International Women's Rights Cases

Use of International Norms by National Courts. State Responsibility Under International Law for Violations of the Human Rights of Women. Concepts of Discrimination. Rights Relating to Marriage. Rights as a Member of a Minority. Rights to Respect for Family Life. Reproductive Rights. Right to Equality and Non Discrimination in Employment. Right to Equality in the Enjoyment of Other. Economic and Social Rights and Access to Economic Resources. Equality and Non-Discrimination in Religion. To Citizenship, Nationality and Immigration. Right Not to Be Subjected to Violence
Author BioThis compilation is a result of a joint project between the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Centre for Comparative and Public Law of the Faculty of Law, The University of Hong Kong. Kirstine Adams formerly of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law, University of Hong Kong, Andrew Byrnes, formerly Director of the Centre for Comparative and Public Law and currently Professor of Law at the Australian National University, Jane Connors, formerly of the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women and presently of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, and Robyn Emerton, Centre for Comparative and Public Law and member of the Faculty of Law, University of Hong Kong.

Related SubjectHuman Rights Law & Civil Liberties