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University of Graz (Austria) UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ (AUSTRIA) Academic year FAMILY NAME NAME THESIS TITLE Supervisor Library Statement use of order the thesis in library Ampou Salim Aikaterini The European Union’s involvement in the democratisation Wolfgang Benedek 3 loan+abstr. & ToC on Kaousar process in Egypt and in Libya before and during the Arab web spring Derdelinckx Sarah Key challenges and undermining factors of the EU's Wolfgang Benedek 22 loan+digital promotion of democracy and human rights in Central Asia delivery+abstr. & 2011/2012 ToC on web Gomez Moradillo Silvia Detention of irregular migrants prior to removal in the EU Renate Kicker 29 consultation+digital Mediterranean members states. Adjusting the focus: delivery+abstr. & alternatives to detention ToC on web Ajduković Ana Restorative justice as an alternative solution in domestic Wolfgang Benedek 4 yes (only summary violence cases in Serbia on the web and consultation) Biondi Paolo The externalization of the EU’s Southern border in light of Wolfgang Benedek 14 yes (all except e- the EU/Libya framework agreement. A lawful alternative or delivery to other a neo-refoulement strategy? masterini) 2010/2011 Markovska Tanja The role of EU in protecting minorities in a divided society: David Florian 43 yes (entire thesis a case study of the impact of the EU on the treatment of Bieber on web and loan ethnic minorities in the Republic of Macedonia since its only) independence Šehić Jasmina Bridging ethnic divisions through building social capital: David Florian 69 yes (all except the structural challenges and future perspectives for Bosnia and Bieber whole thesis on Herzegovina web) Kienlen Pauline International justice v. local peace? Case study of the impact Wolfgang Benedek 37 yes (not for of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former photocopying) Yugoslavia on the reconciliation process in the Balkans. The reality of the international criminal justices's achievements with regard to peace building 2009/2010 Vágnerová Barbora Surgical castrations of sexual offenders - degrading Renate Kicker 80 yes (not for treatment? The dialogue between the European Committee photocopying) for the Prevention of Torture and Ihuman or Degreading Treatment or Punishment (CPT) and the Czech Republic : awarded thesis 1 UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ (AUSTRIA) Academic year FAMILY NAME NAME THESIS TITLE Supervisor Library Statement use of order the thesis in library Cardona Canales Luz Esmeralda Foreign direct investment and human rights. Wolfgang Benedek, 9 no Matthias C. 2008/2009 Kettemann, Sarah Kumar Györi Levente Taking company human rights self-regulation and Wolfgang Benedek - 27 yes (pubbl. transparency seriously: the role of the European Veronika Bauer - Summary web Union Mathias Kettemann site and loan) Mamoucha Sofia Operationalising human security in terms of the EU Wolfgang Benedek - 47 yes (all) 2007/2008 European security and defense policy: the case of Gerd Oberleitner EULEX Kosovo Stare Helēna Human rights clauses in EU external agreements and Wolfgang Benedek - 72 yes (all) their contribution to the promotion and protection of Christian Pippan human rights: the case of Central Asia. Dansette Samuel "Total impunity"? : total and corruption in Africa: a Wolfgang Benedek, 24 no human rights issue Christian Pippan Dimitriou Nikoletta Fundamental rights of human dignity and physical Wolfgang Benedek 27 yes integrity of children : comparative legal lessons for enhacing the effectivity of the Greek ban on parental 2006/2007 corporal punishment Pelé Mélina Should development assistance finance military Wolfgang Benedek, 62 no operations? The example of the African peace facility Kirsten Schmalenbach Scherrens Jonas The muscle drain of African football players to Wofgang Benedek, 69 no Europe: trade or trafficking? Yvonne Schmidt Luis, Franco Carla Cultural diversity and development: how can they Wolfgang Benedek 40 yes enforce each other? : the interrelation between development and culture and the need to integrate 2005/2006 culture in development theories Mertens Anne The armed forces in humanitarian assistance work Wolfgang Benedek, 46 yes blurring the image of humanitarism? Anke Sembacher : awarded thesis 2 UNIVERSITY OF GRAZ (AUSTRIA) Academic year FAMILY NAME NAME THESIS TITLE Supervisor Library Statement use of order the thesis in library Kupi Merja Susanna Human rights in the global political economy: European Wolfgang Benedek 41 yes Union and the southwest Asian challenge Senden Hanneke Ceciel Reforming the reforms : securing the sustainability of the Wolfgang Benedek 69 no 2004/2005 Katrijn European Court of Human Rights Silva, Pires Branco Mariana "Free speech" or "cheap talk"? A law and economics Wolfgang Benedek 71 yes Duarte approach to human rights Kammerer Evelin Perspectives of a successful conflict resolution in multi- Joseph Marko 38 ethnic societies : study on the South Tyrolean case Ljunggren Karin Ida Making trade fair? : an assessment of the contribution of fair Wolfgang Benedek 43 trade to new paradigm and discourse on human rights, 2003/2004 development and global trade Traore Oury Poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa: the need for a Wolfgang Benedek 79 multidimensional approach Veur, van der Dennis The professionalisation of the human rights civil society: Wolfgang Benedek 84 craving for a definition Kregel Stefania Voting with your feet in Bosnia and Herzegovina: the Wolfgang Benedek 40 role of minority returns in the restoration of a 2002/2003 multiethnic state O'Connel David Human rights : political empowerment or Wolfgang Benedek 53 impoverishment? tot: 28 theses // 2 awarded : awarded thesis 3.
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