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Violence Against Women

Marsha A. Freeman, Christine Chinkin, Beate Rudolf

From: The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women: A Commentary

Edited By: Marsha A. Freeman, Christine Chinkin, Beate Rudolf

Content type:
Book content
Product:
Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law [OSAIL]
Series:
Oxford Commentaries on International Law
Published in print:
01 January 2012
ISBN:
9780199565061

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 31 May 2023

  There is no provision in either the Declaration (DEDAW) or Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (the Convention) that explicitly addresses violence against women. This contrasts with the ICERD Article 4(a) which requires States parties to declare as ‘an offence punishable by law … all acts of violence … against any race or group of persons of another colour or ethnic origin’. Instead, States parties’ obligations with respect to the elimination of violence against women have been developed by a number of international...
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