaina Negreiros Persson; Ken Benson; Mariana Achugar; Julia Zullo; Stockholms universitet; []
    Nyckelord :HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; critical discourse analysis; systemic functional linguistics; appraisal theory; representation of social actors; intertextuality; Argentinian dictatorship; trial of the former commanders; responsibility of civilians; análisis crítico del discurso; lingüística sistémico-funcional; lenguaje evaluativo; representación de actores sociales; intertextualidad; dictadura argentina; juicio a los excomandantes; responsabi-lidad civil; Spanish; spanska;

    Sammanfattning : The overall aim of this study is to explore how people who have experienced events in the past re-contextualize these same events in the present. We analyse the discourse of the public trial in 1985 against the members of the first three Argentine military juntas in the most recent dictatorship in Argentina (1976-1983). LÄS MER

  7. 5. Wounds of war : surgical care for conflict-related injuries among civilians in resource-limited settings

    Författare :Andreas Älgå; Karolinska Institutet; Karolinska Institutet; []
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    Sammanfattning : Background: Armed conflicts significantly contribute to the global burden of injury and death. Armed conflicts shocks health systems, deprive its resources and reduce its function, as well as limits access to civilian hospital care. LÄS MER