Due diligence and its application to protect women from violence /
Due diligence and its application to protect women from violence /
edited by Carin Benninger-Budel.
- Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008.
- 1 online resource (xii, 296 pages)
- Nijhoff law specials ; v. 73 .
- Nijhoff law specials ; 73. .
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The due diligence standard : what does it entail for women's rights? / Yakin Ertürk -- The history and development of the due diligence standard in international law and its role in the protection of women against violence / Joanna Bourke-Martignoni -- Preventing violence against women : the due diligence standard with respect to the obligation to banish gender stereotypes on the grounds of Article 5 (a) of the CEDAW Convention / Rikki Holtmaat -- Emerging human rights obligations for non-state actors / Ineke Boerefijn and Eva Naezer -- Due diligence and the power of economic players / Helen O'Connell -- Due diligence and the fight against gender-based violence in the inter-American system / Elizabeth A.H. Abi-Mershed -- Applying the due diligence principle in Asia Pacific / Lisa Pusey -- South Africa's response to domestic violence / Dee Smythe -- Violence against women by non-state actors, a responsibility for the state under human rights law : Amnesty International's work on domestic violence / Lisa Gormley -- Spain : more rights, but the obstacles remain / María Naredo Molero -- Human trafficking : a brief introduction to issues of responsibility and accountability / Anne Gallagher -- Problems with the implementation of the due diligence standard from the perspective of countries of origin in the OSCE region / Shivaun Scanlan -- Human trafficking in Germany / Nivedita Prasad and Babette Rohner -- Violence against women, cultural/religious traditions and the international standard of due diligence / Judith Wyttenbach -- Violence against women legitimised by arguments of 'culture' : thoughts from a Pakistani perspective / Farida Shaheed -- Controlling women's sexuality, sustaining dominant culture(s), legitimising gender-based violence : the case for due diligence / Susana T. Fried -- Violence against women in armed conflict / Theodor Winkler.
Analyses the effectiveness of the due diligence standard as well as other strategies to prevent and respond to violence against women by non-state actors taking into account contemporary problems that pose threats to women's rights.
English.
9789004180888 (electronic bk.) 9004180885 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1282397753 9781282397750 9786612397752 6612397756
10.1163/ej.9789004162938.i-300 doi
Derechos humanos.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women--Violence against.
Women--Crimes against.
Women's rights.
Human rights.
Human trafficking.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes.
Femmes--Violence envers.
Femmes--Crimes contre.
Femmes--Droits.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Traite des êtres humains.
LAW--Gender & the Law.
Human rights.
Human trafficking.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women--Crimes against.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Violence against.
Women's rights.
Women.
Violence.
Sex crimes.
Protection.
Human rights.
Accountability.
Due diligence.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
K3243 / .D84 2008eb
342.0878
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The due diligence standard : what does it entail for women's rights? / Yakin Ertürk -- The history and development of the due diligence standard in international law and its role in the protection of women against violence / Joanna Bourke-Martignoni -- Preventing violence against women : the due diligence standard with respect to the obligation to banish gender stereotypes on the grounds of Article 5 (a) of the CEDAW Convention / Rikki Holtmaat -- Emerging human rights obligations for non-state actors / Ineke Boerefijn and Eva Naezer -- Due diligence and the power of economic players / Helen O'Connell -- Due diligence and the fight against gender-based violence in the inter-American system / Elizabeth A.H. Abi-Mershed -- Applying the due diligence principle in Asia Pacific / Lisa Pusey -- South Africa's response to domestic violence / Dee Smythe -- Violence against women by non-state actors, a responsibility for the state under human rights law : Amnesty International's work on domestic violence / Lisa Gormley -- Spain : more rights, but the obstacles remain / María Naredo Molero -- Human trafficking : a brief introduction to issues of responsibility and accountability / Anne Gallagher -- Problems with the implementation of the due diligence standard from the perspective of countries of origin in the OSCE region / Shivaun Scanlan -- Human trafficking in Germany / Nivedita Prasad and Babette Rohner -- Violence against women, cultural/religious traditions and the international standard of due diligence / Judith Wyttenbach -- Violence against women legitimised by arguments of 'culture' : thoughts from a Pakistani perspective / Farida Shaheed -- Controlling women's sexuality, sustaining dominant culture(s), legitimising gender-based violence : the case for due diligence / Susana T. Fried -- Violence against women in armed conflict / Theodor Winkler.
Analyses the effectiveness of the due diligence standard as well as other strategies to prevent and respond to violence against women by non-state actors taking into account contemporary problems that pose threats to women's rights.
English.
9789004180888 (electronic bk.) 9004180885 (electronic bk.) (pbk. ; alk. paper) (pbk. ; alk. paper) 1282397753 9781282397750 9786612397752 6612397756
10.1163/ej.9789004162938.i-300 doi
Derechos humanos.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women--Violence against.
Women--Crimes against.
Women's rights.
Human rights.
Human trafficking.
Discrimination à l'égard des femmes.
Femmes--Violence envers.
Femmes--Crimes contre.
Femmes--Droits.
Droits de l'homme (Droit international)
Traite des êtres humains.
LAW--Gender & the Law.
Human rights.
Human trafficking.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women--Crimes against.
Women--Legal status, laws, etc.
Women--Violence against.
Women's rights.
Women.
Violence.
Sex crimes.
Protection.
Human rights.
Accountability.
Due diligence.
Electronic books.
Electronic books.
K3243 / .D84 2008eb
342.0878