Violence against Women under International Human Rights Law

Violence against Women under International Human Rights Law
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 411
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ISBN-10 : 9781139494854
ISBN-13 : 1139494856
Rating : 4/5 (54 Downloads)

Synopsis Violence against Women under International Human Rights Law by : Alice Edwards

Since the mid-1990s, increasing international attention has been paid to the issue of violence against women. However, there is still no explicit international human rights treaty prohibition on violence against women and the issue remains poorly defined and understood under international human rights law. Drawing on feminist theories of international law and human rights, this critical examination of the United Nations' legal approaches to violence against women analyses the merits of strategies which incorporate women's concerns of violence within existing human rights norms such as equality norms, the right to life, and the prohibition against torture. Although feminist strategies of inclusion have been necessary as well as symbolically powerful for women, the book argues that they also carry their own problems and limitations, prevent a more radical transformation of the human rights system, and ultimately reinforce the unequal position of women under international law.

Intersectionality in the Human Rights Legal Framework on Violence against Women

Intersectionality in the Human Rights Legal Framework on Violence against Women
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 305
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ISBN-10 : 9781107172241
ISBN-13 : 1107172241
Rating : 4/5 (41 Downloads)

Synopsis Intersectionality in the Human Rights Legal Framework on Violence against Women by : Lorena Sosa

This book theoretically explores intersectionality within human rights norms on violence against women and the derived duties for States.

Human Rights & Gender Violence

Human Rights & Gender Violence
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Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Total Pages : 280
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ISBN-10 : 9780226520759
ISBN-13 : 0226520757
Rating : 4/5 (59 Downloads)

Synopsis Human Rights & Gender Violence by : Sally Engle Merry

Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts. As a result, substantial discrepancies exist between what is decided in the halls of the United Nations and what women experience on a daily basis in their communities. Human Rights and Gender Violence is an ambitious study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice. As an observer of UN diplomatic negotiations as well as the workings of grassroots feminist organizations in several countries, Sally Engle Merry offers an insider's perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state power. Providing legal and anthropological perspectives, Merry contends that human rights law must be framed in local terms to be accepted and effective in altering existing social hierarchies. Gender violence in particular, she argues, is rooted in deep cultural and religious beliefs, so change is often vehemently resisted by the communities perpetrating the acts of aggression. A much-needed exploration of how local cultures appropriate and enact international human rights law, this book will be of enormous value to students of gender studies and anthropology alike.

International Human Rights Law and Domestic Violence

International Human Rights Law and Domestic Violence
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Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Total Pages : 191
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ISBN-10 : 9781136742088
ISBN-13 : 1136742085
Rating : 4/5 (88 Downloads)

Synopsis International Human Rights Law and Domestic Violence by : Ronagh J.A. McQuigg

This book examines the effectiveness of international human rights law, through the case study of domestic violence. This book asks whether international human rights law can only be effective in ‘traditional’ cases of human rights abuse or whether it can rise to the challenge of being used in relation to such an issue as domestic violence? The book focuses primarily on the question of how international human rights law could be used in relation to domestic violence in the United Kingdom. The book considers recent case law from the European Court of Human Rights on domestic violence and whether the UK courts could use the Human Rights Act 1998 to assist victims of domestic violence. The book goes on to look in detail at the statements of the international human rights bodies on domestic violence, with particular focus on those made by the United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women and the Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women. The book explores the impact that the statements have had so far on the UK government’s policy in relation to domestic violence

Human Rights of Women

Human Rights of Women
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Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Total Pages : 649
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ISBN-10 : 9780812201666
ISBN-13 : 0812201663
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Human Rights of Women by : Rebecca J. Cook

Rebecca J. Cook and the contributors to this volume seek to analyze how international human rights law applies specifically to women in various cultures worldwide, and to develop strategies to promote equitable application of human rights law at the international, regional, and domestic levels. Their essays present a compelling mixture of reports and case studies from various regions in the world, combined with scholarly assessments of international law as these rights specifically apply to women.

International Human Rights Law and Structural Discrimination

International Human Rights Law and Structural Discrimination
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Publisher : Springer
Total Pages : 249
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ISBN-10 : 9783662586778
ISBN-13 : 3662586770
Rating : 4/5 (78 Downloads)

Synopsis International Human Rights Law and Structural Discrimination by : Elisabeth Veronika Henn

International courts and other actors are increasingly taking into account pre-existing social structures and inequalities when addressing and redressing human rights violations, in particular discrimination against specific groups. To date, however, academic legal research has paid little attention to this gentle turn in international human rights law and practice to address structural discrimination. In order to address this gap, this study analyses whether and to what extent international and regional human rights frameworks foresee positive obligations for State parties to address structural discrimination, and, more precisely, gender hierarchies and stereotypes as root causes of gender-based violence. In order to answer this question, the book analyses whether or not international human rights law requires pursuing a root-cause-sensitive and transformative approach to structural discrimination against women in general and to the prevention, protection and reparation of violence against women in particular; to what extent international courts and (quasi)judicial bodies address State responsibility for the systemic occurrence of violence against women and its underlying root causes; whether or not international courts and monitoring bodies have suitable tools for addressing structural discrimination within the society of a contracting party; and the limits to a transformative approach.

Violence Against Women's Health in International Law

Violence Against Women's Health in International Law
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 312
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ISBN-10 : 1526124971
ISBN-13 : 9781526124975
Rating : 4/5 (71 Downloads)

Synopsis Violence Against Women's Health in International Law by : Juliette Pattinson

Taking the Hippocratic paradigm as backbone of the analysis, the book conceptualises a new notion under international law, 'violence against women's health', which allows the reader to reflect on two interrelated dimensions of violence, the horizontal 'inter-personal' and the vertical 'State policies' ones, and on obligations States must abide by.

Violence Against Women and the Law

Violence Against Women and the Law
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Publisher : Routledge
Total Pages : 205
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ISBN-10 : 9781317249603
ISBN-13 : 1317249607
Rating : 4/5 (03 Downloads)

Synopsis Violence Against Women and the Law by : David L Richards

This book examines the strength of laws addressing four types of violence against women--rape, marital rape, domestic violence, and sexual harassment--in 196 countries from 2007 to 2010. It analyzes why these laws exist in some places and not others, and why they are stronger or weaker in places where they do exist. The authors have compiled original data that allow them to test various hypotheses related to whether international law drives the enactment of domestic legal protections. They also examine the ways in which these legal protections are related to economic, political, and social institutions, and how transnational society affects the presence and strength of these laws. The original data produced for this book make a major contribution to comparisons and analyses of gender violence and law worldwide.

Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Against Women

Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Against Women
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Publisher : World Health Organization
Total Pages : 66
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ISBN-10 : 9789241548595
ISBN-13 : 9241548592
Rating : 4/5 (95 Downloads)

Synopsis Responding to Intimate Partner Violence and Sexual Violence Against Women by : World Health Organization

A health-care provider is likely to be the first professional contact for survivors of intimate partner violence or sexual assault. Evidence suggests that women who have been subjected to violence seek health care more often than non-abused women, even if they do not disclose the associated violence. They also identify health-care providers as the professionals they would most trust with disclosure of abuse. These guidelines are an unprecedented effort to equip healthcare providers with evidence-based guidance as to how to respond to intimate partner violence and sexual violence against women. They also provide advice for policy makers, encouraging better coordination and funding of services, and greater attention to responding to sexual violence and partner violence within training programmes for health care providers. The guidelines are based on systematic reviews of the evidence, and cover: 1. identification and clinical care for intimate partner violence 2. clinical care for sexual assault 3. training relating to intimate partner violence and sexual assault against women 4. policy and programmatic approaches to delivering services 5. mandatory reporting of intimate partner violence. The guidelines aim to raise awareness of violence against women among health-care providers and policy-makers, so that they better understand the need for an appropriate health-sector response. They provide standards that can form the basis for national guidelines, and for integrating these issues into health-care provider education.

Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law

Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Total Pages : 419
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ISBN-10 : 9781108628310
ISBN-13 : 1108628311
Rating : 4/5 (10 Downloads)

Synopsis Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law by : Catherine O'Rourke

Laws and norms that focus on women's lives in conflict have proliferated across the regimes of international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international human rights law and the United Nations Security Council. While separate institutions, with differing powers of monitoring and enforcement, implement these laws and norms, the activities of regimes overlap. Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law is the first book to account for this pluralism and institutional diversity. This book identifies key aspects of how different regimes regulate women's rights in conflict, and how they interact. Using country case studies to reveal the practical implications of the fragmented protection of women's rights in conflict, this book offers a dynamic account of how regimes and institutions interact, the extent to which they reinforce each other, and the tensions and gaps in regulation that emerge.