Rights, Sovereignty and Uses of Power: A Qualitative Case Study of Russian Occupied Crimea
Journal: KTH Publication Database DiVA (KTH Royal Institute of Technology)
Year: 2020

The objective of the present case study is to comprehensively examine the widely condemned and still ongoing Russian occupation of the Crimean peninsula. Drawing on theoretical notions regarding the state of exception, this study sheds a light on civil and political rights developments in the occupied Crimea. Further, by utilising a qualitative content analysis method, the thesis investigates how the Russian state aims to strengthen its rule over Crimea through different human rights and soverei