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Femicide: A human rights violation demanding state accountability for women’s safety.
Conceptualizing Femicide as a Human Rights Violation
State Responsibility Under International Law
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336 pages
- Release Date
24 June 2022
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Summary
This thought-provoking book conceptualizes femicide as a multifaceted human rights violation and proposes state responsibility for group-related risks of violence against women and girls. In doing so, it reassesses the concept of femicide, analysing it in view of the crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, as well as several facets of human rights.
Angela Hefti challenges the common definition of femicide, extending it beyond the killing of women due to their gender to…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781803920436 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1803920432 |
| Author: | Angela Hefti |
| Publisher: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Imprint: | Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 336 |
| Release Date: | 24 June 2022 |
| Weight: | 666g |
| Dimensions: | 156mm x 234mm |
A-Format111 × 178 mm
B-Format130 × 198 mm
C-Format153 × 234 mm
156 × 234 mm
A4210 × 297 mm
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About The Author
Angela Hefti
Angela Hefti, LL.M., Yale Law School, US and PhD, University of Lucerne, Switzerland
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