The Legal Protection of Women From Violence by Rashida Manjoo... - 9780367893781

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The Legal Protection of Women From ViolenceNormative Gaps in International Law\nAuthor(s): Rashida Manjoo, Jackie Jones\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9780367893781, 978-0367893781\nSynopsis\nViolence against women remains one of the most pervasive human rights violations in the world today, and it permeates every society, at every level. Such violence is considered a systemic, widespread and pervasive human rights violation, experienced largely by women because they are women. Yet at the international level, there is a gap in the legal protection of women from violence. There is currently no binding international convention that explicitly prohibits such violence; or calls for its elimination; or, mandates the criminalisation of all forms of violence against women. \n\nThis book critically analyses the treatment of violence against women in the United Nations system, and in three regional human rights systems. Ea.