Tiefenbrun, Susan W.

Women's international and comparative human rights Susan Tiefenbrun. - Durham, N.C. Carolina Academic Press c2012. - xvii, 429 p. 26 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. xvii) and index.

Women, international human rights law, and feminist theory -- The United Nations and women's human rights treaties -- Views on violence and torture, the UN convention against torture, and women's human rights -- Cultural relativism and conflicting religious values harmful to women and children -- Human trafficking -- Effects of international ad hoc and permanent tribunals and truth commissions on women's rights.

9781594607035 (pbk. : alk. paper) 1594607036 (pbk. : alk. paper)

2011042162


Women (International law).
Women 's rights

K 644 / .T54 2012

341.4/858