Overview

The Asian Yearbook of Human Rights and Humanitarian Law aims to publish peer-reviewed scholarly articles and reviews as well as significant developments in human rights and humanitarian law. It examines international human rights and humanitarian law with a global reach, though its particular focus is on the Asian region. The focused theme of Volume 3 is Law, Gender and Sexuality.

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Author:   Javaid Rehman ,  Ayesha Shahid ,  Steve Foster
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Martinus Nijhoff
Volume:   3
Weight:   0.001kg
ISBN:  

9789004401709

ISBN 10:   9004401709
Pages:   612
Publication Date:   01 August 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Contents Editorial Javaid Rehman, Ayesha Shahid and Steve Foster International Conference: Law, Gender and Sexuality Friday, 26 October Part 1: Focused Theme: Law, Gender and Sexuality 1 Coming `Home'? Legal Developments Relating to Transgender Communities and Implications for Muslim Family Law Shaheen Sardar Ali 2 #MeToo, Sex Wars 2.0 and the Power of Law Brenda Cossman 3 Necessity of Recognition of Same-Sex Marriages Concluded Abroad Ewa Kamarad 4 Universalism or Cultural Relativism?: Case Study of Same-Sex Marriage in Taiwan Erich Hou 5 Gendered Human Rights and Medical Sexing Interventions upon Intersex Children: A Preliminary Enquiry Giovanna Gilleri 6 Sticking to Their Guns: The United Nations' Failure to See the Potential of Islamic Feminism in the Promotion of Women's Rights in Afghanistan Farnush Ghadery 7 ART, Surrogacy, Federalism and Jus Sanguinis Citizenship in the US, Australia, and Canada Scott Titshaw 8 Gender Imaginaries, Child Soldiering, and International Criminal Law Monica Ingber 9 Response of Resilience: The Delhi Gang Rape Karenjot Bhangoo Randhawa 10 Women's Rights on Trial: Gender Equality in a Family Court in Ben Ali's Tunisia Sarah Grosso 11 Where Are You Going, Snail? Legal Recognition of Same-Sex Relationships in Japan Yoshiaki Sato 12 Democratising Criminal Justice Systems: Sexual Violence Cases in the Citizen Judge Trials in Japan Yumiko Kita Part 2: General Articles 13 Chinese Migrant Children: Do They Have the Right to Education? Margaret Liu 14 From Faskh to Khula: Transformation of Muslim Women's Right to Divorce in Pakistan (1947-2017) Muhammad Zubair Abbasi 15 Rape as Play: Yellow Peril Panic and a Defence of Fantasy Ummni Khan and Jean Ketterling 16 Trans* Legalities: Preliminary Study of Files on the Recognition of Trans* Identities in Peru Carlos J. Zelada and Carolina Neyra-Sevilla Part 3: Recent Developments and State Practice 17 Sexual Politics and Law in Iran: The Narrative Surrounding the 2013 Bills Anicee Van Engeland 18 A Feminist Critique of Indian Criminal Law Thulasi K. Raj and Chandni Chawla 19 Crime, Discrimination and Freedom in Asia Matthias Vanhullebusch 20 Justice in Exile? The Implications of `Temporary Exclusion Orders' for the Right to a Fair Trial Ben Stanford 21 An Appraisal of the Constitutional Developments and Its Impact on the Political Economy of Pakistan Naveed Ahmed 22 Women's Right to Social Security and Social Protection: Mapping the Gaps in the Jurisprudence of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies S. Pandiaraj Part 4: Documents Section Summaries of Proceedings of Human Rights Monitoring Bodies Denise Venturi and Silvia Venier Part 5: Book Reviews The Business of Transition: Law Reform, Development and Economics in Myanmar Melissa Crouch (ed.) (Cambridge | Cambridge University Press 2017) The Making of International Human Rights The 1960s, Decolonization and the Reconstruction of Global Values Steven L.B. Jensen (Cambridge | New York: Cambridge University Press, 2016) Islamic Law: Cases, Authorities and World View Ahmed Atif Ahmed (London | New York: Bloomsbury Academic, 2017) Proportionality and the Rule of Law: Rights, Justification, Reasoning Grant Huscroft, Bradley W. Miller & Gregoire Webber (eds.) (Cambridge | New York: Cambridge University Press, 2014)

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