Edwards, Alice <br/><br/>
Violence Against Women under International Human Rights Law / 
Alice Edwards 
 - 1st Ed. 
 - New York, USA  Cambridge University Press  2011 
 - xxxiii, 375p. : ill. ; 23cm 
<br/><br/>It includes Preface, Acknowledgements, Table of Cases, Abbreviations, Contents, Bibliography and Index Pages etc. 
<br/><br/> <br/>Book description<br/><br/>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.<br/><br/><br/><br/>    Frontmatter<br/>    pp i-iv<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Contents<br/><br/>    Contents<br/>    pp v-viii<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Preface<br/><br/>    Preface<br/>    pp ix-xiv<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Acknowledgements<br/><br/>    Acknowledgements<br/>    pp xv-xvi<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Table of cases and advisory opinions<br/><br/>    Table of cases and advisory opinions<br/>    pp xvii-xxii<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Table of treaties and other international instruments<br/><br/>    Table of treaties and other international instruments<br/>    pp xxiii-xxx<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Abbreviations and acronyms<br/><br/>    Abbreviations and acronyms<br/>    pp xxxi-xxxiv<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 1 - Introduction<br/><br/>    1 - Introduction<br/>    pp 1-35<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 2 - Feminist theories on international law and human rights<br/><br/>    2 - Feminist theories on international law and human rights<br/>    pp 36-87<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 3 - The international human rights treaty system: practice and procedure<br/><br/>    3 - The international human rights treaty system: practice and procedure<br/>    pp 88-139<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 4 - Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex<br/><br/>    4 - Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex<br/>    pp 140-197<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 5 - Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment<br/><br/>    5 - Torture and other cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment or punishment<br/>    pp 198-262<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 6 - The right to life<br/><br/>    6 - The right to life<br/>    pp 263-303<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 7 - Conundrums, paradoxes, and continuing inequality: revisiting feminist narratives<br/><br/>    7 - Conundrums, paradoxes, and continuing inequality: revisiting feminist narratives<br/>    pp 304-320<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select 8 - Strategising next steps: treaty body reform and towards humanising women<br/><br/>    8 - Strategising next steps: treaty body reform and towards humanising women<br/>    pp 321-343<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Bibliography<br/><br/>    Bibliography<br/>    pp 344-364<br/>            Get access<br/>        Export citation<br/><br/>Select Index<br/><br/>    Index<br/>    pp 365-375<br/> 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781107617445 (paperback) 9780521767132 (Hardback) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Women (International Law); Women-Crimes against; Feminist jurisprudence;
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>342.0878 EDW