Human Rights of Women

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ISBN: 9780812215380 | 0812215389
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Copyright: 11/1/1994

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Rebecca J. Cook and the contributors to this volume seek to analyze how international human rights law applies specifically to women in various cultures worldwide, and to develop strategies to promote equitable application of human rights law at the international, regional, and domestic levels. Their essays present a compelling mixture of reports and case studies from various regions in the world, combined with scholarly assessments of international law as these rights specifically apply to women.

Foreword

Sonia Picado Sotela

Acknowledgments

xiii

I. Introduction

(36)

Women's International Human Rights Law: The Way Forward

(34)

Rebecca J. Cook

II. Challenges

(128)

To Bellow like a Cow: Women, Ethnicity, and the Discourse of Rights

(19)

Radhika Coomaraswamy

What are ``Women's International Human Rights''?

(27)

Hilary Charlesworth

State Responsibility Goes Private: A Feminist Critique of the Public/Private Distinction in International Human Rights Law

(31)

Celina Romany

Intimate Terror: Understanding Domestic Violence as Torture

116

(37)

Rhonda Copelon

Why Rethinking the Sovereign State is Important for Women's International Human Rights Law

153

(12)

Karen Knop

III. International and Regional Approaches

165

(184)

State Responsibility Under International Human Rights Law to Change Religious and Customary Laws

167

(22)

Abdullahi Ahmed An-Na`im

Toward More Effective Enforcement of Women's Human Rights Through the Use of International Human Rights Law and Procedures

189

(39)

Andrew Byrnes

State Accountability Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women

228

(29)

Rebecca J. Cook

Toward a More Effective Guarantee of the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Women in the Inter-American System

257

(28)

Cecilia Medina

Toward a More Effective Guarantee of Women's Rights in the African Human Rights System

285

(22)

Chaloka Beyani

African Women's Economic, Social, and Cultural Rights---Toward a Relevant Theory and Practice

307

(19)

Adetoun O. Ilumoka

Domestic Violence as an International Human Rights Issue

326

(14)

Kenneth Roth

The Developing Approaches of the International Commission of Jurists to Women's Human Rights

340

(9)

Mona Rishmawi

IV. National Approaches

349

(114)

General Approaches to Domestic Application of Women's International Human Rights Law

351

(24)

Anne F. Bayefsky

Obstacles to Women's Rights in India

375

(22)

Kirti Singh

Challenges to the Application of International Women's Human Rights in the Sudan

397

(25)

Asma Mohamed Abdel Halim

The Impact of Structural Adjustment Programs on Women's International Human Rights: The Example of Ghana

422

(15)

Akua Kuenyehia

Canadian Approaches to Equality Rights and Gender Equity in the Courts

437

(26)

Kathleen E. Mahoney

V. Guaranteeing Human Rights of Particular Significance to Women

463

(110)

Equality in the Home: Women's Rights and Personal Laws in South Asia

465

(30)

Sara Hossam

Using the African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights to Secure Women's Access to Land in Africa

495

(20)

Florence Butegwa

Reproductive Rights as Human Rights: The Colombian Case

515

(17)

Maria Isabel Plata

The Use of International Human Rights Norms to Combat Violence Against Women

532

(41)

Joan Fitzpatrick

Appendix A. Chart of Ratifications of Selected Human Rights Instruments

573

(14)

Appendix B. Model Communication Form

587

(4)

Appendix C. Organizational Resources

591

(6)

List of Contributors

597

(4)

Table of Cases

601

(6)

Index

607

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