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Title Due diligence and its application to protect women from violence / edited by Carin Benninger-Budel
Published Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (xii, 296 pages)
Series Nijhoff law specials ; v. 73
Nijhoff law specials ; 73.
Contents The due diligence standard : what does it entail for women's rights? / Yakin Ertürk -- The history and development of the due diligence standard in international law and its role in the protection of women against violence / Joanna Bourke-Martignoni -- Preventing violence against women : the due diligence standard with respect to the obligation to banish gender stereotypes on the grounds of Article 5 (a) of the CEDAW Convention / Rikki Holtmaat -- Emerging human rights obligations for non-state actors / Ineke Boerefijn and Eva Naezer -- Due diligence and the power of economic players / Helen O'Connell -- Due diligence and the fight against gender-based violence in the inter-American system / Elizabeth A.H. Abi-Mershed -- Applying the due diligence principle in Asia Pacific / Lisa Pusey -- South Africa's response to domestic violence / Dee Smythe -- Violence against women by non-state actors, a responsibility for the state under human rights law : Amnesty International's work on domestic violence / Lisa Gormley -- Spain : more rights, but the obstacles remain / María Naredo Molero -- Human trafficking : a brief introduction to issues of responsibility and accountability / Anne Gallagher -- Problems with the implementation of the due diligence standard from the perspective of countries of origin in the OSCE region / Shivaun Scanlan -- Human trafficking in Germany / Nivedita Prasad and Babette Rohner -- Violence against women, cultural/religious traditions and the international standard of due diligence / Judith Wyttenbach -- Violence against women legitimised by arguments of 'culture' : thoughts from a Pakistani perspective / Farida Shaheed -- Controlling women's sexuality, sustaining dominant culture(s), legitimising gender-based violence : the case for due diligence / Susana T. Fried -- Violence against women in armed conflict / Theodor Winkler
Summary Analyses the effectiveness of the due diligence standard as well as other strategies to prevent and respond to violence against women by non-state actors taking into account contemporary problems that pose threats to women's rights
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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SUBJECT Derechos humanos fast
Subject Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Sex discrimination against women.
Women -- Violence against.
Women -- Crimes against.
Women's rights.
Human rights.
Human trafficking.
LAW -- Gender & the Law.
Human rights
Human trafficking
Sex discrimination against women
Women -- Crimes against
Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
Women -- Violence against
Women's rights
Women.
Violence.
Sex crimes.
Protection.
Human rights.
Accountability.
Due diligence.
Form Electronic book
Author Benninger-Budel, Carin
LC no. 2008036006
ISBN 9789004180888
9004180885
1282397753
9781282397750
9786612397752
6612397756