Violence against women under international human rights law /

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Author / Creator:	Edwards, Alice.
Imprint:	Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011.
Description:	1 online resource (xxxiii, 375 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Women (International law) Women -- Crimes against. Feminist jurisprudence. LAW -- Gender & the Law. Feminist jurisprudence. Women -- Crimes against. Women (International law) Gewalt Frau. Menschenrecht Feministische Rechtswissenschaft Mensenrechten. Vrouwen. Geweld. Frau. Menschenrecht. Feminismus. Rechtswissenschaft. Våld mot kvinnor. Electronic books. Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11827292

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ISBN:	9781139077927 1139077929 9780511779671 0511779674 9780521767132 052176713X
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 344-364) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	"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."--
Other form:	Print version: Edwards, Alice. Violence against women under international human rights law. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2011 9780521767132

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