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Vapenexport på vilka grunder?

Khudur, Manar LU (2022) STVK02 20221
Department of Political Science
Abstract
The Swedish foreign policy is based on values such as peace, human rights and democracy. Along with these values, Sweden has been exporting weapons to the Saudi-led coalition who is a part of the war in Yemen. The purpose of this study is to investigate how Sweden’s arms export to warring countries in Yemen should be conducted based on the legal framework, the guidelines and the commitments in the foreign declarations regarding human rights. The theoretical framework builds on Rawls ideal and non-ideal theory and Christensen's ideas on moral limits in the international arms trade. The material is mainly based on the Swedish regulations and guidelines regarding arms trade, parliamentary and governmental documents. Through a normative... (More)
The Swedish foreign policy is based on values such as peace, human rights and democracy. Along with these values, Sweden has been exporting weapons to the Saudi-led coalition who is a part of the war in Yemen. The purpose of this study is to investigate how Sweden’s arms export to warring countries in Yemen should be conducted based on the legal framework, the guidelines and the commitments in the foreign declarations regarding human rights. The theoretical framework builds on Rawls ideal and non-ideal theory and Christensen's ideas on moral limits in the international arms trade. The material is mainly based on the Swedish regulations and guidelines regarding arms trade, parliamentary and governmental documents. Through a normative analysis, I try to point out how Sweden should act based on already formulated values such as the right to life. Conclusively, according to the regulatory framework, the guidelines and the commitments regarding human rights, Sweden should refrain from exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates. (Less)
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author
Khudur, Manar LU
supervisor
organization
course
STVK02 20221
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Vapenexport, Jemen, mänskliga rättigheter, rätten till liv, ideal och icke-ideal teori
language
Swedish
id
9080138
date added to LUP
2022-07-03 08:17:09
date last changed
2022-07-03 08:17:09
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  abstract     = {{The Swedish foreign policy is based on values such as peace, human rights and democracy. Along with these values, Sweden has been exporting weapons to the Saudi-led coalition who is a part of the war in Yemen. The purpose of this study is to investigate how Sweden’s arms export to warring countries in Yemen should be conducted based on the legal framework, the guidelines and the commitments in the foreign declarations regarding human rights. The theoretical framework builds on Rawls ideal and non-ideal theory and Christensen's ideas on moral limits in the international arms trade. The material is mainly based on the Swedish regulations and guidelines regarding arms trade, parliamentary and governmental documents. Through a normative analysis, I try to point out how Sweden should act based on already formulated values such as the right to life. Conclusively, according to the regulatory framework, the guidelines and the commitments regarding human rights, Sweden should refrain from exporting weapons to Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates.}},
  author       = {{Khudur, Manar}},
  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Vapenexport på vilka grunder?}},
  year         = {{2022}},
}