Human Rights, Plural Legalities, and Gendered Realities: Paths are Made by WalkingAnne Hellum Southern and Eastern African Regional Centre for Women's Law, University of Zimbabwe with Weaver Press, 2007 - Political Science - 472 pages Drawing on research and micro-level studies of the implementation of gender and human rights principles and laws in Africa, Europe and Asia, this comparative text addresses the failure to deliver projected human rights benefits and protections to individuals on the ground, at state, regional and international levels. Together, the chapters constitute a concerted effort to build a responsive human rights approach ?from below and within'. |
Contents
The chapters in which this legislation is mentioned are given on the right | xix |
Part I | 1 |
First Protocol to the European Convention 1952 | 10 |
Copyright | |
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