There is a strong commitment to equality between women and men in international human rights law. The various actors within the treaty system who are tasked with elaborating on the …
Texts and Materials on International Human Rights offers a carefully tailored overview of the subject that covers sources and theories, institutions and structures, and substantive rights …
For many women and girls sexist and misogynistic language is an everyday experience. Some instances of this speech can be categorized as 'sexist hate speech', as not only …
R Abril Stoffels - The International Journal of Human Rights, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
The CEDAW Committee plays a significant role as a mechanisms to stimulate States to advance in the elimination of all the forms of discrimination, both directly, through making …
C Kertcher, O Turin - The International Journal of Human Rights, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
The majority of writing on global human rights diffusion focuses on the state level and state's rejection or assimilation of such norms. This paper turns the focus to the international level …
G Simm - Griffith Law Review, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
In 2020 the UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW Committee) found for the first time that a state had breached its obligations to prevent …
This book seeks to provide an introduction to international human rights law, particularly those primary sources (treaties, other instruments and jurisprudence) which elaborate the …
This books draws on feminist commentary from the disciplines of anthropology, history, law, politics and sociology in order to deal with the phenomenon of modern-day witchcraft. It …
M Campbell - Nordic Journal of Human Rights, 2016 - Taylor & Francis
There are a growing number of individual decisions under the OP-CEDAW. This article explores how to fully unlock the potential of the OP-CEDAW. I will argue that the individual …