Advancing the Human Rights of Women: Using International Human Rights Standards in Domestic Litigation
Synopsis
This publication contains papers presented by judges, academics, lawyers and representatives of international and non-governmental organisations at the Asia/South Pacific regional judicial colloquium for senior judges on the domestic application of international human rights norms relevant to the human rights of women. It provides an overview of the applicable international standards, examines the challenges involved in promoting the human rights of women and girls in domestic litigation, and explores the ways in which international human rights norms can be relied on in domestic litigation to achieve that goal.
Chapters
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Preface
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Foreword
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Speech by the Hon Attorney General, Mr J F Mathews, CMG, JP at the Opening Ceremony of the Judicial Colloquium for Senior Judges in the Asia-South Pacific Region
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Speech by Ms Eleni Stamiris, Director, Gender and Youth Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat
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Speech by The Hon Sir T L Yang, the Chief Justice of Hong Kong at the Opening of the Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms Relevant to Women's Human Rights
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Creating a Judicial Culture to Promote the Enforcement of Women's Human Rights
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General Human Rights Instruments and their Relevance to Women
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Human Rights Instruments Relating Specifically to Women, with particular emphasis on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women
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The Relevance of International Standards to Domestic Litigation: the Case of New Zealand
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The Work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: its Focus on Nationality, Custom, Culture and the Rights of the Girl-Child
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Nationality and Women's Human Rights: the Asia/Pacific Experience
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The Domestic Applications of International Human Rights Norms Relevant to Women's Human Rights: Strategies of Law Reform in the Indian Context
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Protecting the Rights of the Girl-Child in Commonwealth Jurisdictions
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Personal/Common Law Conflicts and Women's Human Rights in the South Pacific: the Solomon Islands Experience
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Litigation Raising Issues Relating to Women's Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: the Experience of Kiribati
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Litigation Raising Issues relating to Women's Human Rights: International and Regional Standards - the Papua New Guinea Experience
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Litigation Raising Issues Relating to Women's Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Sex Discrimination Ordinance and Domestic Violence in Hong Kong
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Women and Human Rights in the Asia/Pacific Region: a Perspective from South Asia
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The Protection of the Rights of Refugee Women
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Closing Address
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Annexes
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Published
1 January 1997
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Copyright (c) 1997 Commonwealth Secretariat
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