Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives

Cover

Human Rights of Women Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Bert B. Lockwood, Jr., Series Editor A complete list of books in the series is available from the publisher Human Rights of Women National and International Perspectives edited by Rebecca J. Cook PENN University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia Publication of this volume was assisted by a grant from the Ford Foundation. Several of the chapters in this volume were presented in earlier forms as papers at the Consultation on Women's International Human Rights Law, held at the Universityof Toronto in September 1992under the auspices of the International Human Rights Programme of the Faculty of Law, University of Toronto. An earlier version of Chapter 1was published as Rebecca J. Cook, "Women's International Human Rights Law: The Way Forward," Thatched Patio 5(4) (1992): 2963 and Hum. Rts. Q. 15 (1993): 230-61. An earlier version of Chapter 4 was published as Celina Romany, "Women as Aliens: A Feminist Critique of the Public/Private Distinction in International Human Rights Law," Harv. Hum. Rt.J. 6 (1993): 87. An earlier version of Chapter 6 was published as Karen Knop, "Re-Statements: Feminism and State Sovereignty in International Law," Transnat'l L. &f Contemp. Probs 3 (Fall 1993): 293-344. Copyright © 1994 by the Universityof Pennsylvania Press. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 Published by University of Pennsylvania Press Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-4011 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Human rights of women : national and international perspectives / edited by Rebecca J. Cook. p. cm. — (Pennsylvaniastudies in human rights) Includes bibliographical references and index. ISBN 0-8122-3261-5 (cloth). — ISBN 0-8122-1538-9 (pbk) 1. Women—Legal status, laws, etc. 2. Women's rights. 3. Human rights. 4. Feminism. I. Cook, Rebecca J. II. Series. K644.H86 1994 342'.0878—dc20 [342.2878] 94-20682 CIP ...