| Description |
vii, 201 pages ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
Its in our hands. Stop violence against women / Ingrid Vledder -- Domestic violence against women in international law / Ineke Boerefijn -- Domestic violence against women and torture / Theo van Boven and Sabina Puig -- In the shadow of no law. Navigating cultural legitimacy and legal protection of women against violence in Afghanistan / Renée Römkens -- Female genital mutilation : a matter for criminal justice? / Renée Kool -- If home is no haven : womens right to adequate housing in cases of domestic violence / Ingrid Westendorp -- The legal arrangement of eviction / Katinka Lünnemann -- Childrens rights and the prevention of child abuse and neglect : the quest for a trias pedagogica of children, parents and society / Jan C. M. Willems -- Domestic homicide, an offence at the extreme end of a violent continuum / Frans Koenraadt and Marieke Liem |
| Notes |
Contributions presented at the annual meeting of the School of Human Rights Research, in Maastricht on Oct. 29, 2004 |
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Meeting coincided with the launching of Amnesty International's campaign on Violence against Women |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Family violence.
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Women -- Legal status, laws, etc.
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Women's rights.
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| Genre/Form |
Conference papers and proceedings.
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| Author |
Westendorp, Ingrid.
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Wolleswinkel, M. W.
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School of Human Rights Research.
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| ISBN |
9050955266 paperback |
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