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This essay seeks to investigate the role of demands for quantifiable and measurable results in Human Rights capacity building projects in development countries. The nature of the work is slow processes, yet the financers need to see results for their investments, to make sure that it goes through the right channels. The Swedish minister of Aid has made statements that show a wish to focus Sweden’s

Freedom is what many people consider to be the core element in the arab spring. Freedom from oppression and freedom to act without restrictions. The uprisings escalated from a growing disapproval of state governance in the Middle East and North Africa. Through demonstrations an opposition managed to remove the leader of a state, like Hosni Mubarak in Egypt and Ben Ali in Tunisia. The story had qui

Syftet med föreliggande studie var att undersöka sjukdomsförloppet vid depression avseende förekomst av återfall och återinsjuknande ett år efter avslutad depressionsbehandling inom Region Skånes öppenvårdspsykiatri. Studien syftade även till att kartlägga den aktuella symtom- och sjukdomsbilden samt att undersöka potentiella riskfaktorer för återfall och återinsjuknande. En urvalsgrupp bestående The purpose of the following study was to investigate the prevalence of relapse and recurrence in patients treated for depression in the outpatient psychiatry of Region Skåne, Sweden. This was done one year after they had finished treatment. Furthermore, the study also aimed to examine the current incidence of depressive symptoms as well as potential risk factors for relapse and recurrence. A samp

Bangladesh is known to be the country worst hit by environmental changes at the same time as it is a densely populated country in South Asia. Questions of climate change have been debated during the last decades and the voices of the affected have now also been heard. Bangladesh will lose land as the sea level rises and floods occur more often. People have to escape these challenges and move to a

This paper seeks to examine the possibilities for cross-border loss relief in the light of the term “final losses”, which the ECJ has introduced in its judgement in Marks & Spencer. In order to get an understanding of the status of Union Law as it stands to date this paper analyses the relevant ECJ cases. The relevance and influence of Union Law on Member States’ legislation is assessed by exa

The essay analyzes the significance and problems of an Optional Protocol to The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural rights. For more than sixty years the situation of the economic, social and cultural rights has been questioned. One of many rights, which have been marginalized since, is the right to food. The main purpose of this essay is to reflect some of the most essential p

Företag söker ständigt utveckla sin verksamhet för att ligga i framkant inom sin bransch. Det är viktigt att bedriva en så produktiv verksamhet som möj¬ligt. I denna utvecklingsprocess görs olika förändringar för att uppnå effek¬tivitet och lönsamhet. Faktiska försäljningar av delar av verksamheten är en metod som kan väljas för att omvandla verksamhetens ändamål. Då kan det vara rele¬vant att sälCompanies seek to develop their business all the time in order to stay at the front edge of their business area. In order to do this it’s important to have a business that is as productive as possible. Different changes are made in this seek to become more effective and profitable. You can sell a certain part of a business if you want to change the direction of the remaining part of the business.

Bakgrund: Ambulanspersonal är en yrkesgrupp som ofta utsätts för stressande situationer som kan leda till fysiska, psykiska och sociala reaktioner. Det är vanligt att ambulanspersonal uppvisar symtom på posttraumatisk stress efter att de upplevt stressande situationer i sitt yrke. Stödet från arbetsgivaren kan vara viktigt för att minska effekterna av stress hos denna yrkesgrupp. Syftet med studie

”What is human trafficking?” At first sight of this seemingly innocent question, it is difficult to imagine the implications and controversies that it contains. Although human trafficking is not a new phenomenon there was up to the 2000s no definite statement of the problem. But when the trade of human beings that increasingly grew in size was no longer possible to ignore, the United Nations tried

The purpose of this essay is to analyze how the sexual violence against women is being reported. Sexual violence against women is something that has been up for debate a long time. People and organizations all over the world have for a long time reported how women are being raped and how that is affecting them. The two reports in this essay from Human rights Watch shows how the retelling about the

En kvalitativ intervjustudie som bygger på tolv terapeuters erfarenheter av att arbeta med Funktionell Familjeterapi (FFT). Intervjuerna har analyserats med Tematisk analys och strukturerats i olika teman som sedan redovisas och diskuteras. Syftet med uppsatsen är att beskriva vad FFT-terapeuter upplever och har erfarenhet av vad som är verksamt i metoden. Därutöver vad de har för syn på de olika A qualitative interview-study with twelve therapists experiences of working with Functional Family Therapy (FFT). The interviews have been analysed by using Thematic Analysis and structured to different themes, which have been reported and discussed in this study. The purpose with this study is to describe FFT therapists´s experiences of what is effective in this model. In addition their view of t

An earthquake that occurred in Haiti 2010 caused considerable damage. Many people were killed, injured, lost their homes and other belongings during the earthquake. To this day, there is still a lot to do. The work to help the vulnerable people in Haiti continues and many NGOs and other international organizations have traveled to Haiti to do their best in helping people. This essay will discuss a

In this essay it will be analysed why people in need of HIV-medicine do not get access to them, which has so far resulted in millions of seemingly unnecessary deaths. It will be discussed what responsibilities scientists have and what people can or should do to claim rights to medicine. It is found that the main reason is the patent system, which allocates power from states to companies. To a high

This thesis is based on an eight week long field-study in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, with the aim of examining the challenges and opportunities for women’s empowerment through taking a micro-credit loan within a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) named Village Community Bank (VICOBA). This is done because of the posed objective that micro-credit lending to women is a tool for empowering them, there

Numerous Government have raised concerns about the absence of a global instrument that would regulate the ever growing trade in conventional arms and reduce the human suffering that the illicit transfers contributes to. Negotiations have been taken place and states and other participant such as NGO:s have been asked to contribute to the debate. Many different problems and criticisms have been rais

This thesis evaluates the EU-level tobacco products regulation and the regulation of tobacco products for oral use, in particular. The evaluation includes a historical overview of the development of relevant secondary legislation and a more detailed analysis of the current regulatory state. Following the analysis of the Tobacco Products Directive as the main legal instrument in the European tobacc

This thesis seeks to investigate possible relations between two status functions; citizenship and human rights-holder. The theoretical framework is built on two theories. Hannah Arendt’s theory is about statelessness as a way to un-willingly loose ones possibility to claim rights, since there is no apparent duty-holder. John Searle’s theory concerns human rights as an institutional fact, and which

The purpose of this essay is to investigate what or which practices Eslöv uses to find niches in the Öresund region. The basic data for the study is a community project called “The image of Eslöv” which began in autumn 2011, and that extends to the summer of 2012. Communal documents are a major part of the background facts to the essay to give the reader a better understanding of the municipality.