Women

Current Processes for Assessment of Women's Human Rights in International Law

This year's commemoration of International Women's Day is a time for assessment: the international community celebrates over 25 years since the adoption of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and ten years since the Fourth World Conference on Women in Beijing, China adopted the Beijing Platform for Action ("Beijing Platform"). In addition, this year there will be a review of the United Nations' Millennium Development Goals of 2000 (MDG), which incorporate gender equality as a core plank.
 
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9
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10
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Hadar Harris
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International Law in Brief

Court of Justice of the European Union Rules that Women Not Working Due to Pregnancy Remain “Workers” (June 19, 2014)

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Emily MacKenzie

On June 19, 2014, the Court of Justice of the European Union (the Court) issued its

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International Law in Brief

Prosecutor of the ICC Publishes Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes (June 5, 2014)

Author: 
Emily MacKenzie

On June 5, 2014, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda, p

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International Law in Brief

Tunisia Withdraws Declaration and Reservations to Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (April 23, 2014)

Author: 
Nicole R. Tuttle

On April 23, 2014, the U.N.

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International Law in Brief

European Treaty on Violence Against Women To Enter into Force (April 22, 2014)

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Nicole R. Tuttle

On April 22, 2014, Andorra became the tenth country to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Preventing and Combating V

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International Law in Brief

ICC Released Draft OTP Policy Paper on Sexual and Gender Based Crimes (February 7, 2014)

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Adom Malcolm Cooper

On February 7, 2014, the Office of the Prosecutor (OTP) of the International Criminal Court published a DRAF

Monitoring the Implementation of CEDAW toward Sexual and Reproductive Health Rights

The American Society of International Law and ASIL Academic Partner American University Washington College of Law's Academy on Human Rights and Humanitarian Law are pleased to present a three-part continuing legal education (CLE) series to provide a forum for the better understanding and discussion of human rights and humanitarian law theory.This first course will focus on how human rights related to sexual and reproductive health are enshrined in the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), governmental obligations to implement those rights, and m