1. | PART III : HUMAN RIGHTS OF SPECIFIC GROUPS , 1999 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a monograph PART III : HUMAN RIGHTS OF SPECIFIC GROUPS : CONCEPTUAL AND INSTITUTIONAL DEVELOPMENT / REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT: The universal declaration of human rights : fifty years and beyond / Danieli, Y.; Stamatopoulou, E.; Dias, C. J. (eds.); foreword by Kofi A. Annan, epilogue by Mary Robinson, p. 115-236. - New York : Baywood publ.; United Nations, 1999. ISBN 0-89503-192-2 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: The chapters are:. 10. Recognizing and realizing women's human rights, by Maria Suarez Toro and Shanthi Dairiam. VOICES : Lessening the suffering after wartime sexual slavery, by Kim, Yoon Shim. VOICES : Work tools : patience and understanding, by Biba Metikos. 11. A vision for children : the convention on the rights of the child, by Marta Santos Pais. VOICES : John, an Australian aboriginal child. 12. Indigenous peoples and their demands within the modern human rights movement, by S. James Anaya. 13. New minority rights for the twenty-first century, by Hurst Hannum. 14. Searching for human security and dignity : human rights, refugees and the internally displaced, by Maria Stavropoulou. 15. Protection of the rights of migrants, by Fraziano Battistella. 16. Homelessness and the right to adequate housing : confronting exclusion, sustaining change, by Miloon Kothari. 17. Other groups in struggle against discrimination, by Leandro Despouy ... [et al.] INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; CEDAW; CDE; Equal remuneration convention; Slavery convention; Convention on the suppression of the traffic in persons and the exploitation of the prostitution of others; Convention onthe political rights of women; Declaration on the proof of women and children in emergency armed conflict; Convention concerning indigenous peoples in independent countries (ILO convention no. 169); Genocide convention; ICCPR-27; CERD-14; Copenhagen document; European charter for regional or minority languages; ESC; Migrant workers convention; Convention on the political rights of women; Convention on the nationality of married women; |
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2. | Makkonen, Timo : Multiple, compound and intersectional discrimination, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document Multiple, compound and intersectional discrimination : bringing the experience of the most marginalized to the fore / Makkonen, Timo, 65 p.. - Åbo/Turku : Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Human Rights, 2002. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; CEDAW; GC-19-27 (CERD); Vienna declaration and programme of action; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: VIP/IMR:s rapporter |
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3. | Packer, Corinne A.A. : Using human rights to change tradition, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Using human rights to change tradition : traditional practices harmful to women's reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa / Packer, Corinne A.A. - ( School of human rights research series ; vol. 13), xiii, 259 p.. - Antwerpen : Intersentia, 2002. ISBN 90-5095-226-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENT: Chapter I: Introduction 1 The Purpose of the Study 2 Defining the Parameters of the Study 2.1 The Socio-Cultural Determinants of Women's Reproductive Health 2.2 Human Rights as a Tool for Social Change 2.3 Women, Reproductive Health and Harm from Traditional Practices 2.4 The Region of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 The State of Challenges to Harmful Traditional Practices 4 The Structure of the Study. Chapter II: The Harmful Traditional Practices in Question and Supporting Customs and Norms 1 Introduction 2 Traditional Practices Harmful to Women's Reproductive Health 2.1 Female Circumcision 2.2 Early Marriage (Early Sexual Activity and Pregnancy) 2.3 Dietary Taboos during Pregnancy and Lactation 2.4 Practices Relating to Childbirth 2.5 Incisions in Pregnant Women 2.6 Female Religious Bondage 3 Customs and Norms Bolstering Traditional Practices Harmful to Women 3.1 Authority of the Husband and Spousal Violence 3.2 Extended-Family-Household Structure 3.3 Kinship Influence and Intervention in the Name of Lineage 3.4 Son Preference 3.5 Polygyny 3.6 Extra-Marital Sexual Activity 3.7 Brideprice (Bridewealth) 3.8 Levirate (Wife Inheritance) Marriage 3.9 Abduction for Purposes of Rape, Impregnation and Marriage 4 Norms Influencing Fertility 4.1 Universal Marriage 4.2 Ideal Family Size 5 The Culture of Silence and Superstition 6 Combined Customs Contributing to HIV/AIDS Infection 7 Conclusions. Chapter III: The Rights in Question:. 1 Introduction 2 Situating Harmful Traditional Practices within the Framework of International Human Rights Law 2.1 The Obligations of the State in General 2.2 The Obligations of the State Particular to Harmful Traditional Practices 3 Determining Human Rights Violations by the Nature of the Practice 3.1 The Right to Health 3.1.1 The Inseparability of the Rights to Life and Health 3.1.2 Grey Areas 3.2 The Right to Freedom from Discrimination on the Basis of Gender 3.2.1 Grey Areas 3.3 The Right to Freedom from Violence 3.3.1 Grey Areas 3.3.2 Moving Away from the Blanket Gender-Violence Approach 3.3.3 A Word on `Global' Ideologies on Gender and Feminism 3.4 The Rights to Freedom of Thought, Belief, Opinion and Expression 3.4.1 Grey Areas 3.5 The Right to Education 3.6 The Right to Choose One's Spouse 3.7 The Right to Found a Family 4 Conclusions. Chapter IV: The Theoretical Value of the Human Rights Approach:. 1 Introduction 2 Over Two Millennia of Theorizing on Human Rights and Moral Wrongs 2.1 The Debate in Antiquity 2.2 The Debate in the Era of Enlightenment 2.3 Contemporary Relativist Arguments 3 Other Factors Influencing Relativism 4 Resolving the Differences 4.1 The Pluralist Perspective 5 Have We Over-Theorized? 6 Cross-Cultural Normative Judgements 6.1 Inevitable Cultural Evaluations 6.2 A Model for Understanding 7 Closing the Circle. Chapter V: Assessing the African Charter as a Tool for Social Change:. 1 Introduction 2 Deriving Insight from the Travaux Preparatoires 3 Deriving Insight from the African Commission 4 Deriving Insight from the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 5 Deriving Insight from Scholarly Argumentation and Interpretation 5.1 The General Situation of Women's Rights 5.2 Clauses Protecting the African Family, Morals and Traditional Values 5.2.1 Clauses on the Protection of the Family 5.2.2 Clauses on the Protection of African Morals and Traditional Values 6 Deriving Insight from the Unique History and Outlook of the African Region 7 Special Measures to Improve the Protection of Women's Rights 7.1 Draft Additional Protocol on Women's Rights 7.2 Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women 7.3 Considering Alternative Measures 8 The Verdict. Chapter VI: Practical Limitations on the Human Rights Approach:. 1 Introduction 2 Commonly Recommended Strategies and Their Presumed Influence 3 Re-evaluating the Impact of Human Rights Education 4 Questioning the Empowering Force of Human Rights 5 Women's Groups and Power 5.1 Theories on Women's Groups and Empowerment 5.2 Some Challenging Evidence 6 Formal Education and Social Change 6.1 Theories on Education, Reproductive Health and Empowerment 6.2 Some Challenging Evidence 7 Critical Assessments of the Value of Law and Rights in Africa 7.1 Structural Impediments in the Use of Law 7.2 Cultural Impediments in the Use of Law 7.3 Psychological Impediments in the Use of Law 7.4 Recognizing the Limitations of Legislation 8 Conclusions. Chapter VII: Drawing Lessons from Successful and Failed Challenges to Traditional Practices:. 1 Introduction 2 Chinese Footbinding 2.1 The Practice 2.2 Its Demise 3 Sati (Widow Burning) in India 3.1 The Practice 3.2 Its Demise 4 Some African State Initiatives to End Female Circumcision 4.1 Egypt 4.2 Kenya 4.3 The Sudan 5 Lessons Drawn 5.1 Positive Lessons 5.1.1 The Importance of Local Leadership and Support of Opinion Leaders 5.1.2 Gaining Public Support for Eradication as the Primary Measure 5.1.3 The Role of Outsiders 5.2 Negative Lessons 5.2.1 Prioritizing Legislation as a Measure 5.2.2 Admissibility under Certain Forms or Circumstances 5.2.3 Penalizing Those Already Penalized 5.2.4 The Persistent Potential of Regression 6 Some Key Differences and Their Possible Implications. Chapter VIII: Key Agents of Change and the Role of the African State:. 1 Introduction 2 Determining the Most Appropriate Role for the State 3 Indigenous Mechanisms 3.1 Customary (Family) Law 3.2 Religion and Traditional Indigenous Belief Systems 3.2.1 Alternative Initiation Rites and the Role of Ceremonial Leaders 3.3 The Relationship between the State and Indigenous Mechanisms 4 The Media and Other Mechanisms of Communication 5 The Roles of Other Actors 5.1 Local Interest Groups and Concerned NGOs 5.2 Ordinary men 5.3 The Monitoring Bodies of the International Human Rights Treaties 5.4 Donors 5.5 Women's Rights Advocates, Legal Aid and the Legal Profession 6 Conclusions. Chapter IX: Summary and Conclusions:. 1 Summary 2 Conclusions 2.1 The Utility and Effectiveness of the Human Rights Approach 2.2 General Recommendations List of Figures, Tables and Boxes: Figure I Sub-Saharan African Countries Where Female Circumcision is Practiced and Percentage Performed on the Total Female Population Figure II Harmful Traditional Practices and the Rights Violated Figure III How Practices Become Targeted for Global Human Rights Action Figure IV The Framework of Relations among Strategies Table I Percentage of Girls Married Prior to Age 19 Years and Under in Senegal,According to Ethnic Group Table II Percentage of Children Living in Extended-Family-Household Structures in a Sample of Sub-Saharan African Countries Table III Percentage of Children Living in Polygynous Households in a Sample of Sub-Saharan African Countries Table IV Express Treaty Obligations Relevant to the Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices Table V The Legal Literacy Paradigm Box I Pregnancy and Childbirth in a Traditional Rural Setting Box II Lessons from Rural Ghana. Annexes: Annex A: Relevant Excerpts of Interpretations by Treaty Bodies I. CEDAW's General Recommendation No. 14 concerning Harmful Traditional Practices (1990) II. CEDAW's General Recommendation No. 19 on Violence against Women (1992) III. CEDAW's General Recommendation No. 21 regarding Equality in Marriage and Family Relations (1994) IV. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' General Comment No. 14 on Health (2000) Annex B: Relevant Excerpts of Statements and Strategies from Declaratory Documents I. Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women, World Conference on the International Women's Year (United Nations, 1975) II. Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, World Conference on the United Nations Decade for Women (United Nations, 1985) III. Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, World Conference on Human Rights (United Nations, 1993) IV. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (United Nations, 1993) V. Cairo Programme of Action, International Conference on Population and Development (United Nations, 1994) VI. Copenhagen Declaration, World Summit for Social Development (United Nations, 1995) VII. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, World Conference on Women (United Nations, 1995) VIII. Draft Addis Ababa [African] Declaration on Violence against Women (1997). Annex C: Excerpts from the Initial Report of the Central African Republic to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2000) INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Benin / Burundi / China / Congo / Egypt / Ethiopia / Ghana / guinea-Bissau / India / Kenya / Lesotho / Liberia / Nigeria / Mozambique / Rwanda / Sierra Leone / Somalia / SUdan / Tanzania / Uganda NOTE (GENERAL): ICCPR; CEDAW; ICESCR; UDHR; Vienna declaration and programme of action; DEDAW; Cairo programmeof action; Copenhagen declaration; Beijing declaration and platform of action; GC-14 (CESCR Committee); Vienna convention on the law of treaties; |
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4. | Luopajärvi, Katja : Honour killings as human rights violations, 2003 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document Honour killings as human rights violations / Luopajärvi, Katja, x, 143 p.. - Åbo : Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Human Rights, 2003. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Jordan NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter; UDHR; AMR; CAT; CEDAW; CESCR; CRC; ECHR; ICCPR; CERD; ICESCR; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: IMR/Rapporter |
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5. | Violence against women, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial Violence against women / REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): LST review : vol. 12; issue 167., p. 1-41. - Sri Lanka : Law & Society Trust, 2001. - ISSN 1391-5770 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Elimination of violence against Women Commission on humanr ights resolution. 2. Integration of the human rights of women and the gender perspective - report of the special rapporteur on violence against women. 3. Malaysia's experience with the domestic violence act (Act 521) Malaysia. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): CEDAW; The statute of the ICC; |