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Violence Against Women Under International Human Rights Law
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Violence Against Women Under International Human Rights Law Hardback - 2010 - 1st Edition

by Alice Edwards

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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.

Details

  • Title Violence Against Women Under International Human Rights Law
  • Author Alice Edwards
  • Binding Hardback
  • Edition number 1st
  • Edition 1
  • Pages 410
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher Cambridge University Press
  • Publication date 2010-12-23
  • Features Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents
  • ISBN 9780521767132 / 052176713X
  • Weight 1.7 lbs (0.77 kg)
  • Dimensions 9 x 6.1 x 1 in (22.86 x 15.49 x 2.54 cm)
  • Themes
    • Sex & Gender: Feminine
  • Category Legal Reference / Law Profession
  • Library of Congress subjects Women - Crimes against, Feminist jurisprudence
  • Library of Congress Catalogue Number 2010035575
  • Dewey Decimal Code 340.082

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