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Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on the Domestic Legislation in Egypt.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Salem, Nora
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Brill, 2017.
Colección:International Studies in Human Rights Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Intro
  • The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on the Domestic Legislation in Egypt
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • List of Arabic Terms
  • List of Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Objective
  • Roadmap
  • 1 Introduction to the Women's Convention
  • 1.1 States Parties' Obligations under the Women's Convention
  • 1.2 Reservations to the Women's Convention
  • 1.3 Excerpt: Shariʼa Law
  • 1.4 Excerpt: Egypt's Legal and Judicial System
  • 1.5 The Women's Convention's Monitoring Body
  • 1.6 Additional UN Entities Concerned with Gender Equality
  • 2 Egypt's Shariʼa-based Reservations to the Women's Convention
  • 2.1 Permissibility of Egypt's Reservations
  • 2.1.1 Women's Convention's Object and Purpose
  • 2.1.2 Articles 2, 16 CEDAW Reflect Women's Convention's Object and Purpose
  • 2.1.3 Compatibility of Egypt's Reservations with the Women's Convention's Object and Purpose
  • 2.2 Legal Effect of Invalid Reservations
  • 2.2.1 Treaty Law
  • 2.2.2 Customary International Law
  • 2.3 The Way Forward: Sharia-based Reservations: A Culturally Justified Restriction?
  • 3 Revision of Egypt's Implementation Efforts Regarding the Reserved Articles 2, 16 CEDAW
  • 3.1 Article 2 (g) CEDAW: Domestic Violence
  • 3.1.1 Dogmatic Considerations Regarding the Legal Context of Domestic Violence
  • 3.1.2 Domestic Violence in Criminal Shariʼa Law
  • 3.1.3 Domestic Violence in Egyptian Penal Law
  • 3.1.4 Discrepancies between Shariʼa and Egyptian Law Regarding Domestic Violence
  • 3.2 Article 16 (1) (c) CEDAW: Divorce Law
  • 3.2.1 Right to Divorce in Shariʼa Law
  • 3.2.2 Right to Divorce in Egyptian Domestic Law
  • 3.2.3 Discrepancies between Shariʼa and Egyptian Domestic Divorce Law
  • 3.3 The Way Forward: Withdrawal of Reservation in Near Future?
  • 4 The Women's Convention's Impact on Egyptian Legislation.
  • 4.1 Egypt's Constitution
  • 4.1.1 Scope of States Parties Obligation under CEDAW
  • 4.1.2 Egypt's Compliance
  • 4.1.3 Summary
  • 4.2 Egypt's Statutory Laws
  • 4.2.1 Combatting Female Genital Mutilation in Light of Article 12, 2 and 5 CEDAW
  • 4.2.2 Combatting "Summer Marriages" as a Form of Trafficking in Women in Light of Article 6 CEDAW
  • 4.2.3 Egypt's Legislative Efforts on Combatting Gender-discriminatory Nationality Laws in Light of Article 9 CEDAW
  • 4.2.4 Egypt's Legislative Efforts on Combatting Gender Discrimination in Employment in Light of Article 11 CEDAW
  • 4.2.5 Summary
  • 4.3 The Way Forward: How to Improve Egypt's Implementation Efforts?
  • Conclusion
  • Effectiveness of the Women's Convention
  • International Impact of the Women's Convention
  • Domestic Impact of the Women's Convention
  • Obstacles to the Women's Convention's Effective Implementation
  • Appendix 1 Documents Issued by the United Nations
  • Appendix 2 International Treaties and Declarations
  • Appendix 3 Egyptian Legislation
  • Appendix 4 International Case Law
  • Bibliography
  • Websites
  • Index.