The Asian yearbook of human rights and humanitarian law. Volume 3 (2019) / edited by Javaid Rehman, Ayesha Shahid, Steve Foster.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rehman, Javaid, Editor.

Shahid, Ayesha, Editor.

Foster, Steve, Editor.

Series:

The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law ; 3

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human rights--Asia.

Human rights.

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill Nijhoff, [2019]

Language Note:

Texts in Latin, with introductory material in English, German, Italian and Spanish.

Summary:

The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law aims to publish peer-reviewed scholarly articles and reviews as well as significant developments in human rights and humanitarian law. It examines international human rights and humanitarian law with a global reach, though its particular focus is on the Asian region. The focused theme of Volume 3 is Law, Gender and Sexuality.

Contents:

Front Matter

Dedication

Editorial

International Conference: Law, Gender and Sexuality, Friday, 26 October 2018

Coming ‘Home’? Legal Developments Relating to Transgender Communities and Implications for Muslim Family Law / Shaheen Sardar Ali

#MeToo, Sex Wars 2.0 and the Power of Law / Brenda Cossman

Necessity of Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages Concluded Abroad / Ewa Kamarad

Universalism or Cultural Relativism? Case Study of Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan / Erich Hou

Gendered Human Rights and Medical Sexing Interventions upon Intersex Children: A Preliminary Enquiry / Giovanna Gilleri

Sticking to Their Guns: The United Nations’ Failure to See the Potential of Islamic Feminism in the Promotion of Women’s Rights in Afghanistan / Farnush Ghadery

ART, Surrogacy, Federalism and Jus Sanguinis Citizenship in the US, Australia, and Canada / Scott Titshaw

Gender Imaginaries, Child Soldiering, and International Criminal Law / Monica Ingber

Responses of Resilience: The Delhi Gang Rape / Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa

Women’s Rights on Trial: Gender Equality in a Family Court in Ben Ali’s Tunisia / Sarah Grosso

Where Are You Going, Snail? Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in Japan / Yoshiaki Sato

Democratising Criminal Justice Systems: Sexual Violence Cases in the Citizen Judge Trials in Japan / Yumiko Kita

Chinese Migrant Children: Do They Have the Right to Education? / Margaret Liu

From Faskh to Khula: Transformation of Muslim Women’s Right to Divorce in Pakistan (1947-2017) / Muhammad Zubair Abbasi

Rape as Play: Yellow Peril Panic and a Defence of Fantasy / Ummni Khan and Jean Ketterling

Trans* Legalities: Preliminary Study of Files on the Recognition of Trans* Identities in Peru / Carlos J. Zelada and Carolina Neyra-Sevilla

Sexual Politics and Law in Iran: The Narrative Surrounding the 2013 Bills / Anicée Van Engeland

A Feminist Critique of Indian Criminal Law / Thulasi K. Raj and Chandni Chawla

Crime, Discrimination and Freedom in Asia / Matthias Vanhullebusch

Justice in Exile? The Implications of ‘Temporary Exclusion Orders’ for the Right to a Fair Trial / Ben Stanford

An Appraisal of the Constitutional Developments and Its Impact on the Political Economy of Pakistan / Naveed Ahmed

Women’s Right to Social Security and Social Protection: Mapping the Gaps in the Jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies / S. Pandiaraj

Summaries of Proceedings of Human Rights Monitoring Bodies / Denise Venturi and Silvia Venier

Book Review 1: The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar, edited by Melissa Crouch, 2017 / Annapurna Waughray

Book Review 2: The Making of International Human Rights, written by Steven L.B. Jensen, 2016 / Antal Berkes

Book Review 3: Islamic Law: Cases, Authorities and World View, written by Ahmed Atif Ahmed, 2017 / Amin Al-Astewani

Book Review 4: Proportionality and the Rule of Law: Rights, Justification, Reasoning, edited by Grant Huscroft, Bradley W. Miller & Grégoire Webber, 2014 596 / Gerard Conway.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-40171-7

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004401716 DOI