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Establishing State Responsibility for Private Acts of Violence Against Women under the American Convention on Human Rights
Author(s)Ewing, Anthony
AbstractMany forms of violence that are gender-specific traditionally have not been viewed as violations of human rights imputable to states under international law. Sexual assault and domestic violence, for example, which are suffered overwhelmingly by women, have not been addressed effectively at the international level as human rights violations. The fact that both gender-specific and non-gender-specific violence against women is a pervasive problem worldwide which threatens women’s basic human rights has only recently received special attention by scholars, activists, and international bodies
IssueNo3
Pages751-800
ArticleAccess to Article
SourceColumbia Human Rights Law Review
VolumeNo26
PubDateFall 1994
ISBN_ISSN0090-7944


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