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The Istanbul Convention in Action : Case Studies from Selected States Parties.

Edward Elgar Law 2025 Available online

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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Burek, Wojciech.
Contributor:
Burek, Wojciech
Sękowska-Kozłowska, Katarzyna.
Zimmermann, Andreas
Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.
Series:
Association of Human Rights Institutes series.
The Association of Human Rights Institutes Series
Language:
English
Subjects (All):
Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (2011 May 11).
Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence.
Women (International law).
Violence in women.
Europe.
Physical Description:
1 online resource (366 pages)
Edition:
1st ed.
Place of Publication:
Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.
Summary:
This timely book evaluates the implementation of the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating Violence against Women and Domestic Violence, otherwise called the Istanbul Convention, as part of ongoing debates on gender equality and human rights treaties compliance in Europe.
Contents:
Front Matter
Copyright
Contents
List of tables
List of abbreviations
List of contributors
Acknowledgements
Chapter 1: Introduction - The Istanbul Convention: From the 'gold standard' to its practical application
PART I: CONTEXTUALIZING IMPLEMENTATION
Chapter 2: Patriarchalism, ethno-nationalism, or self-determination? Explaining the backlash against the Istanbul Convention in Central and Eastern Europe
Chapter 3: Parliamentary debates on the ratification of the Istanbul Convention in Poland and Germany
PART II: CASE STUDIES: GENERAL APPROACH
Chapter 4: The Istanbul Convention in Italy: Legislative activism failing to protect women victims of violence
Chapter 5: Implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Poland against a backdrop of GREVIO's first evaluation report: Findings, challenges, next steps
Chapter 6: Implementation of the Istanbul Convention in Finland: Some contentious criminal law issues
Chapter 7: The Istanbul Convention and post-Soviet legislation on domestic violence: Negotiation between traditional values and human rights of women
PART III: FOCUS ON FEMICIDE
Chapter 8: The peculiar case of Bosnia and Herzegovina: No calls for abolishing the Istanbul Convention, no implementation either - The case of femicide
Chapter 9: Preventing femicide through the implementation of the Istanbul Convention: An overview of the challenges and problems in Germany and the role of legal NGOs in the enforcement of the Istanbul Convention
Chapter 10: Femicide in Poland and the Istanbul Convention
PART IV: OTHER SPECIFIC ISSUES
Chapter 11: Rape in German criminal law: Law and practice from the perspective of the Istanbul Convention
Chapter 12: Rape in Polish law from the perspective of the Istanbul Convention: The conflicting concepts of sexual autonomy and sexual freedom.
Chapter 13: Implementation limits of the Istanbul Convention: Controversies surrounding the absolute prohibition of mandatory mediation contained in its Article 48(1)
Chapter 14: Challenges and problems related to the implementation of Article 60 of the Istanbul Convention (gender-based asylum claims): The case of Poland
Index.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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ISBN:
1-03-538447-7
1-03-534236-7
9781035342365
OCLC:
1569886217

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