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SEXUAL AND GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN INTERNATIONAL LAW IBD

SPRINGER
06 / 2022
9789811908934
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Sinopse

This book addresses sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against women from an international law point of view. It identifies the reasons behind SGBV against women with a specific focus on cultural practices that try to justify it and highlights the legal challenges related to the topic for both national and international justice systems. Theásevenáchapters of the book are:ái)áIntroduction ii)áSGBV a global concern, iii) International legal protection, iv) Role of international institutions, v) Role of cultural factors and vi) Challengesávii) Conclusions. In the light of concerted global efforts to bring to an end, or at least severely contain SGBV against women, the book provides aáfutureároadmap to the United Nations system, States,áinternational institutions,ámultidisciplinary scholars, civil society organizations and other global actors.The book contains a Foreword by Peter Maurer, President of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC).

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134,95