The Legal Protection of Women From Violence

This book critically analyses the UN system and three regional human rights systems as well as address the current gap in Asia in relation to this issue.

1. Introduction: Violence against Women and the Need for International Law (Aisha K. Gill); 2. Chapter 1: The Importance of International Law and Institutions (Jackie Jones); 3. Chapter 2: Exploring the Consequences of the Normative Gap in Legal Protections Addressing Violence against Women (David L. Richards and Jillienne Haglund); 4. Chapter 3: Normative Developments on Violence against Women in the United Nations System (Rashida Manjoo); 5. Chapter 4: The African Human Rights System: Challenges and Potential in Addressing Violence against Women in Africa (Nicholas Wasonga Orago and Maria Nassali); 6. Chapter 5: The European Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) (Jackie Jones); 7. Chapter 6: Violence against Women: Normative Developments in the Inter-American Human Rights System (Caroline Bettinger-López); 8. Chapter 7: Closing the Normative Gap in International Law on Violence against Women: Developments, Initiatives and Possible Options (Rashida Manjoo); 9. Index