International Women's Rights Cases

Robyn Emerton, Kirstine Adams, Andrew Byrnes, Jane Connors

• Publisher: Routledge-Cavendish
• Year: 2016
• eBook ISBN: 9781135332167
• Topic: Law
• Subtopic: International Law
• Index: Law

The last two decades have seen major advances in the legal protection of the human rights of women around the world. A series of international and national court cases has developed an important body of jurisprudence that has been relied on by courts and advocates in many countries to support women's claims for equality and the full enjoyment of human rights and fundamental freedoms.

Growing out of a series of judicial colloquia organized by the Commonwealth Secretariat, this compilation brings together a selection of over fifty significant cases from international and national courts. The cases are grouped by theme and presented in full text or edited format. Together they highlight the way in which courts have used international human rights norms and national constitutional standards to contribute to women's equality. A detailed introduction provides a summary of the significance of the cases and references further material available on women's human rights.

Cases decided under United Nations human rights treaties, the European and American Conventions on Human Rights and other international instruments, as well as cases decided by national courts in Asia, Africa, Europe, Australasia, and North America are all included. The compilation will be of interest to all those with an interest in the advancement of the human rights of women especially equality advocates, lawyers and judges, scholars and students.

TABLE OF NATIONAL LEGISLATION BY COUNTRY

Australia
Administrative Decisions (Judicial Review) Act 1977	33
s 5(1)(e)	36, 46
s 5(2)(g)	36, 45, 46
Anti-Discrimination Act 1977 (NSW)	149, 152, 486, 487
s 11	152
s 20A	152
s 24(1)	487
s 25(2)	476, 487
s 28	152
s 34A	152
s 43	152
s 48A	152
s 49F	15...

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Foreword
• Copyright Acknowledgments
• Contents
• Introduction
• On-Line Access to Human Rights Source Materials
• Table of Cases
• Table of National Legislation by Country
• Table of European Community Legislation
• Table of General Recommendations of the Un Treaty Bodies
• Table of Treaties and Other International Instruments
• A Use of International Norms by National Courts
• Case No 1 Minister of Home Affairs and Another v Fisher and Another Privy Council (Appeal from the Court Of Appeal for Bermuda)
• Case No 2 Vishaka and Others v State of Rajasthan and Others Supreme Court of India
• Case No 3 Longwe v Intercontinental Hotels High Court of Zambia
• Case No 4 Minister of State for Immigration and Ethnic Affairs v Ah Hin Teoh High Court of Australia
• B State Responsibility Under International Law for Violations of the Human Rights of Women
• Case No 5 Airey v Ireland European Court of Human Rights
• Case No 6 X and Y v the Netherlands European Court of Human Rights
• Case No 7 Velásquez Rodriguez v Honduras Inter-American Court of Human Rights
• C Concepts of Discrimination
• Case No 8 Andrews v Law Society of British Columbia Supreme Court of Canada
• Case No 9 Re Municipal Officers' Association of Australia and Another Australian Industrial Relations Commission
• Case No 10 Kalanke v Freie Hansestadt Bremen European Court of Justice
• D Rights Relating to Marriage
• Case No 11 Ghaled v United Arab Emirates Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights
• Case No 12 Humaira Mehmood v Sho North Cantt Lahore and Others High Court Pakistan
• Case No 13 As v Sweden United Nations Committee Against Torture
• Case No 14 Ato Del Avellanal v Peru United Nations Human Rights Committee
• Case No 15 Morales de Sierra v Guatemala Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Case No 16 Mohammad Ahmed Khan v Shah Bano Supreme Court of India
• E Rights as a Member of a Minority
• Case No 17 Lovelace v Canada United Nations Human Rights Committee
• F Right to Respect for Family Life
• Case No 18 Marckx v Belgium European Court of Human Rights
• Case No 19 Johnston and Others v Ireland European European Court of Human Rights
• Case No 20 Kroon and Others v the Netherlands European Court of Human Rights
• Case No 21 Nawakwi v Attorney General of Zambia High Court of Zambia
• G Reproductive Rights
• Case No 22 Paton v United Kingdom European Commission of Human Rights European Commission of Human Rights
• Case No 23 Brüggemann and Scheuten v Federal Republic of Germany European Commission of Human Rights
• Case No 24 Open Door Counselling Ltd and Dublin Well Woman Centre Ltd v Ireland European Court of Human Rights
• H Rights to Equality and Nondiscrimination in Employment
• Case No 25 Kreil v Bundesrepublik Deutschland
• Case No 26 Brown v Rentokil European Court of Justice
• Case No 27 Brooks and Others v Canada Safeway Limited Supreme Court of Canada
• Case No 28 Abdoulaye and Others v Régie Nationale des Usines Renault SA European Court of Justice
• Case No 29 Janzen and Govereau v Platy Enterprises Ltd Supreme Court of Canada
• Case No 30 H v E Equal Opportunities Tribunal, New Zealand
• Case No 31 Rina Bajracharya and Others v His Majesty's Government Secretariat of the Council of Ministers and Others* Supreme Court of Nepal
• I Right to Equality in the Enjoyment of Other Economic and Social Rights and Access to Economic Resources
• Case No 32 Zwaan de Vries v the Netherlands United Nations Human Rights Committee
• Case No 33 Vos v The Netherlands United Nations Human Rights Committee
• Case No 34 Schuler-Zgraggen v Switzerland European Court of Human Rights
• Case No 35 Ephrahim v Pastory and Kaizilege High Court of Tanzania
• J Equality and Non-Discrimination in Relation to Citizenship, Nationality and Immigration
• Case No 36 Proposed Amendments to the Naturalization Provisions of the Constitution of Costa Rica Inter-American Commission of Human Rights
• Case No 37 Attorney General of Botswana v Unity Dow Court of Appeal, Botswana
• Case No 38 Aumeeruddy-Cziffra and Others v Mauritius United Nations Human Rights Committee
• Case No 39 Abdulaziz, Cabales and Balkandali v United Kingdom European Court of Human Rights
• Case No 40 Rattigan and Others v the Chief Immigration Officer and Others Supreme Court of Zimbabwe
• Case No 41 Salem v Chief Immigration Officer and Another Supreme Court of Zimbabwe
• Case No 42 Islam v Secretary of State for the Home Department; R v Immigration Appeal Tribunal and Another, Ex Parte Shah (Consolidated Appeals) House of Lords
• L Right Not to be Subjected to Violence
• Case No 43 R v R (Rape: Marital Exemption) House of Lords
• Case No 44 State v D and Another High Court of Namibia
• Case No 45 Safia Bibi v State Federal Shariat Court of Pakistan
• Case No 46 Mejía and Another v Peru Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Case No 47 Fernandes v Brazil Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
• Index