Women's Human Rights CEDAW in International, Regional and National Law [Hardcover]

This book analyses the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in various international, regional and national contexts.With a focus on substantive equality, this book addresses the gender-specific, holistic and transformative aspects of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The CEDAW is situated in a complex legal landscape of multiple international, regional and national state obligations to protect women's human rights.With a focus on substantive equality, this book addresses the gender-specific, holistic and transformative aspects of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women. The CEDAW is situated in a complex legal landscape of multiple international, regional and national state obligations to protect women's human rights.As an instrument which addresses the circumstances which affect women's lives and enjoyment of rights in a diverse world, the CEDAW is slowly but surely making its mark on the development of international and national law. Using national case studies from South Asia, Southern Africa, Australia, Canada and Northern Europe, Women's Human Rights examines the potential and actual added value of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in comparison and interaction with other equality and anti-discrimination mechanisms. The studies demonstrate how state and non-state actors have invoked, adopted or resisted the CEDAW and related instruments in different legal, political, economic and socio-cultural contexts, and how the various international, regional and national regimes have drawn inspiration and learned from each other.Introduction Anne Hellum and Henriette Sinding Aasen; Part I. Potential Added Value of the CEDAW: 1. The Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination of Women Andrew Byrnes; 2. The United Nations Working Group on the Issue of Discrimination against Women in Law and Practice Faredlãƒ