Advancing the Human Rights of Women: Using International Human Rights Standards in Domestic Litigation

Commonwealth Secretariat

doi:10.14217/9781848596115-en

Advancing the Human Rights of Women: Using International Human Rights Standards in Domestic Litigation

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Commonwealth Secretariat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-en

Synopsis

This publication contains papers presented by judges, academics, lawyers and representatives of international and non-governmental organisations at the Asia/South Pacific regional judicial colloquium for senior judges on the domestic application of international human rights norms relevant to the human rights of women. It provides an overview of the applicable international standards, examines the challenges involved in promoting the human rights of women and girls in domestic litigation, and explores the ways in which international human rights norms can be relied on in domestic litigation to achieve that goal.

Chapters

Preface

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-1-en

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Foreword

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-2-en

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Speech by the Hon Attorney General, Mr J F Mathews, CMG, JP at the Opening Ceremony of the Judicial Colloquium for Senior Judges in the Asia-South Pacific Region

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-3-en

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Speech by Ms Eleni Stamiris, Director, Gender and Youth Affairs Division, Commonwealth Secretariat

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-4-en

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Speech by The Hon Sir T L Yang, the Chief Justice of Hong Kong at the Opening of the Judicial Colloquium on the Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms Relevant to Women's Human Rights

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-5-en

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Creating a Judicial Culture to Promote the Enforcement of Women's Human Rights

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-6-en

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General Human Rights Instruments and their Relevance to Women

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-7-en

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Human Rights Instruments Relating Specifically to Women, with particular emphasis on the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-8-en

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The Relevance of International Standards to Domestic Litigation: the Case of New Zealand

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-9-en

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The Work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women: its Focus on Nationality, Custom, Culture and the Rights of the Girl-Child

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-10-en

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Nationality and Women's Human Rights: the Asia/Pacific Experience

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-11-en

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The Domestic Applications of International Human Rights Norms Relevant to Women's Human Rights: Strategies of Law Reform in the Indian Context

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-12-en

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Protecting the Rights of the Girl-Child in Commonwealth Jurisdictions

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-13-en

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Personal/Common Law Conflicts and Women's Human Rights in the South Pacific: the Solomon Islands Experience

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-14-en

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Litigation Raising Issues Relating to Women's Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: the Experience of Kiribati

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-15-en

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Litigation Raising Issues relating to Women's Human Rights: International and Regional Standards - the Papua New Guinea Experience

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-16-en

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Litigation Raising Issues Relating to Women's Human Rights in the Asia-Pacific Region: The Sex Discrimination Ordinance and Domestic Violence in Hong Kong

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-17-en

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Women and Human Rights in the Asia/Pacific Region: a Perspective from South Asia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-18-en

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The Protection of the Rights of Refugee Women

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-19-en

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Closing Address

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-20-en

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Annexes

DOI: https://doi.org/10.14217/9781848596115-21-en

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