Violence Against Women under International Human Rights Law / Alice Edwards

It includes Preface, Acknowledgements, Table of Cases, Abbreviations, Contents, Bibliography and Index Pages etc.

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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.



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pp i-iv
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Contents
pp v-viii
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Preface
pp ix-xiv
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Acknowledgements
pp xv-xvi
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Table of cases and advisory opinions
pp xvii-xxii
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Table of treaties and other international instruments
pp xxiii-xxx
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Abbreviations and acronyms
pp xxxi-xxxiv
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Select 1 - Introduction

1 - Introduction
pp 1-35
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Select 2 - Feminist theories on international law and human rights

2 - Feminist theories on international law and human rights
pp 36-87
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Select 3 - The international human rights treaty system: practice and procedure

3 - The international human rights treaty system: practice and procedure
pp 88-139
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Select 4 - Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex

4 - Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex
pp 140-197
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Select 5 - Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment

5 - Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment
pp 198-262
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Select 6 - The right to life

6 - The right to life
pp 263-303
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Select 7 - Conundrums, paradoxes, and continuing inequality: revisiting feminist narratives

7 - Conundrums, paradoxes, and continuing inequality: revisiting feminist narratives
pp 304-320
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Select 8 - Strategising next steps: treaty body reform and towards humanising women

8 - Strategising next steps: treaty body reform and towards humanising women
pp 321-343
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Bibliography
pp 344-364
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Index
pp 365-375