Violence against women under international human rights law /
Edwards, Alice.
Violence against women under international human rights law / Alice Edwards. - Reprint edition. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xxxiii, 375 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-364) and index.
"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."--
9781107617445 1107617448
Women (International law)
Women--Crimes against.
Feminist jurisprudence.
Feminist jurisprudence.
Women--Crimes against.
Women (International law)
K644 / .E329 2013
342.0878
Violence against women under international human rights law / Alice Edwards. - Reprint edition. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2013. - xxxiii, 375 pages ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-364) and index.
"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."--
9781107617445 1107617448
Women (International law)
Women--Crimes against.
Feminist jurisprudence.
Feminist jurisprudence.
Women--Crimes against.
Women (International law)
K644 / .E329 2013
342.0878