Jurgita Bukauskaite

Understanding Domestic Violence as a Gender-based Human Rights Violation

National and International contexts

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Produktbeschreibung

Examining the prevalent issue of domestic violence, this book breaks down the reasons behind the ineffectiveness of existing human rights instruments and the gaps in legal systems failing those in need. It reveals significant gaps in the legal conceptualisation of domestic violence between human rights standards and national legal systems.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Oktober 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 234mm x 156mm x 11mm
• Gewicht: 304g
• ISBN-13: 9781032396057
• ISBN-10: 1032396059
• Artikelnr.: 71650657

Autorenporträt

Jurgita Bukauskait¿, PhD (Irish Research Council Scholar), is a lecturer and researcher in the Irish Centre for Human Rights and the School of Law at the University of Galway. Jurgita's research interests and expertise focus on gender equality, the concept of gender in international law, gender and democracy, gender-based violence (with particular emphasis on violence against women, including domestic violence) as a human rights violation and applied research on gender-based violence. Her academic experience has been merged with a lengthy practical engagement in domestic violence advocacy non-governmental organisation at the governance level.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction 2. From revolution to evolution of domestic violence 3.
Theoretical conceptualisation of domestic violence 4. Conceptualising
Domestic Violence in the Istanbul Convention 5. The Politics of Domestic
Violence at the Crossroads of Western and Eastern Europe 6. Conceptualising
Domestic Violence in Transitional Societies: The case of Lithuania 7.
Conceptualising domestic violence in Ireland 8. Lessons Learned from the
Case Studies 9. Concluding Remarks