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Securitization of migration in Czech Republic
Lukašík, Petr ; Kučera, Tomáš (advisor) ; Špelda, Petr (referee)
The thesis in your hands focus on foreign Fighter phenomenon in the Czech Republic. It argues, that Foreign Fighters are specific kind of migrants who travel both short-term and long-term into a conflict area of their choice. Some do come back to their countries of departure. The thesis has two goals. First one is to find out if there is potential for securitization of Foreign Fighters in the Czech Republic present in Czech society. For this purpose, securitization theory is used. Second goal of the thesis is to look closer on the Foreign Fighter phenomenon both in general and in local circumstances. The thesis presents analysis of academic literature on the topic of Foreign Fighters. It discusses definitions, Foreign Fighter numbers and threat assessment, and approaches adopted to deal with the phenomenon. Next, specifics of foreign Fighters in the Czech Republic are discussed. A survey was launched in order to gain data for this study among Czech society. Results of the survey indicate there is not much interest for securitization of the topic in the Czech Republic. Further results yielded there is not much of a difference in Czech Foreign Fighters and their compatriots from other countries, except maybe focus of Czech fighters on Ukraine except Middle East.
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Criminal Aspects of Involvement of Person in Foreign Armed Enities
Klímová, Petra ; Gřivna, Tomáš (advisor) ; Bohuslav, Lukáš (referee)
This rigorous thesis investigates in the context of criminal law the matter of involvement of individuals in foreign armed entities without any particular relationship of the subject individual to the territory in which the armed conflict takes place. With respect to the current security situation, this thesis in its 7 chapters focuses on the phenomenon of "foreign fighters" and foreign terrorist fighters. Both of these terms are defined in the introduction one to another and in relationship with other types of possible involvement of individuals in the context of this theses. These individuals impose significant risk to both the countries of their origin, where they return after the conflicts end, and to the country of the armed conflict, where they contribute to the escalation and prolongation. Due to increasing number of individuals in question is this a point of interest in both international and regional (european) community, which lead to enactment of several legal documents in the domain of criminal law, which are being rigorously investigated in this paper. Increased attention to this domain is being reflected on the national level as well, both the novelised legislation already in effect and changes which are currently being discussed as a de lege ferenda. This thesis deals with those...
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Securitization of migration in Czech Republic
Lukašík, Petr ; Kučera, Tomáš (advisor) ; Špelda, Petr (referee)
The thesis in your hands focus on foreign Fighter phenomenon in the Czech Republic. It argues, that Foreign Fighters are specific kind of migrants who travel both short-term and long-term into a conflict area of their choice. Some do come back to their countries of departure. The thesis has two goals. First one is to find out if there is potential for securitization of Foreign Fighters in the Czech Republic present in Czech society. For this purpose, securitization theory is used. Second goal of the thesis is to look closer on the Foreign Fighter phenomenon both in general and in local circumstances. The thesis presents analysis of academic literature on the topic of Foreign Fighters. It discusses definitions, Foreign Fighter numbers and threat assessment, and approaches adopted to deal with the phenomenon. Next, specifics of foreign Fighters in the Czech Republic are discussed. A survey was launched in order to gain data for this study among Czech society. Results of the survey indicate there is not much interest for securitization of the topic in the Czech Republic. Further results yielded there is not much of a difference in Czech Foreign Fighters and their compatriots from other countries, except maybe focus of Czech fighters on Ukraine except Middle East.
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