VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

1. Introduction 2. Feminist theories on international law and human rights 3. The international human rights treaty system: practice and procedure 4. Equality and non-discrimination on the basis of sex 5. Torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment 6. The right to life 7. Conundrums, paradoxes, and continuing inequality: revisiting feminist narratives 8. Strategising next steps: treaty body reform and humanising women.