Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law into Local Justice

Name: Human Rights and Gender Violence Translating International Law into Local Justice
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ISBN: 9780226520742

ISBN-10: 0226520749

ISBN-13: 9780226520742

Edition: 2005

Authors: Sally Engle Merry

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Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts. As a result, substantial discrepancies exist between what is decided in the halls of the United Nations and what women experience on a daily basis in their communities. "Human Rights and Gender Violence is an ambitious study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice. As an observer of UN diplomatic negotiations as well as the workings of grassroots feminist organizations in several countries, Sally Engle Merry offers an insider's perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state…

Book details

List price: $34.00
Copyright year: 2005
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Publication date: 12/15/2005
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 264
Size: 0.65" wide x 0.91" long x 0.07" tall
Weight: 0.836
Language: English



Acknowledgments



Introduction: Culture and Transnationalism



Creating Human Rights



Gender Violence and the CEDAW Process



Disjunctures between Global Law and Local Justice



Legal Transplants and Cultural Translation: Making Human Rights in the Vernacular



Localizing Human Rights and Rights Consciousness



Conclusions


Notes


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