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On 8 July 2019, ICC Trial Chamber VI found Congolese commander Bosco Ntaganda guilty for rape as a crime against humanity. In March 2021, the appealed verdict was upheld by the Appeals Chamber of the ICC, making it the first conviction in history to sentence someone as individually criminally responsible for rape as a crime against humanity. Sexual violence in armed conflicts has been a highly to

Syftet med denna uppsats är att undersöka hur ett aktiebolags utgifter hänförliga till klimatkompensation behandlas vid inkomstbeskattning. För att uppnå detta syfte tillämpas en traditionell rättsdogmatisk metod. Lagtexten innehåller inte någon särskild reglering avseende avdragsrätt för klimatkompensationsutgifter, vilket resulterar i att bedömningen baseras på de allmänna reglerna om avdragsrätThe purpose of this essay is to investigate how limited liability companies’ expenses related to carbon offset are treated in the event of income taxation. To accomplish this purpose a legal dogmatic method has been applied. The law contains no specific regulation concerning the deductibility of costs attributable to carbon offset and, as a result, the assessment is made based on the general rules

Idag återfinns sexistiska kommentarer på sociala medieplattform, trots att företagen bakom har regler för vad som får publiceras. Sexism är ett strukturellt problem som kan påverka kvinnor negativt, både fysiskt och psykiskt och kan leda till självcensur. Ge- nom en kvalitativ textanalys syftar denna uppsats att testa om tre principer kan användas för att analysera om sexistiska kommentarer från FToday, sexist comments can be found on social media platforms, despite social media companies having rules on what is allowed to be published. Sexism is a structural prob- lem which can negatively affect women, both physically and mentally, and could lead to self-censorship. Through a qualitative text analysis, this essay aims to investigate whether sexist comments from Facebook and Instagram are

On July 1 this year, a new crime for involving a minor in crime will be introduced in Chapter 16, Section 5 a of the Swedish Penal Code. In the government bill, the purpose of the new criminalization is described as protecting society from young people being drawn into criminal networks. For a penal provision to be considered justified, there are several criminalization principles to which it mus

Until July 1, 2018, Swedish legislation lacked a general remedy for delays in the authorities’ handling of cases. With the introduction of section 12 of the Public Administration Act the remedy, often referred to as the delay action, came to change the Swedish Migration Agency’s routine handling of citizenship applications. Authorities would henceforth not be able to act passively in the handling

Häktning är ett straffprocessuellt tvångsmedel som kan användas vid utredning av misstänkt brottslighet. Häktning kan under vissa förutsättningar kombineras med restriktioner, med följd att den häktade isoleras från omvärlden. Det svenska häktningsinstitutet har sedan tidigt 90-tal återkommande erhållit internationell kritik. Kritiken har bland annat avsett att det saknas tidsgränser för hur längeRemand is a coercive measure which may be used while investigating a suspected crime. Remand may, under certain conditions, be combined with restrictions, resulting in the detainee being isolated from the outside world. The Swedish remand institute has received international criticism since the early 1990s. The criticism has, among other things, been related to the lack of time limits for how long

Mjukvaror och produktansvarslagen - en komparativ studie är en komparativ studie som belyser den svenska och danska produktansvarslagstiftningens tillämpligheten på mjukvaror och vad för problematik som uppstår om gällande lagstiftning inte omfattar mjukvaror. Tillämpligheten har diskuterats utifrån analyser av förarbeten och hur frågan har diskuterats i litteraturen. Slutligen förs ett resonemangMjukvaror och produktansvarslagen - en komparativ studie is a comparative study that illustrate the applicability of the Danish and Swedish Product Liability Act and what problems arise if the current legislation does not include software. The applicability has been discussed based on analyzes of preliminary work and how the issue has been discussed in the literature. Lastly, there is a discussion

The EU Market Abuse Regulation, MAR, entered into force in July 2016 and is a central framework in the field of stock-market law. The regulation provides a uniform definition of the concept of inside information that has a significant role in both the application and understanding of several provisions in the regulation. These aim to create transparency in the market, as well as to combat various

During the period of June 2011 until July 2013, the thorax surgeon Paolo Macchiarini carried out four transplants with synthetic trachea on three different patients at the Karolinska University Hospital. These transplants entailed the later death of all the patients. Macchiarini was notified suspicion of a crime in June 2016, causing another's death, gross felony, alternatively, causing bodily

Abstract Title The eternal pursuit of the ideal A study about the interaction between the female ideal, consumers identity projects and personal brands on Instagram Seminar date 2016-06-02 Subject/course FEKH29 – Bachelor’s thesis in Marketing, 15 ECTS Authors Emma Bogren, Annika Eriksson and Julia Sjöberg Advisor Clara Gustafsson Key words Identity, Ideal, Culture, Personal brands Issue Ind

År 2008 brakade den finansiella marknaden samman och följdes av en recession världen över som vi till viss del fortfarande brottas med. OTC-derivat, ett skräddarsytt bilateralt finansiellt instrument, har i finanskrisens efterdyningar beskyllts vara en av bovarna i dramat. Särskilt tros OTC-derivaten ha bidragit till en icke-transparens på marknaden som gjorde det omöjligt att både förutse och förIn 2008 the financial market collapsed and what followed was a worldwide recession which the market has yet to fully recover from. OTC-derivatives, which are tailor-made bilateral financial instruments, have in the aftermath of the collapse been accused of being one of the culprits. More specifically, OTC-derivatives are believed to have contributed to the opaque financial market that made it impo

On the first of July 2018, Sweden made a drastic change to its rape provision, by adopting a new legislation, commonly referred to as the ”Consent Law”. Sweden’s neighboring country, Denmark, adopted its own version of the Consent Law a couple of years later, on the first of January 2021. The newely change of the Swedish and Danish penal codes have been an important step torwards reducing rap

Sverige har en lång tradition av en flexibel arbetsmarknad där arbetstagare fritt kunnat förflytta sig mellan offentlig och privat sektor. Övergångar av detta slag är i många delar positivt och genererar ett erfarenhetsutbyte som är till gagn för båda sektorer. I samband med övergång från anställning i offentlig till privat verksamhet kan emellertid så kallad svängdörrsproblematik uppstå. Denna prSweden has a long tradition of a flexible labor market where employees have been able to freely move between the public and private sectors. Transitions of this kind are largely positive and generate an exchange of experience that benefits both sectors. However, transitions from employment in the public sector to the private sector can give rise to what is known as the revolving door problem. This

The Swedish age of criminal responsibility means that children under 15 who commit offences cannot be sentenced to any penalty. There is, however, a process in § 38 LUL that can determine whether a child under 15 has commit-ted a serious crime, called an evidentiary proceeding. At the time of its crea-tion, the purpose of an evidentiary proceeding was to provide the child wel-fare authorities with

On July 22, 2022, a crown witness system was introduced with the aim of increasing prosecution rates and breaking the prevailing culture of silence. This system includes a basis for sentence reduction regarding participation in the investigation of another's criminal activity. The idea behind the crown witness system is to increase incentives for suspects to cooperate in order to solve more se