International Law and Violence Against Women: Europe and the Istanbul Convention

ISBN-13: 9781032173535 / Angielski / Miękka / 2021 / 328 str.

Johanna Niemi; Lourdes Peroni; Vladislava Stoyanova

Opis

This book offers an in-depth and critical analysis of the Istanbul Convention, along with discussions on its impact and implications.

It provides a valuable guide for policy makers, students and academics in international human rights law, criminal and social law, social policy, social work and gender studies.

Spis treści

Introduction: The Istanbul Convention as a Response to Violence against Women in Europe, Johanna Niemi, Lourdes Peroni and Vladislava Stoyanova;

Part I: Context and Role;

1 -        The Istanbul Convention in the Context of Feminist Claims;

2 -        Unleashing the Gender Equality Potential of the Istanbul Convention;

3 -        The Istanbul Convention as an Interpretative Tool at the European and National Levels;

Part II: Concepts;

4 -        The Concepts of Gender and Violence in the Istanbul Convention;

5 -        Due Diligence versus Positive Obligations: Critical Reflections on the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women;

Part III: Criminal Law Responses;

6 -        The Istanbul Convention on Sexual Offences: A Duty to Reform the Wording of National Law or the Way We Think?;

7 -        Exploring Intersectionality: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the Istanbul Convention;

8 -        Forced Sterilisation in the Istanbul Convention: Remedies, Intersectional Discrimination and Cis-Exclusiveness;

Part IV: Victim Services;

9 -        The Right to Adequate Housing of Battered Women: The Added Value of the Istanbul Convention?;

10 -        Support to Battered Women in Sweden: Non-profits and Public Authorities Collaborating, Counteracting and Competing;

Part V: Migration and Asylum;

11 -        Protection beyond Victimization: The Significance of the Istanbul Convention for Migrant Women;

12 -        Gender-Based Violence against Women and International Protection Needs: The Contribution of the Istanbul Convention;

Part VI: National Responses to the Convention;

13 -        The Istanbul Convention in Poland: Between the “War on Gender” and Legal Reform;

14 -        Reservations and Declarations under the Istanbul Convention;

O autorze

Johanna Niemi, Professor of Procedural Law, University of Turku, Finland

Lourdes Peroni, Human Rights Lecturer, Sheffield Hallam University, UK

Vladislava Stoyanova, Associate Professor, Lund University, Sweden