International human rights treaties require international and national law to secure women's
rights to: freedom from all forms of discrimination; liberty and security, marriage and the …

" In the Idea of Prostitution, Sheila Jeffreys explores these two contrasting views. She
examines the changing concept of prostitution from White Slave Traffic of the nineteenth …

In the first book-length treatment of the application of feminist theories of international law,
Charlesworth and Chinkin argue that the absence of women in the development of …

Since the beginning of the twenty-first century, the human rights movement has been almost
synonymous with the fight against impunity. Today, to support human rights means to favor …

This work examines the role of the Organization of African Unity, now the African Union, and
how it has dealt with human rights since its inception in 1963. It considers the role of its main …

International human rights law has not yet been applied effectively to redress the
disadvantages and injustices experienced by women by reason only of their being women …

In recent years, feminism and cultural relativism have been among the most vigorous and
the most visible critiques of dominant human rights discourse. On many issues feminists and …

We would like to thank Cynthia Hewett, who contributed time, energy, and her considerable
administrative skills in organizing the Feminism and Legal Theory Workshop session from …

This article traces the history of feminist engagement with international refugee law and
policy through five periods from 1950 to the present. While gender is not explicit in the 1951 …

This book highlights how, and why, torture is such a compelling tool for states and other
powerful actors. While torture has a short-term use value for perpetrators, it also creates a …