Since the mid-1990s, increasing international attention has been paid to the issue of violence against women. However, there is still no explicit international
This book examines the effectiveness of international human rights law, through the case study of domestic violence. This book asks whether international human
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 dec
Rebecca J. Cook and the contributors to this volume seek to analyze how international human rights law applies specifically to women in various cultures worldwi