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Adamopoulou, Ifigeneia (2021)

The Use of Human rights’ Language in Syria and Yemen During Civil Wars.

Master thesis | Middle Eastern Studies (MA)

The Thesis constitutes an effort towards a comparative approach on the rhetoric and use of “Human Rights Language” of Yemeni and Syrian representatives at the United Nations General Assembly from 2010 until 2019. The Theory of compliance serves as a means to explore possible explanations regarding the reason and extend to which Yemen and Syria representatives respectively, use the language of Human Rights during civil wars.

Yemen civil war

Syria civil war

Human Rights

United Nations General Assembly

Compliance Theory.

Author

Adamopoulou, Ifigeneia

Faculty

Faculty of Humanities

Specialisation

Modern Middle East Studies

Supervisors

H.H.M. Taha

ECTS Credits

20

Language

en