International Human Rights Law and Structural Discrimination : The Example of Violence against Women / by Elisabeth Veronika Henn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Henn, Elisabeth Veronika., Author.

Series:

Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, Veröffentlichungen des Max-Planck-Instituts für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 0172-4770 ; 280

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights.

Social justice.

International law.

Women.

Human Rights.

Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.

Women's Studies.

Local Subjects:

Human Rights.

Social Justice, Equality and Human Rights.

Sources and Subjects of International Law, International Organizations.

Women's Studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (249 pages)

Edition:

1st ed. 2019.

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2019.

Summary:

International courts and other actors are increasingly taking into account pre-existing social structures and inequalities when addressing and redressing human rights violations, in particular discrimination against specific groups. To date, however, academic legal research has paid little attention to this gentle turn in international human rights law and practice to address structural discrimination. In order to address this gap, this study analyses whether and to what extent international and regional human rights frameworks foresee positive obligations for State parties to address structural discrimination, and, more precisely, gender hierarchies and stereotypes as root causes of gender-based violence. In order to answer this question, the book analyses whether or not international human rights law requires pursuing a root-cause-sensitive and transformative approach to structural discrimination against women in general and to the prevention, protection and reparation of violence against women in particular; to what extent international courts and (quasi)judicial bodies address State responsibility for the systemic occurrence of violence against women and its underlying root causes; whether or not international courts and monitoring bodies have suitable tools for addressing structural discrimination within the society of a contracting party; and the limits to a transformative approach.

Contents:

Introduction

Part I: Analytical Scope and International Legal Framework

Basic Terms and Concepts

The Legal Frameworks Applicable to Violence Against Women

Part II: State Responsibility for Violence Against Women: Transformative Potential of Primary and Secondary Human Rights Obligations

Primary Obligations: Positive Human Rights Obligations in Context

Parameters to Establish the Existence and Extent of Positive Obligations

Measures Against Gender-Based Violence

Secondary Obligations: Individual Reparation and Beyond

Findings.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

3-662-58677-0