Women's rights in armed conflict under international law /

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Author / Creator:O'Rourke, Catherine, author.
Imprint:Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020.
Description:1 online resource (xxvi, 391 pages)
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/12576843
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ISBN:9781108667715
1108667716
9781108474306
9781108648943
1108648940
1108474306
Notes:Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Summary:"Fragmented Protection of Women's Rights in Conflict: an Introduction The regulation of women's rights in conflict has travelled a great distance since initial feminist interventions into international law, which identified a 'masculine world' of international law with reinforcing organisational and normative structural factors that excluded women from its practice and women's lives from its areas of concern. States have agreed to limit the lawful conduct of armed conflict - including against female combatants and civilians - under international humanitarian law (IHL), and provided for international criminal jurisdiction over individuals bearing greatest responsibility for the most serious violations of these laws perpetrated against women. The extent to which states can limit the human rights of women, even in times of violent conflict, has been negotiated, litigated and interpreted in various instruments, consensus and interpretative documents grouped under international human rights law (IHRL)"--
Other form:Print version: O'Rourke, Catherine. Women's rights in armed conflict under international law Cambridge, United Kingdom ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 2020. 9781108474306