The Human Rights of Women: International Instruments and African Experiences

Abstract

* Part 1: Human Rights of Women - International Instruments * 1. International Human Rights Law - The Relevance of Gender - Christine Ainetter-Brautigam * 2. Human Rights of Women at the Fiftieth Anniversary of the United Nations - Dorota Gierycz * 3. Charter-based Activities regarding Women's Rights in the United Nations and Specialized Agencies - Dorothea Gaudart * 4. The Prohibition of Gender-specific Discrimination under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights - Manfred Nowak * 5. The Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women - Andrew Byrnes * 6. Women and Humanitarian Law - Francoise Hampson * 7. The European Human Rights System in Comparison with other Regional Systems - Wolfgang Benedek * Part 2: Human Rights of Women - African Experiences * 8. Introduction to the African System of Protection of Human Rights and the Draft Protocol - Henry Onoria * 9. Women's Rights under Islam - Khadija Elmadmad * 10. Women, Culture and Human Rights with Special Reference to the Practices * of Female Genital Mutilation, Polygamy and Brideprice in Africa - Esther M. Kisaakye * 11. Modern-Day Missionaries or Misguided Miscreants? NGOs, the Women's * Movement and the Promotion of Human Rights in Africa - Joe Oloka-Onyango * 12. Women in the Armed Forces in Uganda: Human Rights Issues - Apollo Makubuya * 13. Women Prisoners and Female Staff in Uganda Prisons - Kurt Neudek