This book examines the effectiveness of international human rights law, through the case study of domestic violence. This book asks whether international human

Domestic Violence and International Law argues that certain forms of domestic violence are a violation of international human rights law. The argument is based

Domestic Abuse and Human Rights presents an overview of the relevance of the European Convention on Human Rights to domestic abuse. It has three aims: first, to

Rebecca J. Cook and the contributors to this volume seek to analyze how international human rights law applies specifically to women in various cultures worldwi

Human rights law and the legal protection of women from violence are still fairly new concepts. As a result, substantial discrepancies exist between what is dec