Intersectionality in the Human Rights Legal Framework on Violence against Women - Lorena Sosa

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Résumé :
This book theoretically explores intersectionality within human rights norms on violence against women and the derived duties for States.

Biographie:
Lorena Sosa is a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute of Human Rights. She is a human rights lawyer and specializes in gender, focusing on intersectional discrimination and violence. She has previously worked as a researcher and lecturer at Universiteit Utrecht, the Netherlands and the International Victimology Institute, Tilburg (INTERVICT). She has participated in a number of European Union projects in the field of violence against women and has given lectures on human rights, gender and law, and victimology. Her dissertation received the Max van der Stoel Award on Human Rights in 2015.

Sommaire:
Part I. Introduction: 1. Introduction; 2. Intersectionality and violence against women; Part II. Intersectionality in Law: 3. The human rights framework on violence against women; 4. Intersectionality in the United Nations; 5. Intersectionality in the Council of Europe and inter-American system; Part III. Intersectionality in Practice: 6. Empirical case in Europe: Romani women and domestic violence; 7. Empirical case in the Americas: women, diversity and domestic violence; Part IV. Conclusion.