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Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights

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Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights

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Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights book

Challenging the Masculinisation of Torture

Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights

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Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights book

Challenging the Masculinisation of Torture
ByRonli Sifris
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 2013
eBook Published 14 December 2013
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203074749
Pages 336
eBook ISBN 9780203074749
Subjects Law, Politics & International Relations
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Sifris, R. (2013). Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights: Challenging the Masculinisation of Torture (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203074749

ABSTRACT

This book contributes to a feminist understanding of international human rights by examining restrictions on reproductive freedom through the lens of the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Ronli Sifris challenges the view that torture only takes place within the traditional paradigm of interrogation, punishment or intimidation of a detainee, arguing that this traditional construction of the concept of torture prioritises the experiences of men over the experiences of women given that the pain and suffering from which women disproportionately suffer frequently occurs outside of this context. She does this by conceptualising restrictions on women’s reproductive freedom within the framework of the right to be free from torture.

The book considers the gendered nature of international law and the gender dimensions of the right to be free from torture. It examines the extension of the prohibition of torture to encompass situations beyond the traditional detainee context in recent years to encompass situations such as rape and female genital mutilation. It goes on to explore in detail whether denying access to abortion and involuntary sterilization constitutes torture or other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment under international law. The book looks at whether limitations on reproductive freedom meet the determining criteria of torture which are: severe pain or suffering; being intentionally inflicted; being based on discrimination; linked in some way to a State official; whether they constitute lawful sanctions; and the importance of the concept of powerlessness. In doing so the book also highlights how this right may be applicable to other gender-based abuses including female genital mutilation, and how this right may be universally applied to allow women worldwide the right to reproductive freedom.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter 1|28 pages

Introduction

chapter 2|33 pages

Overview of the prohibition of torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment

chapter 3|35 pages

Severe pain or suffering

chapter 4|13 pages

Intentionally

chapter 5|37 pages

Purpose: discrimination

chapter 6|25 pages

Public offi cial

chapter 7|32 pages

‘Powerlessness’

chapter 8|15 pages

Lawful sanctions

chapter 9|29 pages

Cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment

chapter 10|13 pages

Current approach to conceptualising restrictions on reproductive freedom as torture or CIDT

chapter 11|11 pages

Conclusion

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