Violence against women under international human rights law /
"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...
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Cambridge, UK ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2011
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Table of Contents:
- Introduction
- Feminist theories on international law and human rights
- The international human rights treaty system: practice and procedure
- Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex
- Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment
- The right to life; 7. Conundrums, paradoxes, and continuing inequality: revisiting feminist narratives
- Strategising next steps: treaty body reform and humanising women