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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Edwards, Alice
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • Conundrums, paradoxes, and continuing inequality: revisiting feminist narratives
  • Strategising next steps: treaty body reform and humanising women.