Women's International human rights law: The way forward

Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 3-36

  Cook, Rebecca J ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

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6. Hilary Charlesworth, Christine Chinkin, and Shelley Wright, "Feminist Approaches to International Law", Am. J. Int'l L. 85(4) (1991):613;
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8. Airey v. Ireland, 32 Eur. Ct. H. R. (ser. A) (1979)
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48. Andrew Byrnes, "The Committee Against Torture", in The United Nations and Human Rights: A Critical Appraisal, ed. Philip Alston (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992), 509, 519-20.
49. Rebecca J. Cook, "State Accountability Under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women", Chapter 9 in this book.
50. Kenneth Roth, "Domestic Violence as an International Human Rights Issue", Chapter 13 in this book; and case listings, note 7.
51. Human Rights Watch, Criminal Injustice: Violence Against Women in Brazil (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1991);
52. Human Rights Watch, Double Jeopardy: Police Abuse of Women in Pakistan (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1992);
53. Human Rights Watch, Punishing the Victim: Rape and Mistreatment of Asian Maids in Kuwait (New York: Human Rights Watch, 1992).
54. Andrew Byrnes, "Toward More Effective Enforcement of Women's Human Rights Through the Use of International Human Rights Law and Procedures", Chapter 8 in this book.
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58. U. N. Doc. CCPR/C/OP/1 at 83 (1985)
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80. Rebecca Cook, "International Human Rights Law Concerning Women: Case Notes and Comments", Vand. J. Transnat'l L. 23(1990):779;
81. Sacha Prechal and Noreen Burrows, Gender Discrimination Law of the European Community (Brookfield, VT: Dartmouth Publishing, 1990).
82. Burns H. Weston, Robin Ann Lukes, and Kelly Hnatt, "Regional Human Rights Regimes: A Comparison and Appraisal", Vand.f. Transnat'lL. 20(1987):585, 589-90.
83. Chaloka Beyani, "Toward a More Effective Guarantee of Women's Rights in the African Human Rights System", Chapter 11 in this book.
84. Cecilia Medina, "Toward a More Effective Guarantee of the Enjoyment of Human Rights by Women in the Inter-American System", Chapter 10 in this book.
85. Anne F. Bayefsky, "General Approaches to Domestic Application of Women's International Human Rights Law", Chapter 15 in this book.
86. Sara Hossain, "Equality in the Home: Women's Rights and Personal Laws in South Asia", Chapter 20 in this book.
87. Mona Rishmawi, "The Developing Approaches of the International Commission of Jurists to Women's Human Rights", Chapter 14 in this book.
88. Karen Knop, "Why Rethinking the Sovereign State Is Important for Women's International Human Rights Law", Chapter 6 in this book.