Violence against women remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world today, and it permeates every society, at every level. Such violence is considered a systemic, widespread and pervasive human rights violation, experienced largely by women because they are women. Yet at th...

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Weitere Verfasser:	Manjoo, Rashida (HerausgeberIn), Jones, Jackie M. (HerausgeberIn)
Format:	Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:	English
Veröffentlicht:	London Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group 2018
Schriftenreihe:	Human rights and international law Human rights and international law
Schlagworte:	Women / Violence against Women (International law) Women / Crimes against / Law and legislation Women / Legal status, laws, etc
Online-Zugang:	URL des Erstveroeffentlichers
Zusammenfassung:	Violence against women remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world today, and it permeates every society, at every level. Such violence is considered a systemic, widespread and pervasive human rights violation, experienced largely by women because they are women. Yet at the international level, there is a gap in the legal protection of women from violence. There is currently no binding international convention that explicitly prohibits such violence; or calls for its elimination; or, mandates the criminalisation of all forms of violence against women.The book puts forward a strong case that there is a legal gap in international law for the protection of women and girls from violence and that this could be remedied through a new United Nations Convention or alternatively an Optional Protocol to the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women
Beschreibung:	Description based on print version record
Beschreibung:	1 online resource (viii, 228 pages : illustrations.)
ISBN:	9781315185002 1315185008