International human rights law and structural discrimination : the example of violence against women / Elisabeth Veronika Henn.

Titolo

International human rights law and structural discrimination : the example of violence against women / Elisabeth Veronika Henn.

Descrizione

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International courts and other actors are increasingly taking into account pre-existing social structures and inequalities when addressing and redressing human rights violations, in particular discrimination against specific groups. To date, however, academic legal research has paid little attention to this gentle turn in international human rights law and practice to address structural discrimination. In order to address this gap, this study analyses whether and to what extent international and regional human rights frameworks foresee positive obligations for State parties to address structural discrimination, and, more precisely, gender hierarchies and stereotypes as root causes of gender-based violence. In order to answer this question, the book analyses whether or not international human rights law requires pursuing a root-cause-sensitive and transformative approach to structural discrimination against women in general and to the prevention, protection and reparation of violence against women in particular; to what extent international courts and (quasi)judicial bodies address State responsibility for the systemic occurrence of violence against women and its underlying root causes; whether or not international courts and monitoring bodies have suitable tools for addressing structural discrimination within the society of a contracting party; and the limits to a transformative approach.

Editore

Springer,

Data

Autore di contributo subordinato

SpringerLink (Online service)

Relazione

https://link.springer.com/book/10.1007/978-3-662-58677-8

Formato

1 online resource (xvi, 240 p.)

Lingua

eng

Tipo

a

Diritti di accesso

Publisher's Web site. Access restricted to the University of Catania community.

DOI

10.1007/978-3-662-58677-8 doi

ISBN

9783662586761
9783662586778 (electronic bk.)
3662586770 (electronic bk.)
9783662586761

Series

Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht, 2197-7135 ; volume 280
Beiträge zum ausländischen öffentlichen Recht und Völkerrecht ; Bd. 280.

Files

2019_Book_InternationalHumanRightsLawAnd.pdf

Citation

Henn, Elisabeth Veronika., “International human rights law and structural discrimination : the example of violence against women / Elisabeth Veronika Henn.,” Lex e-books - Collana, ultimo accesso il 23 dicembre 2024, http://ebooks.unict.it/omeka/items/show/538.