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Record Nr.

UNINA9910961790603321

Autore

Meyersfeld Bonita

Titolo

Domestic violence and international law / / Bonita Meyersfeld

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Oxford ; ; Portland, Oregon : , : Hart Publishing, , 2010

ISBN

9781841139911

9786612754746

9781472565044

1472565045

9781282754744

1282754742

9781847315724

1847315720

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (368 p.)

Disciplina

345.025553

Soggetti

Abused women - Legal status, laws, etc

Family violence - Law and legislation

Victims of family violence - Legal status, laws, etc

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Domestic violence as a violation of international human rights law -- Freedom from systemic intimate violence : the human right and corresponding state obligation -- State responsibility in relation to systemic intimate violence -- The benefits of international law for victims of systemic intimate violence.

Sommario/riassunto

"Domestic Violence and International Law argues that certain forms of domestic violence are a violation of international human rights law. The argument is based on the international law principle that, where a state fails to protect a vulnerable group of people from harm, whether perpetrated by the state or private actors, it has breached its obligations to protect against human rights violation. This book provides a comprehensive legal analysis for why a state should be accountable in international law for allowing women to suffer extreme forms of domestic violence and how this can help individual victims. It



is irrelevant that the violence is perpetrated by individuals and not state actors such as soldiers or the police. The state's breach of its responsibility is in its failure to act effectively in domestic violence cases; and in its silent endorsement of the violence, it becomes complicit. The book seeks to reformulate academic and political debate on domestic violence and the responsibility of states under international law. It is based on empirical data combined with an honest assessment of whether or not domestic violence is recognised by the international community as a human rights violation."--Bloomsbury Publishing.