Research Catalog

Title

Women's rights are human rights / Office of the High Commissioner, United Nations Human Rights.

Publication

New York ; Geneva : United Nations, 2014.

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Holdings

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Additional Authors

United Nations. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights.

Description

iv, 117 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

"This publication provides an introduction to women's human rights, beginning with the main provisions in international human rights law and going on to explain particularly relevant concepts for fully understanding women's human rights. Finally, selected areas of women's human rights are examined together with information on the main work of United Nations human rights mechanisms and others pertaining to these topics. The aim of the publication is to offer a basic understanding of the human rights of women as a whole, but because of the wide variety of issues relevant to women's human rights, it should not be considered exhaustive."--Page 1.

Subjects

• Sex discrimination against women
• Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979 December 18)
• Women's rights
• Women (International law)
• Human rights

Note

• Also available online.
• "HR/PUB/14/2"--Title page verso.
• "United Nations publication sales no. E.14.XIV.5"--Title page verso.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Contents

Protection of the human rights of women under international law -- Global commitments -- United Nations bodies -- Key concepts -- The human rights framework in practice.

ISBN

• 9789211542066
• 9211542065

OCLC

• ocn900006883
• 900006883
• SCSB-5798690

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries