ABSTRACT
The last two decades have seen major advances in the legal protection of the human rights of women around the world. A series of international and national court cases has developed an important body of jurisprudence that has been relied on by courts and advocates in many countries to support women's claims for equality and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
Growing out of a series of judicial colloquia organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, this compilation brings together a selection of over fifty significant cases from international and national courts. The cases are grouped by theme and presented in full text or edited format. Together they highlight the way in which courts have used international human rights norms and national constitutional standards to contribute to women's equality. A detailed introduction provides a summary of the significance of the cases and references further material available on women's human rights.
Cases decided under United Nations human rights treaties, the European and American Conventions on Human Rights and other international instruments, as well as cases decided by national courts in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australasia, and North America are all included. The compilation will be of interest to all those with an interest in the advancement of the human rights of women especially equality advocates, lawyers and judges, scholars and students.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |64 pages
Use of International Norms by National Courts
chapter |8 pages
Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Fisher and Another
chapter |32 pages
Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Ah Hin Teoh
part |54 pages
State Responsibility Under International Law for Violations of the Human Rights of Women
part |58 pages
Concepts of Discrimination
chapter |11 pages
Re Municipal Officers' Association of Australia and Another
part |81 pages
Rights Relating to Marriage
chapter |5 pages
Ghaled v United Arab Emirates
part |12 pages
Rights as a Member of a Minority
part |77 pages
Right to Respect for Family Life
part |61 pages
Reproductive Rights
chapter |10 pages
Paton v United Kingdom European Commission of Human Rights
chapter |14 pages
Brüggemann and Scheuten v Federal Republic of Germany
chapter |35 pages
Open Door Counselling Ltd and Dublin Well Woman Centre Ltd v Ireland
part |88 pages
Rights to Equality and Nondiscrimination in Employment
chapter |7 pages
Kreil v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
chapter |5 pages
Abdoulaye and Others v Régie Nationale des Usines Renault SA
chapter |7 pages
Rina Bajracharya and Others v His Majesty's Government Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and Others *
part |52 pages
Right to Equality in the Enjoyment of Other Economic and Social Rights and Access to Economic Resources
part |137 pages
Equality and Non-Discrimination in Relation to Citizenship, Nationality and Immigration
chapter |19 pages
Proposed Amendments to the Naturalization Provisions of the Constitution of Costa Rica
chapter |9 pages
Rattigan and Others v the Chief Immigration Officer and Others
part |71 pages
Right Not to be Subjected to Violence