International Law and Violence Against Women (eBook, PDF)

Europe and the Istanbul Convention
Redaktion: Niemi, Johanna; Stoyanova, Vladislava; Peroni, Lourdes

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

This book offers an in-depth and critical analysis of the Istanbul Convention, along with discussions on its impact and implications.

It provides a valuable guide for policy makers, students and academics in international human rights law, criminal and social law, social policy, social work and gender studies.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 326
• Erscheinungstermin: 20. Februar 2020
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781000032499
• Artikelnr.: 58691808

Autorenporträt

Johanna Niemi, Professor of Procedural Law, University of Turku, Finland Lourdes Peroni, Human Rights Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK Vladislava Stoyanova, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction: The Istanbul Convention as a Response to Violence against Women in Europe, Johanna Niemi, Lourdes Peroni and Vladislava Stoyanova;

Part I: Context and Role;

1 - The Istanbul Convention in the Context of Feminist Claims;

2 - Unleashing the Gender Equality Potential of the Istanbul Convention;

3 - The Istanbul Convention as an Interpretative Tool at the European and National Levels;

Part II: Concepts;

4 - The Concepts of Gender and Violence in the Istanbul Convention;

5 - Due Diligence versus Positive Obligations: Critical Reflections on the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women;

Part III: Criminal Law Responses;

6 - The Istanbul Convention on Sexual Offences: A Duty to Reform the Wording of National Law or the Way We Think?;

7 - Exploring Intersectionality: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the Istanbul Convention;

8 - Forced Sterilisation in the Istanbul Convention: Remedies, Intersectional Discrimination and Cis-Exclusiveness;

Part IV: Victim Services;

9 - The Right to Adequate Housing of Battered Women: The Added Value of the Istanbul Convention?;

10 - Support to Battered Women in Sweden: Non-profits and Public Authorities Collaborating, Counteracting and Competing;

Part V: Migration and Asylum;

11 - Protection beyond Victimization: The Significance of the Istanbul Convention for Migrant Women;

12 - Gender-Based Violence against Women and International Protection Needs: The Contribution of the Istanbul Convention;

Part VI: National Responses to the Convention;

13 - The Istanbul Convention in Poland: Between the "War on Gender" and Legal Reform;

14 - Reservations and Declarations under the Istanbul Convention;