International Gender Studies: Reference Materials

Includes articles regarding various international human rights issues. For example: Construction and Application of United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW), December 18, 1979, 1249 U.N.T.S. 13—Global Cases

8 A.L.R. Int'l 523 (Originally published in 2014)

see accompanying web site for additional documents: https://global.oup.com/uk/orc/law/human/brownliehuman6e/

"This encyclopedia offers comprehensive coverage of all aspects of human rights theory, practice, law, and history. This extraordinary work provides situation profiles and full coverage of the development of the movement, historical cases of abuse, the key figures, major organizations, and a range of other issues in economics, government, religion, and journalism that touch on human rights theory and practice."

The Encyclopedia “contains more than 1300 articles written by authorities on international law from different countries and regions, including entries on all important international legal problems and institutions as well as the major decisions of international courts and tribunals.” Many individual articles that address IHR law are included. Some relevant articles include:
i. Women, Rights of, International Protection
ii. Transsexuals and Transgenders, International Protection
iii. Feminism, Approach to International Law
iv. Gender-Based Crimes
v. Human Trafficking
vi. Reproductive Rights, International Regulation
vii. Same-Sex Partnerships, International Protection
viii. Work, Right to, International Protection