International Women S Rights Cases

Author : Robyn Emerton,Kirstine Adams,Andrew Byrnes,Jane Connors
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 884 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2016-09-17
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781135332167

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International Women's Rights Cases by Robyn Emerton,Kirstine Adams,Andrew Byrnes,Jane Connors Pdf

The last two decades have seen major advances in the legal protection of the human rights of women around the world. A series of international and national court cases has developed an important body of jurisprudence that has been relied on by courts and advocates in many countries to support women's claims for equality and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms. Growing out of a series of judicial colloquia organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, this compilation brings together a selection of over fifty significant cases from international and national courts. The cases are grouped by theme and presented in full text or edited format. Together they highlight the way in which courts have used international human rights norms and national constitutional standards to contribute to women's equality. A detailed introduction provides a summary of the significance of the cases and references further material available on women's human rights. Cases decided under United Nations human rights treaties, the European and American Conventions on Human Rights and other international instruments, as well as cases decided by national courts in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australasia, and North America are all included. The compilation will be of interest to all those with an interest in the advancement of the human rights of women especially equality advocates, lawyers and judges, scholars and students.

Author : Ramona Vijeyarasa
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 172 pages
File Size : 41,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-22
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781000401776

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International Women’s Rights Law and Gender Equality by Ramona Vijeyarasa Pdf

The law is a well-known tool in fighting gender inequality, but which laws actually advance women’s rights? This book unpacks the complex nuances behind gender-responsive domestic legislation, from several of the world’s leading experts on gender equality. Drawing on domestic examples and international law, it provides a primer of theory alongside tangible and practical solutions to fulfil the promise of the law to deliver equality between men and women. Part I outlines what progress has been made to date on eradicating gender inequality, and insights into the law’s potential as one lever in the global struggle for equality. Parts II and III go on to explore concrete areas of law, with case studies from multiple jurisdictions that examine how well domestic legislation is working for women. The authors bring their critical lens to areas of law often considered from a gender perspective – gender-based violence, women’s reproductive health, labour and gender equality quotas – while bringing much-needed analysis to issues often ignored in gender debates, such as taxation, environmental justice and good governance. Part IV seeks to move from a theoretical goal of greater accountability to a practical one. It explores both accountability for international women’s rights norms at the domestic level and the potential of feminist approaches to legislation to deliver laws that work for women. Written for students, academics, legislators and policymakers engaged in international women’s rights law, gender equality, government accountability and feminist legal theory, this book has tremendous transformative potential to drive forward legal change towards the eradication of gender inequality.

Author : Rebecca J. Cook
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 649 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2012-03-10
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780812201666

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Human Rights of Women by Rebecca J. Cook Pdf

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.

Author : Adriana Di Stefano
Publisher : editpress
Page : 205 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9788889726501

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Gender Issues and International Legal Standards. Contemporary Perspectives by Adriana Di Stefano Pdf

Author : Catherine O'Rourke
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 40,8 Mb
Release : 2022-02-24
Category : Law
ISBN : 1108464106

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

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.

Author : Rosa Celorio
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2022-01-18
Category : International law and human rights
ISBN : 1800889380

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Women and International Human Rights in Modern Times by Rosa Celorio Pdf

This casebook provides an overview of the main international and regional legal standards related to the human rights of women and explores their development and practical application in light of contemporary times, challenges, and advances. It navigates the nuances of the ongoing problems of discrimination and gender-based violence, and analyzes them in the context of modern challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the MeToo movement and its aftermath, the growth of non-state actors, environment and climate change, sexual orientation and gender identity, and the digital world, among others. Incorporating lessons learned from her experiences as a practitioner and a law professor, the author navigates and provides snapshots of priority issues and themes in the field of the human rights of women. In each chapter, students are encouraged to reflect and answer questions alluding to the intricacies, challenges, and advances in the protection and exercise of women's rights in modern times. The chapters also include many case judgments, decisions, views, and general recommendations adopted by universal and regional bodies and courts advancing the development of women human rights issues. This analysis is complemented by key scholarship, reports, and statements produced in the area of the human rights of women and its different features. Students of issues concerning human rights, women, gender equality, and international law will attain a thorough understanding of the field through this contemporary casebook.

Author : Mahnaz Akhami,Yakın Ertürk,Ann Elizabeth Mayer
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 268 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-20
Category : Law
ISBN : 9780429796333

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Feminist Advocacy, Family Law and Violence against Women by Mahnaz Akhami,Yakın Ertürk,Ann Elizabeth Mayer Pdf

Around the world, discriminatory legislation prevents women from accessing their human rights. It can affect almost every aspect of a woman's life, including the right to choose a partner, inherit property, hold a job, and obtain child custody. Often referred to as family law, these laws have contributed to discrimination and to the justification of gender-based violence globally. This book demonstrates how women across the world are contributing to legal reform, helping to shape non-discriminatory policies and to counter current legal and social justifications for gender-based violence. The book takes case studies from Brazil, India, Iran, Lebanon, Nigeria, Palestine, Senegal, and Turkey, using them to demosntrate in each case the varied history of family law and the wide variety of issues impacting women’s equality in legislation. Interviews with prominent women's rights activists in three additional countries are also included, giving personal accounts of the successes and failures of past reform efforts. Overall, the book provides a complex global picture of current trends and strategies in the fight for a more egalitarian society. These findings come at a critical moment for change. Across the globe, family law issues are contentious. We are simultaneously witnessing an increased demand for women’s equality and the resurgence of fundamentalist forces that impede reform, invoking rules rooted in tradition, culture, and interpretations of religious texts. The outcome of these disputes has enormous ramifications for women’s roles in the family and society. This book tackles these complexities head on, and will interest activists, practitioners, students, and scholars working on women's rights and gender-based violence.

Author : Julie Peters,Julie Stone Peters,Andrea Wolper
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 388 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1995
Category : Law
ISBN : 0415909953

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Women's Rights, Human Rights by Julie Peters,Julie Stone Peters,Andrea Wolper Pdf

First Published in 1995. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

Author : International Women's Tribune Centre
Publisher : International Women's Tribune Centre, Incorporated
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 48,6 Mb
Release : 1998
Category : Law
ISBN : STANFORD:36105023114940

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Rights of Women by International Women's Tribune Centre Pdf

Provides information on those women's rights that are guaranteed by rights conventions.

Author : Christine Mary Venter
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 51,6 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Equality before the Law
ISBN : 1594607087

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International Women's Rights, Equality, and Justice by Christine Mary Venter Pdf

International Women's Rights, Equality and Justice explores the history and development of women's rights in the context of international human rights law. From the 1848 Seneca Declaration to the 1979 Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) to the present day, women's struggles for rights, freedom from discrimination, and equality are canvassed. The book details gender based claims brought in domestic courts, as well as those brought in regional or international fora, and explores the various remedies available, depending on where a claim is adjudicated. The text also canvasses the important contributions of NGOs, and challenges students to think about tactical, strategic, contextual and pragmatic choices that lawyers are called on to make when representing clients. Along with excerpts of cases and briefs, the text includes samples of complaint forms and instructions. International Women's Rights, Equality, and Justice could be used in a two or three credit specialized class, or as part of a general International Human Rights or Gender class. It also provides a useful collection of documents and overview of the law for policy makers. This book is part of the Context and Practice Series, edited by Michael Hunter Schwartz, Professor of Law and Dean of the McGeorge School of Law, University of the Pacific. PowerPoint slides are available to professors upon adoption of this book. Download sample slides from the full 441-slide presentation here. If you have adopted the book for a course, contact crutan (at) cap-press (dot) com to request the PowerPoint slides.

Author : Celorio, Rosa
Publisher : Edward Elgar Publishing
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-21
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781800889392

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Women and International Human Rights in Modern Times by Celorio, Rosa Pdf

This casebook provides an overview of the main international and regional legal standards related to the human rights of women and explores their development and practical application in light of contemporary times, challenges, and advances. It navigates the nuances of the ongoing problems of discrimination and gender-based violence, and analyzes them in the context of modern challenges, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, the MeToo movement and its aftermath, the growth of non-state actors, environment and climate change, sexual orientation and gender identity, and the digital world, among others.

Author : Rebecca Adami,Dan Plesch
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 188 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2021-07-28
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781000418828

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Women and the UN by Rebecca Adami,Dan Plesch Pdf

This book provides a critical history of influential women in the United Nations and seeks to inspire empowerment with role models from bygone eras. The women whose voices this book presents helped shape UN conventions, declarations, and policies with relevance to the international human rights of women throughout the world today. From the founding of the UN up until the Latin American feminist movements that pushed for gender equality in the UN Charter, and the Security Council Resolutions on the role of women in peace and conflict, the volume reflects on how women delegates from different parts of the world have negotiated and disagreed on human rights issues related to gender within the UN throughout time. In doing so it sheds new light on how these hidden historical narratives enrich theoretical studies in international relations and global agency today. In view of contemporary feminist and postmodern critiques of the origin of human rights, uncovering women’s history of the United Nations from both Southern and Western perspectives allows us to consider questions of feminism and agency in international relations afresh. With contributions from leading scholars and practitioners of law, diplomacy, history, and development studies, and brought together by a theoretical commentary by the Editors, Women and the UN will appeal to anyone whose research covers human rights, gender equality, international development, or the history of civil society. The Open Access version of this book, available at http://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9781003036708, has been made available under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0 license.

Author : Andrew Byrnes,Jane Frances Connors,Lum Bik
Publisher : Commonwealth Secretariat
Page : 208 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 1997
Category : Law
ISBN : 0850925150

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Advancing the Human Rights of Women by Andrew Byrnes,Jane Frances Connors,Lum Bik Pdf

Guide to Human Rights Sources

Author : Natasha Thomsen
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2010-06-23
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9781438109053

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Women's Rights by Natasha Thomsen Pdf

Examines the history and the current status of women's rights in the United States and abroad, namely Denmark, China, Afghanistan, and Kenya.

Author : Rebecca J. Cook
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 662 pages
File Size : 40,7 Mb
Release : 1994
Category : Law
ISBN : 0812215389

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Human Rights of Women by Rebecca J. Cook Pdf

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.