|
|
Western Sahara - on the way to international recognition within the geopolitical context
Krupa, Mikuláš ; Riegl, Martin (advisor) ; Kofroň, Jan (referee)
The primary concern of this thesis is the topic of international recognition of Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic. It attempts to connect this issue with the conflict in Western Sahara and with the geopolitical context of this dispute. The dispute has constituted a major threat to regional stability and it impedes regional cooperation in the Maghreb region. From a legal prespective, the people of Western Sahara have the right to self-determination, but in spite of lengthy negotiations and several attempts at UN mandated referendums on the future of the territory, the conflict has not yet been resolved. The paper also focuses on the historical context and the origins of the dispute and the development of Western Sahara question. In the conclusion, it attempts to summarize the findings and to present the assessment of the possibilities of the dispute resolution. Powered by TCPDF (www.tcpdf.org)
|
|
|
"Better Red than Dead": American Indians' Struggle for Sovereignty Rights in the 1960s and 1970s
Staňková, Olga ; Sehnálková, Jana (advisor) ; Kozák, Kryštof (referee)
In my thesis, I argue that the Native American activism of the 1960s and 1970s does not fall into the category of Civil Rights Movement because of its significantly different goals, and that the fundamentally different character of sovereignty rights also keeps the Indian struggle invisible in American understandings of U.S. political and social history. According to my analysis, the terms tribal sovereignty, self-determination, and treaty rights describe the ultimate goals of the Native American activists in the 1960s and 1970s the best. The decade between 1964 and 1974 witnessed the rise of radical Indian activism, which succeeded in reminding the general public and politicians that Indians are still present in the United States. Furthermore, it influenced a whole generation of Native Americans who found new pride in being Indian. However, this current of American activism is not known so well by the general U.S. public. This thesis will describe this state as "selective visibility" deriving from U.S. selective historical memory, only noticing and remembering those events and images concerning Native Americans that can be simply understood, somehow relate to the U.S. set of values, and fit in the national historical narrative.
|
|
|
The roles of non public non profit organisation Pohoda in increasing quality of people's life mental retardation
Hartlová, Kateřina ; Mužáková, Monika (advisor) ; Zemková, Jaroslava (referee)
Bachelor thesis looks at the issue of quality of life for people with mental disabilities. The thesis informs about the basic categories of non-governmental organizations. Furthermore,it acquaints us with the Association of Welfare and its services. In addition, the thesis describes personality of human with an intellectual disabilities and classes of mental retardation. The practical part consists of notes from the personal experience of NGO's Pohoda. The applied interviews were prepared with clients of the Pohoda. For that purpose has been used qualitative methods of semi-standardized interview. In conclusion, the thesis asks a question of improving the quality of life through self-determination.
|
|
|
The Impact of the Good Friday Agreement on the Protestant Community
Ročejdlová, Markéta ; Kasáková, Zuzana (advisor) ; Šlosarčík, Ivo (referee)
The Abstract The work "The Impact of the Good Friday Agreement on the Protestant Community" deals with the Protestant community in Northern Ireland in the period between signing of the Good Friday Agreement in 1998 and the St. Andrews agreement in 2007. The object of analysis is the change in perception of the Catholics, the Great Britain, Republic of Ireland and the Protestant community by itself in the relation to the implementation of the Good Friday Agreement, respectively its three principles (right to self-determination, power-sharing and parity of self esteems). The work is divided in several chapters. The work contains chapter describing the Good Friday Agreement and the profile of Protestants in 1998 and further chapters for each of the principles and their impact on the Protestant community. Thanks to more or less successful implementation of the Good Friday Agreement and the lost of the hegemonic position there was a significant shift in the identity of the Protestant community. The shift was accentuated by the intertwined religion, etno-national and political identification. After the 1998 there was a weakening of the ties with Great Britain and the British identity at the advantage of the identity Northern Irish. During the examined period the shift from the tradition division of the Northern...
|
|
|
Gibraltar in international relations
Vodenka, Aleš ; Kochan, Jan (advisor) ; Žalek, Lukáš (referee)
This Bachelor thesis addresses the status of Gibraltar in international relations. The issue is examined in the context of the process of decolonization. I have concentrated primarily on the analysis of development and current position of this British Overseas Territory. The territory is significantly affected by a sovereignty dispute between Britain and Spain since the second half of the last century. The thesis presents a framework of the question of Gibraltar, which aims to the ability to decide if it is currently possible to consider the territory to be de facto decolonized. Theoretically, Gibraltar is still on the UN list of Non-Self-Governing Territories, i.e. subject to the decolonization process. From understanding the concept of decolonization, the analysis of the politico historical development of Gibraltar, putting the issue into framework of the UN and examining arguments of the relevant parties in connection with the territorial dispute I come to the conclusion that it is the persisting dispute which keeps the territory from being internationally recognized as decolonized. But - considering the right to self-determination a paramount principle of international law - it is paradoxical that not only did the Gibraltarians speak out in favour of the present status of their country, but they also contributed to shaping it, which implies that they currently do not consider themselves a residue of colonial rule.
|
|
|
Right of Nations to Self-Determination: Catalonia
Sleziaková, Zuzana ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Šklebená, Karolína (referee)
This bachelor thesis analyzes the right of nations to self-determination on the example of Spain's autonomous region of Catalonia, which has been showing increasing separatist tendencies over the past few years. The first part presents the evolution of the right of nations to self-determination and discusses the ultimate subject of this right. For that matter, the thesis distinguishes between the terms state, nation, nationality, ethnic group and national minority. The thesis also defines the contents of the right of nations to self-determination and differentiates between its internal and external aspect. Second part of the thesis elaborates on the identity of the Catalan population with regards to the common characteristics of nations, as defined in Chapter 1. The final part contemplates about the admissibility of Catalonia's secession from Spain as an expression of its external self-determination and its potential implications for both Catalonia and the international community.
|
|
| |
|
|
Coaching as social work tool and its ethical aspects in relationship to individuals
VÁGAIOVÁ, Kateřina
The thesis deals with coaching as social work tool and with its ethical aspects in relationship to individual. It is divided into three parts. In the first part, I define the coaching itself, as well as its solution and its types. I also distinguish the coaching from different types of social work, such as counselling and therapy; then I set the coaching into social work helping scope. The second part is focused on the relationship between the client and the helping worker while using coaching. Here I present the relationship paradigms, the helping worker aspect (with emphasis on competence and personal disposition) and the client aspect (with focus on his conception and his inner world). This part deals with the topic of help and control as well. In the third part I look into ethical aspects that are crucial in the client's and worker's relationship, aspects that follow from the definition of this relationship from the second part of the thesis, such as freedom, dignity, respect, autonomy, self-determination, worker's personality, preferences, responsibility, conscience and power.
|
|
|
The Most Holy Trinity as the Foundation of the Identity of Created Persons
HANKE JAROŠOVÁ, Světla
According to Scripture God created human beings "in our image, after our likeness". The likeness used to be conceived in terms of the rational nature human beings possess. Modern thought has come to conceive of the likeness rather in terms of being person, who receives her identity in relationships from others and at the same time mediates the others´ identity to them. The author presents the historical development of the concept of person as well as selected contemporary approaches, which she evaluates in light of the personal life of the Triune God as it is witnessed in Scripture and incessantly communicated in the liturgy of the church. She also presents ways of conceiving of created personhood she has attained in this light. Created persons are created in order to receive divine self-communication and to be able to participate in it, which they can in dependence on the one, who is the true revelator of God, as participation in his revelatory activity. By accepting their dependence, they become capable of acting freely through themselves and fulfill the task entrusted to them by creation.
|
|
|
Nation versus State: A Case Study of Kosovo
Kešelj, Nina ; Zemanová, Štěpánka (advisor) ; Cibulková, Petra (referee)
The bachelor thesis analyses legal and political aspects of Kosovo's secession from Republic of Serbia in attempt to determine if it is really sui generis, as it used to be claimed by the Kosovo's independence supporters. The theoretical part analyses the basic Constitutional and International Law requirements that a state is supposed to meet in order to reach international recognition. Besides, it provides a description of different forms of right of self - determination and discusses the circumstances, under which a nation would be entitled to claim a remedial secession from the home state. The empirical part examines specific circumstances of the former Yugoslavia's disintegration and the legal position of Kosovo as an autonomous province of Serbia in the period from 1974 -- 1999, in attempt to determine if Kosovo Albanians have ever had a legal entitlement to the secession from Serbia. Besides, in order to enquire whether Kosovo's secession could be considered an example of the remedial secession, the work provides a historical analysis of the Albanian-Serbian relations in Kosovo, with a highlight on the period from the Second World War on, as well as the analysis of the war crimes and alleged organ trafficking, that has recently re-emerged in the Council of Europe.
|
guest ::
