151. | Richter-Lyonette, Elenor (ed.) : In the aftermath of rape, 1997 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph In the aftermath of rape : women's rights, war crimes and genocide / Richter-Lyonette, Elenor (ed.). - 2. upd. and rev. ed.., 159 p.. - Givrins [Switzerland] : The Coordination of Women's Advocacy, 1997. ISBN 3-905304-05-8 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Bosnia-Herzegovina / Rwanda NOTE (GENERAL): Dayton peace agreement; CEDAW; Nuremberg charter; UN charter; IMT charter; Geneva conventions; |
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152. | Tahvanainen, Annika : Statsansvar för allvarliga förbrytelser mot förpliktelser gentemot det internationella samfundet i sin helhet, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document Statsansvar för allvarliga förbrytelser mot förpliktelser gentemot det internationella samfundet i sin helhet / Tahvanainen, Annika, xxxviii, 110 p.. - Åbo : Åbo Akademi. Rättsvetenskapliga institutionen, 2001. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Iraq / Libya / Former Yugoslavia NOTE (THESIS): Master's thesis in public international law, Åbo Akademi, Department of Law, 2001 NOTE (GENERAL): The ICTY statute; The ICTR statute; Genocide convention; Stockholm declaration; Rio declaration; UN charter; The statute of the ICJ; ECHR; Geneva conventions; CERD; ICCPR; ICCPR-OP; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; AMR; Apartheid convention; Additional protocols to the Geneva conventions; ACHPR; Un convention on the law of the sea; CAT; Montreal protocol; Biodiversity convention; ESC; The statute of the ICC; ECHRP-11; Vienna convention on the law of treaties between states and international organizations or between international organizations; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: seminarierummet |
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153. | Alfredsson, Gudmundur ... [et al.] : International human rights monitoring mechanisms, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series International human rights monitoring mechanisms : essays in honour of Jacob Th. Möller (part I) / Alfredsson, Gudmundur ... [et al.] - (The Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; vol. 7), p. 1-428. - Hague : Martinus Nijhoff publ., 2001. ISBN 90-411-1446-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: PREFACE:. About the Authors. 1. The United Nations and Human Rights in the Twenty-first Century, by B.G. Ramcharan. 2. The Early Days, by K. Das. 3. Overview over Human Rights – the regime of the UN, by A.M. Pennegård. 4. The Examination of Individual Complaints by the United Nations Human Rights Committee under the Optional Protocol to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, by A. de Zayas. 5. Article 26, the Human Rights Committee's Views and Decisions: the Way of the Future? by Carla Edelementos. 6. How to Unite a Tie in the Human Rights Committee, by Martin Scheinin. 7. The First Ten Years of the Human Rights Committee, by A. Mavromatis. 8. Cerd And Article 14; The Unfulfilled Promise, by Th. van Boven. 9. Cat and Articles 20 and 22, by Bent Sørensen. 10. State Reports, by Vojin Dimitrijevic. 11. Follow-up Procedures to Individual Complaints and Periodic State Reporting Mechanisms, Markus G. Schmidt. 12. 53rd Session of the Commission on Human Rights, by Bhaswati Mukherjee. 13. The Special Procedures of the UN Commission on Human Rights, by Lyal S. Sunga. 14. Urgent Action, by Nigel S. Rodley. 15. Human rights education, by Anette Faye Jacobsen. 16. 1503: A Serious Procedure, by Maria F. Ize-Charrin. 17. Early Warning and Prevention, by Hans Thoolen. 18. Good Offices, Preventative Action and Peacemaking by the United Nations Secretary-General, by B.G. Ramcharan. 20. Monitoring the Rights of the Internally Displaced, by Maria Stavropoulu. 21. Protecting Refugees and Persons in Refugee Like Situatiions, by Oldrich Andrysek. 22. Human Rights and Humanitarian Law: to Bomb or Not to Bomb, by Rein Müllerson. 23. A United Nations Permanent Forum for the World's Indigenous Peoples – A Global Imperative, by E.-I.A. Daes. 24. Minorities at the United Nations: From Standard-setting to the Working Group on Minorities, by Asbjorn Eide. 25. United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights: Challenges and Opportunities, by Bhaswatti. Mukherjee. 26. The Hight Commissioner's Field Operations, by Ian Martin. 27. The United Nations Programme of Technical Cooperation in the Field of Human Rights, by Craig G. Mokhiber. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; UN charter; Geneva conventions; CRC; ICESCR; CERD; ACHPR; ECHR; Declaration on the rights of minorities; Berne convention; Slavery convention; C AT; 1503 procedure; CEDAW; CEDAW-OP; Dayton peace agreement; Genocide convention ; Copenhagen document; Declaration of the basic duties of ASEAN peoples and governments; Declaration on the elimination of all forms of intolerance and discrimination based on religion or belief; Declaration on the elimination of discrimination against women; Declaration onthe leiminationn of violence against women; Declaration on fundamental principles and rights at work; Declaration on the granting of independence to colonial countries and peoples; Declaration of Philadelphia; Declaration on the protection of all persons from enforced disappearance; Declaration on race and racial prejudice; |
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154. | Murray, Rachel (ed.) : Documents of the African Commission of Peoples' Rights, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Documents of the African Commission of Peoples' Rights / Murray, Rachel (ed.) ; Evans, Malcolm (ed.), x, 828 p.. - Oxford : Hart Publ., 2001. ISBN 1-84113-092-3 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ACHPR; Amendment to the charter; Addis protocol; African charter on the rights and welfare of the child; Refugee convention; ECHR; ICCPR; OAU charter; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: VIB |
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155. | Zieck, Marjoleine : Codification of the law on diplomatic protection, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial Codification of the law on diplomatic protection : the first eight draft articles / Zieck, Marjoleine REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): Leiden journal of international law : vol. 14; no. 1., p. 209-232. - Hague : Kluwer Law, 2001. - ISSN 0922-1565 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter; |
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156. | Gardam, Judith G. : Women, armed conflict and international law, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Women, armed conflict and international law / Gardam, Judith G. ; Jarvis, Michelle, xv, 290 p.. - Hague : Kluwer Law, 2001. ISBN 90-411-1640-0 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Women, Armed Conflict and International Law. 2. The Impact of Armed Conflict on Women. 3.International Humanitarian Law, Women and Armed Conflict. 4. A Gender View of the Shaping of IHL. 5. UN Developments Concerning Women and Armed Conflict. 6. International Redress. 7. The Way Forward. A Final Word. Bibliography. Index. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Afghanistan / Algeria / Angola / Argentina / Azerbaijan / Bangladesh / Bosnia-Herzegovina / Cambodia / Chechnya / Croata / Cyprus / east Timor / El Salvador / Georgia / Kenya / Kuwait / Namibia / Pakistan / Papa New Guinea / Peru / Philippines / Rwanda / Sierra Leone / Somalia / South Africa / Sri Lanka / Sudan / Uganda / Viet nam LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Kosovo NOTE (GENERAL): Beijing platform of action; CEDAW; CEDAW-OP; CRC; DEDAW; Geneva conventions; Genocide convention; Hague conventions; ICESCR; Nuremberg charter; Ottawa convention; Additional protocols to the Geneva conventions; UDHR; |
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157. | Nicholson, Robert D. (ed.) : Strengthening judicial independence eliminating judicial corruption, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Strengthening judicial independence eliminating judicial corruption / Nicholson, Robert D. (ed.) ; Seiderman, Ian (ed.) - (CIJL yearbook 2000), 134 p.. - Geneva : International Commission of Jurists, 2001. - ISSN 0252-0354 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. The meeting of the CIJL expert workshop on judicial corruption, by Greg Mayne. 2. The legal concept of judicial corruption, by Robert D. Nicholson. 3. Strenghtening the judiciary against corruption, by Petter Langseth and Oliver Stople. 4. The multilateral development banks and judicial corruption, by Linn Hammergren. 5. Professional and public control of judicial corruption, by Dalmo de Abreu Dallari. 6. Towards an ethic to control judicial corruption, by Richard J. Scott. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ICCPR; ECHR; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: s CIJL |
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158. | Sha'aban, Abdel Hussein ... [et al.] : Arabs caught between domestic oppression and foreign injustice, 2000 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Arabs caught between domestic oppression and foreign injustice : tasks and priorities of the human rights movement inthe Arab world on the threshold of the twenty-first century / Sha'aban, Abdel Hussein ... [et al.] - (Human rights movement issues ; 3), 165 p.. - Cairo : Cairo Institute for Human Rights, 2000. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Iraq / Sudan / Somalia / Algeria / West Bank (Palestine) NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; Casablanca declaration; Arab charter of human rights; Havana declaration; UN charter-41; Genocide convention; ICCPR; ICESCR; CEDAW; CRC; Geneva conventions; CAT; |
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159. | Lempinen, Miko : Challenges facing the system of special procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Challenges facing the system of special procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights / Lempinen, Miko, xii, 307 p.. - Turku/Åbo : Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Human Rights, 2001. ISBN 952-12-0893-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. I. INTRODUCTION. II: SPECIAL PROCEDURE. III: THREATS RELATING TO THE PRINCIPLES GUIDING THE WORK OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS. IV: THE POLITIZATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS : LIMITING THE WORK OF SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS. V: SPECIAL PROCEDURES AND UNITED NATIONS TREATY MONITORING BODIES. VI: PRESERVING AND STRENGHTENING THE SPECIAL PROCEDURES. VII: CONCLUDING OBSERVATIONS. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Cuba / Iraq / Algeria / Afghanistan / USA / Myanmar NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ICCPR; ICCPR-OP; CAT; CRC; ICESCR; UN charter; Resolution 1503; Resolution 1235; |
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160. | Denied a future?, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Denied a future? : the right to education of Roma/Gypsy & traveller children in Europe / - (International legislation handbook), 64 p.. - London : Save the Children, 2001. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; ICESCR; ICCPR; CERD; CRC; CDE; European charter for regional or minority languages; Framework convention for the protection of national minorities; |
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161. | Freedom and responsibility yearbook 2000/2001, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Freedom and responsibility yearbook 2000/2001 /, 287 p.. - Vienna : OSCE, 2001 . LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
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162. | United Nations guide for indigenous peoples, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph United Nations guide for indigenous peoples /, var.pag.. - Geneva : Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, 2001. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter-1; ICCPR-4; UDHR; ICESCR; CERD; CAT; CEDAW; CRC; Declaration on the rights of minorities; Vienna declaration and programme of action; Convention concerning the indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries (ILO convention no. 169); Convention on the protection and integration of indigenous and tribal populations (ILO convention no. 107); |
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163. | Luopajärvi, Katja : Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - the scope of the mandate of the special rapporteur, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document Extrajudicial, summary or arbitrary executions - the scope of the mandate of the special rapporteur / Luopajärvi, Katja, 47 p.. - Turku/Åbo : Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Human Rights, 2001. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ICCPR; ICCPR-OP; CRC; Geneva convetnions; Additional protocols to the Geneva conventions; UDHR; CEDAW; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: IMR/Rapporter |
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164. | Finell, Peter : Accountability under human rights law and international criminal law for atrocities against minority groups committed by non-state actors, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document Accountability under human rights law and international criminal law for atrocities against minority groups committed by non-state actors / Finell, Peter, 56 p. + 11 p.. - Åbo/Turku : Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Human Rights, 2002. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (MEETINGS): Paper prepared and presented for the "Accountability for human rights violations committed by non-state actors", conference at the Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, [20020523-20020524], [C] NOTE (GENERAL): The statute of the ICC; GC-29 (ICCPR); CRC; CDE; CERD; Turku declaration of minimum standards; ICESCR; Genocide convention; ICCPR; ECHR; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: VIB |
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165. | Brown, Duncan : Holding armed rebel groups and terrorist organisations accountable for crimes against humanity and war crimes and for 'terrorist offences' under international anti-terrorist conventions, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document Holding armed rebel groups and terrorist organisations accountable for crimes against humanity and war crimes and for 'terrorist offences' under international anti-terrorist conventions / Brown, Duncan, 48 p.. - Åbo/Turku : Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Human Rights, 2002. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Sierra Leone / Columbia / Somalia / Northern Ireland / South Africa NOTE (MEETINGS): Paper prepared and presented for the "Accountability for human rights violations committed by non-state actors", conference at the Institute for Human Rights, Åbo Akademi University, [20020523-20020524], [C] NOTE (GENERAL): Geneva conventions; The statute of the ICC; Treaty of Versailles; IMT charter; Hague conventions (1907); Genocide convention; The ICTY statute; Additional protocols to the Geneva conventions; International convention for the suppression of terrorist bombings; Eurpean Union convention relating to extradition between the member states of the European Union; CAT; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: VIB |
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166. | Bayefsky, Anne : The UN human rights treaty system, 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph The UN human rights treaty system : universality at the crossroads / Bayefsky, Anne, xix, 811 p.. - Hague : Kluwer Law, 2001. ISBN 90-411-1649-4 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS Background Report 1. Introduction 2. Overdue Reports 3. The Consideration of a State Party's Record in the Absence of a Report 4. Periodicity of Reports 5. Focussed and Consolidated Reporting 6. Inadequate Reports 7. Special Reports 8. Order of Considering Reports 9. The Timing of the Consideration of Individual Communications 10. Considering Individual Communications 11. Working Groups 12. The Special Rapporteur on New Communications 13. The Special Rapporteur on Follow-up to Individual Communications 14. Country Rapporteurs 15. List of Issues 16. Country Information within OHCHR 17. CORE Documents 18. Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) 19. UN Agencies, Bodies and Programmes 20. The Special Procedures/Mechanisms 21. The Dialogue 22. Concluding Observations 23. Reservations 24. Follow-up on State Reporting or Operationalizing the Human Rights Treaties (a)The Treaty Bodies (b)International Follow-up Partners (i)The Commission on Human Rights, ECOSOC, and the General Assembly (ii) UN Agencies, Bodies and Programmes (iii)OHCHR - AdvisoryServices and Technical Cooperation (iv)OHCHR - Field Presences (v) The Role of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (c) National Follow-up Partners (i)National Institutions (ii)National Human Rights Action Plans 25. Treaty Body Visits or Missions to State Parties 26. General Comments and Recornmendations 27.Media 28. Meetings of Chairpersons of the Treaty Bodies 29. Treaty Body Members' Performance 30. Languages 31. Streaming Complaints 32. Documentation 33. The Venue for CEDAW 34. Servicing and Resources 35. Amendment List of Recommendations Annexes 1. Statistical Analysis of the UN Human Rights Treaty System Section A: The Time Necessary to Consider State Reports Section B: The Overall Reporting Record Section C: The Production of Reports Section D: The Backlog of Reports Section E: The I: Background. II: Report. 1. Introduction. 2. Overdue Reports. 3. The Consideration of a State Party's Record in the Absence of a Report. 4. Periodicity of Reports. 5. Focussed and Consolidated Reporting. 6. Inadequate Reports. 7. Special Reports. 8. Order of Considering Reports. 9. The Timing of the Consideration of Individual Communications. 10. Considering Individual Communications. 11. Working Groups. 12. The Special Rapporteur on New Communications. 13. The Special Rapporteur on Follow-up to Individual Communications. 14. Country Rapporteurs. 15. List of Issues. 16. Country Information within OHCHR. 17. CORE Documents. 18. Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs). 19. UN Agencies, Bodies and Programmes. 20. The Special Procedures/Mechanisms. 21. The Dialogue. 22. Concluding Observations. 23. Reservations. 24. Follow-up on State Reporting or Operationalizing the Human. 25. Treaty body Visits or Missions to State Parties. 26. General Comments and Recommendations. 27. Media. 28. Meetings of Chairpersons of the Treaty Bodies. 29. Treaty Body Members' Performance. 30. Languages. 31. Streaming Complaints. 32. Documentation. 33. The Venue for CEDAW. 34. Servicing and Resources. 35. Amendment. III: List of Recommendations. Annexes. INDEX WORDS:
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167. | Makkonen, Timo : Multiple, compound and intersectional discrimination, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: unpublished document Multiple, compound and intersectional discrimination : bringing the experience of the most marginalized to the fore / Makkonen, Timo, 65 p.. - Åbo/Turku : Åbo Akademi University. Institute for Human Rights, 2002. LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; CEDAW; GC-19-27 (CERD); Vienna declaration and programme of action; LIBRARY LOCATION: IMR SHELF CODE: VIP/IMR:s rapporter |
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168. | Packer, Corinne A.A. : Using human rights to change tradition, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Using human rights to change tradition : traditional practices harmful to women's reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa / Packer, Corinne A.A. - ( School of human rights research series ; vol. 13), xiii, 259 p.. - Antwerpen : Intersentia, 2002. ISBN 90-5095-226-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENT: Chapter I: Introduction 1 The Purpose of the Study 2 Defining the Parameters of the Study 2.1 The Socio-Cultural Determinants of Women's Reproductive Health 2.2 Human Rights as a Tool for Social Change 2.3 Women, Reproductive Health and Harm from Traditional Practices 2.4 The Region of Sub-Saharan Africa 3 The State of Challenges to Harmful Traditional Practices 4 The Structure of the Study. Chapter II: The Harmful Traditional Practices in Question and Supporting Customs and Norms 1 Introduction 2 Traditional Practices Harmful to Women's Reproductive Health 2.1 Female Circumcision 2.2 Early Marriage (Early Sexual Activity and Pregnancy) 2.3 Dietary Taboos during Pregnancy and Lactation 2.4 Practices Relating to Childbirth 2.5 Incisions in Pregnant Women 2.6 Female Religious Bondage 3 Customs and Norms Bolstering Traditional Practices Harmful to Women 3.1 Authority of the Husband and Spousal Violence 3.2 Extended-Family-Household Structure 3.3 Kinship Influence and Intervention in the Name of Lineage 3.4 Son Preference 3.5 Polygyny 3.6 Extra-Marital Sexual Activity 3.7 Brideprice (Bridewealth) 3.8 Levirate (Wife Inheritance) Marriage 3.9 Abduction for Purposes of Rape, Impregnation and Marriage 4 Norms Influencing Fertility 4.1 Universal Marriage 4.2 Ideal Family Size 5 The Culture of Silence and Superstition 6 Combined Customs Contributing to HIV/AIDS Infection 7 Conclusions. Chapter III: The Rights in Question:. 1 Introduction 2 Situating Harmful Traditional Practices within the Framework of International Human Rights Law 2.1 The Obligations of the State in General 2.2 The Obligations of the State Particular to Harmful Traditional Practices 3 Determining Human Rights Violations by the Nature of the Practice 3.1 The Right to Health 3.1.1 The Inseparability of the Rights to Life and Health 3.1.2 Grey Areas 3.2 The Right to Freedom from Discrimination on the Basis of Gender 3.2.1 Grey Areas 3.3 The Right to Freedom from Violence 3.3.1 Grey Areas 3.3.2 Moving Away from the Blanket Gender-Violence Approach 3.3.3 A Word on `Global' Ideologies on Gender and Feminism 3.4 The Rights to Freedom of Thought, Belief, Opinion and Expression 3.4.1 Grey Areas 3.5 The Right to Education 3.6 The Right to Choose One's Spouse 3.7 The Right to Found a Family 4 Conclusions. Chapter IV: The Theoretical Value of the Human Rights Approach:. 1 Introduction 2 Over Two Millennia of Theorizing on Human Rights and Moral Wrongs 2.1 The Debate in Antiquity 2.2 The Debate in the Era of Enlightenment 2.3 Contemporary Relativist Arguments 3 Other Factors Influencing Relativism 4 Resolving the Differences 4.1 The Pluralist Perspective 5 Have We Over-Theorized? 6 Cross-Cultural Normative Judgements 6.1 Inevitable Cultural Evaluations 6.2 A Model for Understanding 7 Closing the Circle. Chapter V: Assessing the African Charter as a Tool for Social Change:. 1 Introduction 2 Deriving Insight from the Travaux Preparatoires 3 Deriving Insight from the African Commission 4 Deriving Insight from the African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child 5 Deriving Insight from Scholarly Argumentation and Interpretation 5.1 The General Situation of Women's Rights 5.2 Clauses Protecting the African Family, Morals and Traditional Values 5.2.1 Clauses on the Protection of the Family 5.2.2 Clauses on the Protection of African Morals and Traditional Values 6 Deriving Insight from the Unique History and Outlook of the African Region 7 Special Measures to Improve the Protection of Women's Rights 7.1 Draft Additional Protocol on Women's Rights 7.2 Special Rapporteur on the Rights of Women 7.3 Considering Alternative Measures 8 The Verdict. Chapter VI: Practical Limitations on the Human Rights Approach:. 1 Introduction 2 Commonly Recommended Strategies and Their Presumed Influence 3 Re-evaluating the Impact of Human Rights Education 4 Questioning the Empowering Force of Human Rights 5 Women's Groups and Power 5.1 Theories on Women's Groups and Empowerment 5.2 Some Challenging Evidence 6 Formal Education and Social Change 6.1 Theories on Education, Reproductive Health and Empowerment 6.2 Some Challenging Evidence 7 Critical Assessments of the Value of Law and Rights in Africa 7.1 Structural Impediments in the Use of Law 7.2 Cultural Impediments in the Use of Law 7.3 Psychological Impediments in the Use of Law 7.4 Recognizing the Limitations of Legislation 8 Conclusions. Chapter VII: Drawing Lessons from Successful and Failed Challenges to Traditional Practices:. 1 Introduction 2 Chinese Footbinding 2.1 The Practice 2.2 Its Demise 3 Sati (Widow Burning) in India 3.1 The Practice 3.2 Its Demise 4 Some African State Initiatives to End Female Circumcision 4.1 Egypt 4.2 Kenya 4.3 The Sudan 5 Lessons Drawn 5.1 Positive Lessons 5.1.1 The Importance of Local Leadership and Support of Opinion Leaders 5.1.2 Gaining Public Support for Eradication as the Primary Measure 5.1.3 The Role of Outsiders 5.2 Negative Lessons 5.2.1 Prioritizing Legislation as a Measure 5.2.2 Admissibility under Certain Forms or Circumstances 5.2.3 Penalizing Those Already Penalized 5.2.4 The Persistent Potential of Regression 6 Some Key Differences and Their Possible Implications. Chapter VIII: Key Agents of Change and the Role of the African State:. 1 Introduction 2 Determining the Most Appropriate Role for the State 3 Indigenous Mechanisms 3.1 Customary (Family) Law 3.2 Religion and Traditional Indigenous Belief Systems 3.2.1 Alternative Initiation Rites and the Role of Ceremonial Leaders 3.3 The Relationship between the State and Indigenous Mechanisms 4 The Media and Other Mechanisms of Communication 5 The Roles of Other Actors 5.1 Local Interest Groups and Concerned NGOs 5.2 Ordinary men 5.3 The Monitoring Bodies of the International Human Rights Treaties 5.4 Donors 5.5 Women's Rights Advocates, Legal Aid and the Legal Profession 6 Conclusions. Chapter IX: Summary and Conclusions:. 1 Summary 2 Conclusions 2.1 The Utility and Effectiveness of the Human Rights Approach 2.2 General Recommendations List of Figures, Tables and Boxes: Figure I Sub-Saharan African Countries Where Female Circumcision is Practiced and Percentage Performed on the Total Female Population Figure II Harmful Traditional Practices and the Rights Violated Figure III How Practices Become Targeted for Global Human Rights Action Figure IV The Framework of Relations among Strategies Table I Percentage of Girls Married Prior to Age 19 Years and Under in Senegal,According to Ethnic Group Table II Percentage of Children Living in Extended-Family-Household Structures in a Sample of Sub-Saharan African Countries Table III Percentage of Children Living in Polygynous Households in a Sample of Sub-Saharan African Countries Table IV Express Treaty Obligations Relevant to the Eradication of Harmful Traditional Practices Table V The Legal Literacy Paradigm Box I Pregnancy and Childbirth in a Traditional Rural Setting Box II Lessons from Rural Ghana. Annexes: Annex A: Relevant Excerpts of Interpretations by Treaty Bodies I. CEDAW's General Recommendation No. 14 concerning Harmful Traditional Practices (1990) II. CEDAW's General Recommendation No. 19 on Violence against Women (1992) III. CEDAW's General Recommendation No. 21 regarding Equality in Marriage and Family Relations (1994) IV. The Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights' General Comment No. 14 on Health (2000) Annex B: Relevant Excerpts of Statements and Strategies from Declaratory Documents I. Declaration of Mexico on the Equality of Women, World Conference on the International Women's Year (United Nations, 1975) II. Nairobi Forward-Looking Strategies for the Advancement of Women, World Conference on the United Nations Decade for Women (United Nations, 1985) III. Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, World Conference on Human Rights (United Nations, 1993) IV. Declaration on the Elimination of Violence against Women (United Nations, 1993) V. Cairo Programme of Action, International Conference on Population and Development (United Nations, 1994) VI. Copenhagen Declaration, World Summit for Social Development (United Nations, 1995) VII. Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action, World Conference on Women (United Nations, 1995) VIII. Draft Addis Ababa [African] Declaration on Violence against Women (1997). Annex C: Excerpts from the Initial Report of the Central African Republic to the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2000) INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Benin / Burundi / China / Congo / Egypt / Ethiopia / Ghana / guinea-Bissau / India / Kenya / Lesotho / Liberia / Nigeria / Mozambique / Rwanda / Sierra Leone / Somalia / SUdan / Tanzania / Uganda NOTE (GENERAL): ICCPR; CEDAW; ICESCR; UDHR; Vienna declaration and programme of action; DEDAW; Cairo programmeof action; Copenhagen declaration; Beijing declaration and platform of action; GC-14 (CESCR Committee); Vienna convention on the law of treaties; |
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169. | Donders, Yvonne : Towards a right to cultural identity, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Towards a right to cultural identity / Donders, Yvonne - (School of human rights research series ; vol. 15), xvii, 404 p.. - Antwerpen : Intersentia, 2002. ISBN 90-5095-238-0 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Australia / Norway / Sweden / Austria / Brazil / Bulgaria / Canada / Chile / Colombia / France / Mexico / Namibia / Paraguay / Poland / Finland / Romania / Turkey / United Kingdom LOCAL GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Quebec NOTE (GENERAL): CERD; ECHR; ICCPR; ICESCR: AMR; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; UDHR; Genocide convention; Declaration on the right to development; Declaration on the rights of minorities; Draft declaration on the rights of indigenous peoples; European charter on regional and minority languages; ESC; Framework convention for the protection of national minorities; Convention on indigenous and tribal populations (ILO convention no. 107); Convention concerning indigenous and tribal peoples in independent countries (ILO convention no. 169); Limburg principles on economic, social and cultural rights; ICCPR-OP; Protocol of San Salvador; |
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170. | Seabrook, Jeremey : No hiding place, 2000 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph No hiding place : child sex tourism and the role of extraterritorial legislation / Seabrook, Jeremey, xiv, 141 p.. - London : Zed Books, 2000. ISBN 1-85649-914-6 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. 1. Introduction. 2. Introducing the Cases. 3. Tracing the Street Children. 4. Buying Girls in Manila. 5. The Community Benefactor. 6. On the Holiday Island. 7. A Conflict of Interests. 8. Tangled Responsibilities. 9. The Violence of the 'Child-Lovers'. 10. Reign of Terror in Iloilo. 11. The Silence of the Authorities. 12. A Network of Corruption. 13. The Teacher and the Thai Boy. 14. Escape of a Dangerous Man. 15. A Culture Clash. 16. The Ambassador and the Street Boys. 17. Escape to Japan. 18. The Case of the United Kingdom. 19. Conclusion and Recommendations. 20. Some Reflections. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Austria / Belgium / Burma / Cambodia / Canada / Czech Republic / Finland / Germany / Japan / Ireland / Netherlands / Philippines / Romania / Sri Lanka / Sweden / Switzerland / Thailand / United Kingdom / USA |
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171. | Afshari, Reza : Human rights in Iran , 2001 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph Human rights in Iran : the abuse of cultural relativism / Afshari, Reza, xxiii, 359 p.. - Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8122-3605-X LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; |
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172. | Heyns, Christof (ed.) : Human rights law in Africa 1999 , 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Human rights law in Africa 1999 : vol. 4 / Heyns, Christof (ed.) ; van der Linde, Morne (ass. ed.) - (Human rights law in Africa series ; vol. 4), xxi, 610 p.. - Hague : Kluwer Law, 2002. - ISSN 1385-3716 ISBN 90-411-1849-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: Introduction. Part One: The United Nations and Human Rights in Africa. Chart of ratifications of the main UN human rights treaties by African states. Reservations, interpretive declarations and objections. Discussion of African states and the UN human rights instruments. The International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). Part Two: The Regional Protection of Human Rights in Africa. 1. The Organization of African Unity. Organogram of the OAU. Chart of ratifications of the main OAU human rights treaties. Reservations, interpretive declarations and objections. Texts of human rights and related instruments of the OAU. Documents of the Assembly of Heads of State and Government. Documents of the Council of Ministers. Documents of the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights. The African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights. Discussion of the African regional human rights system. 2. Other Documents on Human Rights in Africa. 3. Sub-Regional Institutions and Human Rights in Africa. Arab Maghreb Union. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA). Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Southern African Development Community (SADC). 4. The European Union and Human Rights in Africa. 5. The Commonwealth of Nations and Human Rights in Africa. 6. The Arab League of Nations and Human Rights in Africa. 7. The Organization of the Islamic Conference. 8. The Francophonie and Human Rights in Africa. Part Three: Human Rights Law of the Countries of Africa. Schedule of previous and forthcoming elections in Africa. Algeria. Angola. Benin. Botswana. Burkina Faso. Burundi. Cameroon. Cape Verde. Central African Republic. Chad. Comoros. Congo. Côte D'Ivoire. Democratic Republic of Congo. Djibouti. Egypt. Equatorial Guinea. Eritrea. Ethiopia. Gabon. The Gambia. Ghana. Guinea. Guinea-Bissau. Kenya. Lesotho. Liberia. Libya. Madagascar. Malawi. Mali. Mauritania. Mauritius. Morocco. Mozambique. Namibia. Niger. Nigeria. Rwanda. SÃŁo Tomé and PrÃncipe. Senegal. Seychelles. Sierra Leone. Somalia. South Africa. Sudan. Swaziland. Tanzania. Togo. Tunisia. Uganda. Zambia. Zimbabwe. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): ACHPR; African charter on the rights and welfare of the child; OAU charter; Draft additional protocol to the Afrian charter rights; Algiers universal declaration of the rights of peoples; Khartoum declaration on Africa's refugee crisis; |
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173. | Katayanagi, Mari : Human rights functions of United Nations peacekeeping operations, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Human rights functions of United Nations peacekeeping operations / Katayanagi, Mari - (International studies in human rights ; vol. 73), xix, 316 p.. - Hague : Martinus Nijhoff publ., 2002. ISBN 90-411-1910-8 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. Introduction. CHAPTER 1. United Nations Mechanism for International Peace and Security. CHAPTER 2. Evolution of United Nations Peacekeeping. CHAPTER 3. Human Rights Functions of the United Nations Observation Mission in El Salvador. CHAPTER 4. Human Rights Functions of the United Nations Transitional Authority in Cambodia. CHAPTER 5. The United Nations Human Rights Field Operation in Rwanda. CHAPTER 6. Human Rights Functions of the United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in the Former Yugoslavia. CHAPTER 7. Protection of Human Rights and United Nations Peacekeeping. Conclusion. Index. Bibliography. Appendix. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter; Geneva conventions; |
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174. | Heyns, Christoph : The impact of the United Nations human righths treaties on the domestic level, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series The impact of the United Nations human righths treaties on the domestic level / Heyns, Christoph ; Viljoen, Frans, viii, 648 p.. - Hague : Kluwer Law, 2002. ISBN 90-411-1678-8 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. Country Studies. 1. Australia. 2. Brazil. 3. Canada. 4. Colombia. 5. Czech Republic. 6. Egypt. 7. Estonia. 8. Finland. 9. India. 10. Iran. 11. Jamaica. 12. Japan. 13. Mexico. 14. Philippines. 15. Romania. 16. Russia. 17. Senegal. 18. South Africa. 19. Spain. 20. Zambia. Annexures. INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Colombia / Australia / Brazil / Canada / Colombia / Czech Republic / Egypt / Estonia / Finland / India / Iran / Jamaica / Japan / Mexico / Philippines / Romania / Russian Federation / Senegal / South Africa / Spain / Zambia NOTE (GENERAL): CERD; CEDAW; ICESCR; CRC; CAT; |
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175. | Ramcharan, Bertrand G. : Human rights and human security, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: monograph series Human rights and human security / Ramcharan, Bertrand G. - (International studies in human rights ; vol. 70), v, 246 p.. - Hague : Martinus Nijhoff publ., 2002. ISBN 90-411-1818-7 LANGUAGE: ENG ABSTRACT: CONTENTS:. I. Human Rights and Human Security. II. The Security Council, Human Rights and Human Security. III. Poverty, Human Rights and Human Security. IV. Equality and Security. V. The United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Human Security. VI. The Special Rapporteurs and Special Procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights and Human Security. VII. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights and Human Security. VIII. The Secretary-General and Human Security: Good Offices and Preventive Action. IX. Protection by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (I). X. Protection by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (II). XI. Urgent Action for the Protection of Human Rights. XII. Special Sessions of the Commission on Human Rights. Conclusion. Declaration on Human Rights/Human Security of 1 December 2001. Index. INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UDHR; |
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176. | Grover, Sonja : Why aren't these youngsters in school?, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial Why aren't these youngsters in school? : Meeting Canada's charter obligations to disadvantaged adolescents / Grover, Sonja REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): The international journal of children's rights : vol. 10; no. 1., p. 1-37. - Hague : Kluwer Law, 2002. - ISSN 0927-5568 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
GEOGRAPHICAL TERMS: Canada NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter-15; CRC; |
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177. | Koskenniemi, Martti : Solidarity measures, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of monograph series Solidarity measures : state responsibility as a new international order? / Koskenniemi, Martti REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT: British year book of international law 2001 : no. 72 / Crawford, J., Lowe, V. (eds.), p. 337-356. - Oxford : Clarendon Press , 2002. ISBN 0-19-925401-X LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter; Vienna convention on diplomatic and consular relations; |
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178. | Pellet, A. : The new draft articles of the International Law Commission on the responsibility of states for international wrongful acts, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of monograph series The new draft articles of the International Law Commission on the responsibility of states for international wrongful acts : a requiem for states' crime? / Pellet, A. REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT: Netherlands yearbook of international law : vol. 32 : 2001 / Barnhoorn, L.A.M.N., p. 55-80. - Hague : T.M.C. Asser Instituut, 2002. - ISSN 0167-6768 ISBN 90-6704-155-6 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Revised and updated version of a contribution in French to "Festschrift Antonio Cassese"; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; UN charter; |
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179. | Tams, C. J. : All's well that ends well, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial All's well that ends well : comments on the ILC's articles on state responsibility ANNEX : Resolution 56/83 (Responsibility of states for internationally wrongful acts) / Tams, C. J. REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): Zeitschrift für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht [=ZaöRV] : 62 : 3., p. 759-808. - Heidelberg : Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches öffentliches Recht und Völkerrecht, 2002. - ISSN 0044-2348 LANGUAGE: GER INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): Declaration on friendly relations; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; UN charter; |
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180. | Spinedi, Marina : From one codification to another, 2002 |
BIBLIOGRAPHIC LEVEL: part of a serial From one codification to another : bilateralism and multilateralism inthe genesis of the codification of the law of treaties and the law of state responsibility / Spinedi, Marina REFERENCE TO GENERIC UNIT (Periodica): European journal of international law : symposium : assessing the work of the International Law Commission on state responsibility : vol. 13; no. 5., p. 1099-1126. - Oxford : Oxford U. P., 2002. - ISSN 0938-5428 LANGUAGE: ENG INDEX WORDS:
NOTE (GENERAL): UN charter; Vienna convention on the law of treaties; |