Universal human rights and non-Western normative systems: a comparative analysis of violence against women in Mexico and Pakistan

2007 ◽  
Vol 33 (1) ◽  
pp. 59-74 ◽  
Author(s):  
SILVIE BOVARNICK
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Culturally Specific ◽  
Cultural Contexts ◽  
Normative Systems ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
The Way

How universally useful are human rights in addressing violence against women? This article addresses this question by looking at the link between gender, ethnicity and human rights to uncover the complexities that underpin current debates about universal justice and multiculturalism. While my discussion of rape in Mexico and Pakistan illustrates significant particularities with respect to how violence against women is constituted in these different cultural contexts, it also shows that culturally specific manifestations of violence against women often share striking similarities in the way that they are allowed to persist, justified and made invisible. As such, they are part of a global mechanism that reproduces gender subordination in a predominantly patriachal world.

Status osób LGBT na obszarze postradzieckim na przykładzie Ukrainy i Rosji

1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (301) ◽  
pp. 118-128
Author(s):  
Janusz Jartyś ◽  
Marcin Orzechowski
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The Way

The LGBT rights are lately one of the aspects of a social and political discourse both in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine. In these countries of a common historical heritage there are some analogies in the perspective on human rights and their realization. It may be also noted that the LGBT rights have become an instrument of politics. In the following article the authors present a comparative analysis of the way in which the LGBT rights are respected in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine. They will depict the similarities and differences between these two countries which result from historical conditions, and will provide an analysis of the current perception of non-heterosexual people in both countries.

Zakaz dyskryminacji ze względu na orientację seksualną w powszechnym systemie ochrony praw człowieka

2016 ◽  
Vol 14 (4 (1)) ◽  
pp. 89-106 ◽  
Author(s):  
Anna Pudło
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Sexual Orientation ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Case Law ◽  
Protection System ◽  
Universal System ◽  
Human Rights Protection ◽  
Rights Protection ◽  
Universal Human Rights

The article essays to answer the question of what the nature of prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation is in the universal system of human rights protection. In order to determine this, a comparative analysis of selected documents of universal human rights protection system was carried out, which – in the case law and doctrine – have been recognized as the key issue in the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation, along with reaching out to the provisions of some national constitutions.

scholarly journals Some Useful Sources

2006 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 161-165 ◽  
Author(s):  
Helen Jones
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Free Access ◽  
Due Diligence ◽  
Nation States ◽  
Universal Human Rights

There is fundamental recognition that the human rights of women are ‘an inalienable, integral and indivisible part of universal human rights’ (Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, para. 18). Violence creates tremendous obstacles to the achievement of rights for women and nation states are obligated to exercise due diligence in the eradication of violence against women and to prevent violence against women wherever it occurs. The following list identifies key documents and resources available at International, European and UK levels. The list includes references to website gateways, documents, campaigns, organisations and publications. The websites provide free access to a wide body of literature and all sites were visited on 11 July 2005 to check that they were current. The list is not comprehensive but is indicative of key materials and services that are easily accessible.

Minorities and Socio-economic Participation: The Two Pillars of Minority Protection Revisited

2009 ◽  
Vol 16 (4) ◽  
pp. 549-576 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kristin Henrard
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Minority Protection ◽  
Economic Participation ◽  
Detailed Assessment ◽  
Degree Of Convergence ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Way

A broad comparative analysis has demonstrated that overall there is a high degree of convergence in the way and the extent to which the application of minority specific instruments and general human rights instruments address questions of socio-economic participation. The attention to minority specific characteristics and needs was not to be expected in relation to general human rights, while the detailed assessment of distinctive issues of relevance for socio-economic participation was not self evident in terms of minority specific instruments. The case of socio-economic participation of minorities thus presents itself as a model example of the increasing synergy between general human rights and minority specific rights in relation to minority protection. In terms of the two pillars for an adequate system of minority protection: both pillars seem to be moving towards each other in the kind of protection they are providing for minorities. Of course there are still differences of degree (in both respects of relative and expected focus and detail) but overall the similarities largely outweigh the differences.

Status osób LGBT na obszarze postradzieckim na przykładzie Ukrainy i Rosji

1970 ◽  
Vol 23 (301) ◽  
pp. 118-128
Author(s):  
Janusz Jartyś ◽  
Marcin Orzechowski
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Russian Federation ◽  
Political Discourse ◽  
Lgbt Rights ◽  
The Russian Federation ◽  
Similarities And Differences ◽  
Historical Heritage ◽  
The Way

The LGBT rights are lately one of the aspects of a social and political discourse both in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine. In these countries of a common historical heritage there are some analogies in the perspective on human rights and their realization. It may be also noted that the LGBT rights have become an instrument of politics. In the following article the authors present a comparative analysis of the way in which the LGBT rights are respected in the Russian Federation and in Ukraine. They will depict the similarities and differences between these two countries which result from historical conditions, and will provide an analysis of the current perception of non-heterosexual people in both countries.

scholarly journals The vision and interiorization of leisure and free time of post-degree students

2019 ◽  
pp. 10-19
Author(s):  
Sara Margarita Yañez-Flores ◽  
Jaquelina Lizet Hernández-Cueto ◽  
María del Consuelo Salinas-Aguirre ◽  
Alma Verena Solís-Solís
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Everyday Life ◽  
Leisure Activities ◽  
Female Students ◽  
Free Time ◽  
Human Beings ◽  
Human Right ◽  
Work Related ◽  
Universal Human Rights ◽  
The Way

Leisure and free time are a part of human beings’ life, and perhaps neither how nor why is thought of. In leisure, activities are individual and obligation free; free time activities, although can be chosen whether to do them or not, are linked to social pressures and included in the legislation and as universal human rights: Recreation, amusement and rest. The objective of the article is to analyze the way in which the post-degree students visualize and incorporate the leisure and free time in their everyday life. The used method is quantitative, explorational-descriptive, and transversal. The article contributes demonstrating the subjective wealth that impregnates the leisure forms and free time activities into the way each of the individuals do things, think, say, and spend time in their educational, social, and work related relationships and interrelationships. The questionnaire was answered by 70 post-degree students ―53 women and 17 men― most of them working. Some female students spend 15% of their week in free time activities and 27.5% to leisure; in both activities men said to spend 27% of their week. Only 16 women and six men consider free time as a fundamental human right.

Something Borrowed, Something Blue: Learning from Women's Groups in Indonesia

2001 ◽  
Vol 6 (2) ◽  
pp. 1-13
Author(s):  
Marilyn Porter
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Women's Groups ◽  
Women’S Groups ◽  
Chinese Descent ◽  
New Perspective ◽  
International Instruments ◽  
The Way

This paper focuses on the way in which Jakarta women's groups responded to the crisis that preceded and succeeded the end of Suharto's regime in Indonesia. In particular it looks at the way in which the gang rapes of women of Chinese descent focused and united the feminist response to the turmoil of 1998. Women's groups developed a number of strategies and actions during this period, but this paper focuses on the way in which women's groups accessed and used international instruments, especially Human Rights instruments to challenge their own government and to develop a specifically feminist position on violence against women. This activity is described as a form of creative ‘borrowing’. Seen in this context is can provide a new perspective on approaches to development that are genuinely indigenous and participatory.

The Staging of Ciudad Juárez’s Feminicides: Àlex Rigola and Angélica Liddell Speak for the Victims

2020 ◽  
Vol 36 (2) ◽  
pp. 131-148
Author(s):  
Adriana Nicolau ◽  
Teresa Iribarren
Keyword(s):  
Human Rights ◽  
Comparative Analysis ◽  
Violence Against Women ◽  
Research Group ◽  
Assistant Professor ◽  
Doctoral Studies ◽  
Catalan Literature ◽  
The Voice ◽  
Society Research

Tackling violence against women in the theatre is often a controversial matter. To identify the ethical risks that victim representation may entail, we conduct a comparative analysis of two works about Ciudad Juárez’s feminicides staged in Barcelona: 2666 (2007), an adaptation of Roberto Bolaño’s novel directed by Àlex Rigola, and House of Strength (2011) by Angélica Liddell. This article argues that while Rigola reduces victims to mere sexual objects with no narrative of their own, Liddell places the voice and resilience of Mexicans in the foreground and represents their bodies respectfully. Adriana Nicolau is completing her doctoral studies on ‘Feminisms in contemporary Catalan theatre’ at Universitat Oberta de Catalunya (UOC) in Barcelona. Her publications include articles for Feminismo/s. Teresa Iribarren is an assistant professor at UOC, where she is the Director of the Catalan Literature, Publishing, and Society research group. Her current research focuses on narratives of violence and the promotion of human rights in literature.

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