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001			ASIN052176713X
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008			130805s2011 xxu eng d
020			_a052176713X (hardcover) _c$118.00
020			_a9780521767132 (hardcover)
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050	0	4	_aK644
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100	1		_aEdwards, Alice.
245	1	0	_aViolence against women under international human rights law / _cAlice Edwards.
250			_a1st ed.
260			_a[S.l.] : _bCambridge University Press, _c2011.
300			_a410 p. ; _c23 cm.
520			_aSince the mid-1990s, increasing international attention has been paid to the issue of violence against women; however, there is still no explicit international human rights treaty prohibition on violence against women and the issue remains poorly defined and understood under international human rights law. Drawing on feminist theories of international law and human rights, this critical examination of the United Nations' legal approaches to violence against women analyses the merits of strategies which incorporate women's concerns of violence within existing human rights norms such as equality norms, the right to life, and the prohibition against torture. Although feminist strategies of inclusion have been necessary as well as symbolically powerful for women, the book argues that they also carry their own problems and limitations, prevent a more radical transformation of the human rights system and ultimately reinforce the unequal position of women under international law.
650		0	_aFeminist jurisprudence
650		0	_aWomen (International law)
650		0	_aWomen--Crimes against
856	4	0	_3Amazon.com _uhttp://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/052176713X/chopaconline-20
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