Global intersectionality and contemporary human rights / Johanna Bond.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bond, Johanna, author.

Series:

Oxford scholarship online.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

International law and human rights.

Intersectionality (Sociology).

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2021.

Summary:

This title offers a new way to think about human rights and the type of harm caused by discrimination globally. It traces the growing recognition of intersectionality in the work of human rights organizations around the world. This work argues that these groups should look for ways to fully incorporate intersectional analysis into the work they do.

Contents:

cover

Global Intersectionality and Contemporary Human Rights

Copyright

Dedication

Contents

Introduction: Centering Intersectionality

1. Foundations of Intersectionality Theory

Precursors and parallels

Universalism and addition/​severability

Saviorism

Colonialism and power dynamics

Situating intersectionality within feminist and critical race theory within the United States

Intersectionality and anti-​essentialism

Critiquing and refining intersectionality theory

2. Global Application of Intersectionality Theory

Gender-​based violence

Non-​state actors and intimate partner violence

Armed conflict and sexual violence

Maternal mortality and healthcare in Brazil

Coerced sterilization and reproductive rights among Romani women

Education: discipline and punishment in the United States

Sexual orientation, gender identity, and LGBTQI rights

Focusing on intersectional remedies

3. Evolution of Intersectionality in the UN Treaty Bodies

Treaty body structure and functions

Human rights and the history of the UN

Gender mainstreaming as a precursor to intersectionality within the United Nations

The role of UN conferences in fostering intersectional analysis

Evidence of intersectionality in CEDAW and other UN treaties

Evolving intersectional understanding in general comments and recommendations

Further developments

4. Intersectionality and Human Rights within Regional Human Rights Systems

Intersectionality and the African human rights system

Basic structure and human rights treaties

"Soft law" commitments to intersectionality

Intersectionality jurisprudence within the African regional system

The example of LGBTQI rights

Sub-​regional examples of intersectional approaches

Intersectionality and the inter-​American system.

Basic structure and human rights treaties

Specific consideration of multiply marginalized groups in the inter-​American system: the example of Indigenous women

Soft law commitments to intersectionality

Intersectionality jurisprudence within the inter-​American system

The example of the right to be free from violence for poor and Indigenous women in the Americas

Sub-​regional examples facilitating intersectional analysis

Intersectionality and the European system

Intersectionality jurisprudence within the European system

The example of Roma women's rights within the European system

Trends in regional approaches to intersectionality

Additive approaches to intersectionality

Moving from vulnerability to intersectionality

A willingness to embrace intersectionality in soft law but not jurisprudence

Future developments

5. Intersectionality in Treaty Body Decisions

Procedure and working methods for individual complaints

Intersectional jurisprudence of treaty bodies generally

HRC and Lovelace v. Canada

CERD and A. Yilmaz-​Dogan v. The Netherlands

HRC and L.N.P. v. Argentina

HRC and Yaker v. France and Hebbadj v. France

HRC and Nyaya v. Nepal

Other relevant cases from the treaty bodies

A closer look: CEDAW jurisprudence

Decisions that failed to address intersectionality

Decisions that recognized intersectionality but offered little to no analysis

Decisions that included intersectional analysis but failed to provide intersectional remedies

A decision that recommended intersectional remedies

Reflecting on CEDAW jurisprudence

Past and future shifts

6. Intersectionality in the State Reporting Process

Intersectionality in CEDAW's concluding observations: analyzing the trends.

CEDAW working methods

Trends as reflected in terminology

Revisiting the problems with additive approaches and the language of vulnerability

CEDAW's initiative (or lack thereof) in taking up intersectionality

An example of mixed success with intersectionality in the reporting process: Vietnam

Examples of intersectional analysis originating within the Committee

Examples of apparent reliance on shadow reports to surface intersectionality

Example s of failing to recognize intersectional analysis

The centrality of data: encouraging states to keep disaggregated statistics

Promoting intersectionality

7. Putting Intersectionality to Work: Non-​governmental Organizations

Mobilizing intersectionality and coalition-​building

The role of NGOs in treaty body work generally

The evolution of NGO interventions in treaty body work

NGOs with intersectional missions

Asserting intersectional rights in litigation

Integrating intersectionality into shadow reports

Opportunities for intervention in treaty body reviews of state reports

Examples of intersectional frameworks in shadow reports

Interactions with special rapporteurs and other advocacy opportunities

Collaboration with national human rights institutions

Reviewing the relationship between NGOs and the United Nations

8. Strategies for Reform: Facilitating Intersectionality in Human Rights Advocacy

Reform efforts in the treaty body system

Early conversations: 1989-​2003

Reform efforts 2005-​2007: the Arbour proposal

Reform efforts 2009-​2012: the Dublin and "intergovernmental" processes

Reform efforts 2014-​2020

Building on past reform efforts to facilitate intersectional analysis within the treaty body system

Special rapporteurs and other OHCHR special procedures mandate holders.

Beyond the treaty bodies: the need for collaboration across UN agencies

Parallel human rights and humanitarian processes

National strategies for incorporating intersectionality

The need for a paradigm shift: the example of gender-​based violence

Reviewing reforms

Conclusion: An Intersectional Future for Human Rights

Index

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Notes:

This ed. also issued in print: 2021.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9780192639530 : (ebk : Oxford)

9780191905308

OCLC:

1260345550