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The Istanbul Convention in Action : Case Studies from Selected States Parties.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Burek, Wojciech.
- 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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