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Université de Fribourg

The Economics of Secession : a Review of Legal, Theoretical, and Empirical Aspects

Madiès, Thierry ; Rota-Grasiozi, Grégoire ; Tranchant, Jean-Pierre ; Trépier, Cyril

In: Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, 2018, vol. 154, no. 1, p. 1-18

The aim of this paper is to present a review of the legal, theoretical, and empirical aspects of secessions from an economic perspective. This survey provides interesting insights into recent events such as the Brexit and the threat of secession made for instance by Scotland and Catalonia. International law does not grant a general right to secede, nor does it forbid secession. Furthermore,...

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Enhancing patients' autonomy by involving them in research ethics committees

Rakic, Milenko ; Dittrich, Tolga ; Elger, Bernice S. ; Shaw, David

In: International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 2017, vol. 29, no. 7, p. 896-900

Consortium of Swiss Academic Libraries

Border Tax adjustment - legal perspective

Weber, Rolf

In: Climatic Change, 2015, vol. 133, no. 3, p. 407-417

Université de Fribourg

The Holders of Human Rights : The Bright Side of Human Rights?

Besson, Samantha

In: The Oxford Handbook of Global Justice, 2020, p. 99-121

International human rights law and practice reveal an ambivalent approach to the personal scope of human rights: human rights are often less equal or general than they claim and are claimed to be. The inequalities of human rights are of two kinds: some vulnerable individuals are also protected by special rights, thus drawing an internal boundary within the scope of human rights-holders, while...

Université de Fribourg

The Human Right to Democracy in International Law : Coming to Moral Terms with an Equivocal Legal Practice

Besson, Samantha

In: The Cambridge Handbook of New Human Righs: Recognition, Novelty, Rhetoric, 2020, p. 481-489

Haute école de gestion de Genève

Perception of millennials toward humanitarian organisations : how millennials perceive international humanitarian organisations, their marketing methods and how does it impact their donations?

Chédel, Elisa ; Laforêt, Aurélie (Dir.)

Mémoire de bachelor : Haute école de gestion de Genève, 2019 ; TDIBM 52.

Enterprises put special attention into communication and marketing. These two aspects are continuously evolving, transforming and adapting to better reach the expectations of a potential buyer. Especially for humanitarian organisations, there is no item to sell but the customer, in this instance: the donor needs to be understood in order to, again, not make a purchase but donate money. On the one...

Université de Fribourg

Comparative Law and Human Rights

Besson, Samantha

In: The Oxford Handbook of Comparative Law, 2nd ed., 2019, p. 1222-1249