Essays about: "Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women-CEDAW"
Showing result 11 - 14 of 14 essays containing the words Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women-CEDAW.
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11. The Conformity of Singaporean Marital Law with International Human Rights Standards
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Two different family laws apply in Singapore. Marriages between members of the majority population, regardless of personal religious belief, are regulated by civil law in the Women's Charter. Marriages between persons officially categorized by birth as Muslims are explicitly excluded from the application of civil law. READ MORE
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12. Cultural Relativism and Reservations to Human Rights Treaties:The Legal Effects of the Saudi Reservation to CEDAW
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : Saudi Arabia ratified the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) in 2000. The ratification was a step forward for the strict gender segregated country but could not be genuinely hailed due to a general reservation giving prevalence to Islamic Law in case of conflict with the provision of the Convention. READ MORE
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13. Women's Rights and Shari'a - A comparative study of marriage and family relations under the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women in the cases of Tunisia, Egypt and Yemen
University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionenAbstract : The rights of women living in societies ruled by laws based on Shari'a constitute a controversial question in the human rights debate in many countries today. Suggestions that these laws are of a divine nature, and as such cannot be overridden by the human rights principles of western origin leads to discussions in several areas, such as the right to religion, the human rights tradition in Muslim countries, the responsibility of states toward their subjects, and the power of the CEDAW Committee. READ MORE
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14. CEDAW in Swedish Law
University essay from Ekonomiska institutionenAbstract : The Convention of the Elimination of all forms of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW, was approved by the UN general assembly in 1979 and Sweden was the first country to ratify it in 1980. This thesis investigates, firstly, the importance of CEDAW on Swedish legislation and on sentences passed by Swedish courts, and secondly the significance of the fact that the influence from CEDAW has been based on an assertation of existing norms and not on a transformation or incorporation. READ MORE
