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 Volume 14 of INTERIGHTS' Bulletin

No 4 Women's Rights in the 21st Century

 

Articles Include:


Women�s Rights in the 21st Century
Christine Chinkin
Professor of International Law at the London School of Economics

Transitional Perspectives in Women�s Rights
Penelope E. Andrews
Professor of Law at the City University of New York

The Protection of Women�s Rights in Africa

Fareda Banda  
Lecturer in African Law at the School of Oriental and African Studies, London

The Due Diligence Standard and Violence against Women
Stephanie Farrior
Professor of Law at Pennsylvania State University, Dickinson School of Law, USA

Women�s Rights in Transition: the Sri Lankan Case

Sunila Abeysekera
Director of INFORM Human Rights Documentation Centre, Sri Lanka

Challenges to Litigating Women�s Rights to Inheritance
Sibongile Ndashe
Attorney at the Women's Legal Centre, South Africa

Enforcing Laws Against �Honour Killings� in Jordan

Rana Husseini  
Journalist with the Jordan Times

The UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women
Ambika Satkunanathan
Researcher/Co-ordinator for the Programme on Constitutionalism & Human Rights, International Centre for Ethnic Studies, Colombo

CEDAW�s Optional Protocol Procedures
Catherine MacKinnon
Co-Director of Equality Now's Lawyer's Alliance for Women Project, New York

Promoting Women�s Rights through Ad Hoc International Tribunals
Mandiaye Niang
Special Assistant to the Registrar of the ICTR

Defending Reproductive Rights through International Litigation
Christina Zampas  
Legal Adviser for Europe at the Center for Reproductive Rights, New York


New Gender Equality Directive
C�cile Gr�boval 
Policy Co-ordinator of the European Women's Lobby, Brussels

No 3 Enabling People: Human Rights Law and Disability

 

Articles Include:


UN Standard Rules on Disability Pave the Way for Human Rights
Bengt Lindqvist
Co-director of Disability Rights Promotion International


From Special Needs to Equal Rights: Legal Developments in the European Community in the Disability Field
Barbara Nolan
Head of Anti-Discrimination, Fundamental Social Rights and Civil Society Unit of the European Commission

Invisible Women
Charlotte McClain-Nhlapo 
National Commissioner for the South African Human Rights Commission

Force in Mental Health Services: International User/Survivor Perspectives
Mary O'Hagan
Board Member of World Network of Users and Survivors of Psychiatry

Legal Protection for Persons with Disabilities in India
Anuradha Mohit and Santosh Rungta
Special Rapporteur on Disability for the National Human Rights Commission of India, and Secretary General of the National Federation of the Blind in India respectively.

UN Study on Human Rights and Disability 2002: Findings and Recommendations

Gerard Quinn
Professor of Law, Disability Law and the Policy Research Unit, National University of Ireland

International Human Rights Law Informs Recent US Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Anti-Gay Sodomy Laws

Laurence R Helfer
Fellow in Law and Public Affairs Programme, Princeton University

No 2 Children's Participatory Rights

Articles Include:


Children's Participation: A Decade of Change
Gerison Lansdown
Consultant on children's rights and former director of the Children's Rights Office, London


Children's Participatory Rights: Article 12 and Beyond

Deirdre Fottrell
Lecturer in International Human Rights Law at University of Essex, UK

Coming to Terms with Conflict: Children in Sierra Leone Speak Up
Iain Levine and Saudamini Siegrist 
Office of Emergency Programmes, UNICEF

Child Participatory Rights in the Arab World

M Siraj Sait
Lecturer in Law and Human Rights, University of East London

Landmark Legal Reform for South Africa's Children: The Child Justice Act

Julia Sloth-Nielsen
Faculty of Law, University of Western Cape, South Africa
 
No 1 National Prosecutions, International Crimes

Articles Include:


Universal Jurisdiction: Challenges to Implementation since Pinochet I
Christopher Keith Hall
Legal Adviser, Amnesty International


Human Rights, Sovereignty and Immunity in the Recent Work of the ICJ

Andrew Clapham
Professor of Public International Law, Graduate Institute of International Studies, Geneva

Challenging Amnesty Laws in Argentina

Victor Abramovich & Maria Jos� GuembeV�ctor 
Executive Director, CELS (Centro de Estudios Legales y Sociales) and coordinator of the �Memory and the Fight against Impunity for State Terrorism� program, CELS, respectively

Hiss�ne Habr�: A Case Update

Reed Brody
Advocacy Director, Human Rights Watch

Genocide: New Interpretations of an Old Crime

William A. Schabas
Professor of Human Rights Law, National University of Ireland, Galway, and 
Director, Irish Centre for Human Rights