Due diligence and its application to protect women from violence [electronic resource] / edited by Carin Benninger-Budel.
Contributor(s): Benninger-Budel, Carin | ebrary, Inc.
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BookSeries: Nijhoff law specials: 73.Publisher: Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008Description: xii, 296 p. ; 24 cm.Subject(s): Women -- Legal status, laws, etc | Sex discrimination against women | Women -- Violence against | Women -- Crimes against | Women's rights | Human rights | Human traffickingGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 342.0878 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view Includes bibliographical references and index.
The due diligence standard : what does it entail for women's rights? / Yakin Ert�urk -- 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 / Mar�ia 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.
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