The legal protection of women and girls from violence : normative gaps in international law / edited by Rashida Manjoo and Jackie Jones.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Jones, Jackie, 1964- author.

Contributor:

Manjoo, Rashida, editor.

Series:

Human rights and international law

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Women--Violence against.

Women.

Women--Crimes against--Law and legislation.

Women--Legal status, laws, etc.

Women (International law).

Women--Crimes against.

Physical Description:

viii, 228 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, an imprint of the Taylor & Francis Group, 2018.

Contents:

Introduction: Violence against women and the need for international law / Aisha K. Gill

The importance of international law and institutions / Jackie Jones

Exploring the consequences of the normative gap in legal protections addressing violence against women / David Richards and Jillienne Haglund

Normative developments on violence against women in the United Nations System / Rashida Manjoo

The African human rights system : challenges and potential in addressing violence against women in Africa / Nicholas Wasonga Orago and Maria Nassali

The European system : Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) / Jackie Jones

Violence against women : normative developments in the Inter-American Human Rights System /Caroline Bettinger-Lopez

Closing the normative gap in international law on violence against women : developments, initiatives, and possible options /Rashida Manjoo.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781138737969

1138737968

1351732846

9781351732840

OCLC:

1012636012