Intersectionality and human rights law / edited by Shreya Atrey and Peter Dunne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Atrey, Shreya, 1988- editor.

Dunne, Peter, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law and human rights.

Human rights--Social aspects.

Human rights.

Intersectionality (Sociology).

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

First edition.

Distribution:

[London, England] : Bloomsbury Publishing, 2020

Place of Publication:

London [England] : Hart Publishing, 2020.

Summary:

"This collection of essays analyses how the diversity in human identity and disadvantage affects the articulation, realisation, violation and enforcement of human rights. The question arises from the realisation that people, who are severally and severely disadvantaged because of their race, religion, gender, age, disability, sexual orientation, class etc, often find themselves at the margins of human rights; their condition seldom improved and sometimes even worsened by the rights discourse. How does one make sense of this relationship between the complexity of people's disadvantage and violation of their human rights? Does the human rights discourse, based on its universal and common values, have tools, methods or theories to capture and respond to the difference in people's lived experience of rights? Can intersectionality help in that quest? This book seeks to inaugurate this line of inquiry"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : intersectionality from equality to human rights / Shreya Atrey

Beyond universality : an intersectional justification of human rights / Shreya Atrey

Harnessing the full potential of intersectionality theory in international human rights law : lessons from disabled children's right to education / Gauthier de Beco

The potential and pitfalls of intersectionality in the context of social rights adjudication / Colm O'Cinneide

The right to education and substantive equality : an intersectional reading / Sandra Fredman

Class, intersectionality, the right to housing and the avoidable tragedy of Grenfell Tower / Geraldine Van Bueren QC

Intersectionality, repeal, and reproductive rights in Ireland / Fiona de Londras

The distance between us : sexual and reproductive health rights of rural women and girls / Meghan Campbell.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher.

ISBN:

9781509935314

1509935312

9781509935307

1509935304

9781509935321

1509935320