Human Rights of Women: National and International PerspectivesRebecca J. Cook University of Pennsylvania Press, 10 mar. 2012 - 656 pagini Rebecca J. Cook and the contributors to this volume seek to analyze how international human rights law applies specifically to women in various cultures worldwide, and to develop strategies to promote equitable application of human rights law at the international, regional, and domestic levels. Their essays present a compelling mixture of reports and case studies from various regions in the world, combined with scholarly assessments of international law as these rights specifically apply to women. |
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... benefits of their loans . Guaranteeing Specific Human Rights of Women The Nationality Problem Bert Lockwood , of the University of Cincinnati College of Law , exam- ined how the Court of Appeal of Botswana in Attorney General v . Unity ...
... benefits of their loans . Guaranteeing Specific Human Rights of Women The Nationality Problem Bert Lockwood , of the University of Cincinnati College of Law , exam- ined how the Court of Appeal of Botswana in Attorney General v . Unity ...
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... benefit from attributes of citizen- ship such as education , health care , and employment . He hoped that this decision might have a positive impact on draft legislation to amend such discriminatory nationality laws , such as is now ...
... benefit from attributes of citizen- ship such as education , health care , and employment . He hoped that this decision might have a positive impact on draft legislation to amend such discriminatory nationality laws , such as is now ...
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... benefits of their loans . This equity can be very difficult to achieve where women have no land to use as collateral security for loans provided by such institutions as IFAD through recipient govern- ments . CEDAW , perhaps with input ...
... benefits of their loans . This equity can be very difficult to achieve where women have no land to use as collateral security for loans provided by such institutions as IFAD through recipient govern- ments . CEDAW , perhaps with input ...
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... benefits for women required as similarly situated men ) ; Zwaan - de Vries v . The Netherlands , Communication No. 182/1984 , U.N. GAOR , 42nd Sess . , Supp . No. 40 , at 160 , U.N. Doc . A / 42 / 40 ( 1987 ) ( same holding as in Broeks ) ...
... benefits for women required as similarly situated men ) ; Zwaan - de Vries v . The Netherlands , Communication No. 182/1984 , U.N. GAOR , 42nd Sess . , Supp . No. 40 , at 160 , U.N. Doc . A / 42 / 40 ( 1987 ) ( same holding as in Broeks ) ...
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... benefits to which they felt entitled . 13 The Anthropological Reality : Ideological Barriers The Sri Lankan Constitution is a modern document drawn from lib- eral and socialist inspiration . In some ways the issues it raises are easily ...
... benefits to which they felt entitled . 13 The Anthropological Reality : Ideological Barriers The Sri Lankan Constitution is a modern document drawn from lib- eral and socialist inspiration . In some ways the issues it raises are easily ...
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III International and Regional Approaches | 165 |
IV National Approaches | 349 |
V Guaranteeing Human Rights of Particular Significance to Women | 463 |
Appendix A Chart of Ratifications of Selected Human Rights Instruments | 573 |
Appendix B Model Communication Form | 587 |
Appendix C Organizational Resources | 591 |
List of Contributors | 597 |
Table of Cases | 601 |
Index | 607 |
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