Gender Human Rights and Environment
Contents: Preface. 1. The drama of human rights. 2. The challenge of protecting the rights of Muslim girls. 3. The international human rights regime. 4. The environment and women\'s human rights. 5. Human rights and social studies issue. 6. Diversity in rural communities. 7. Life narratives in the field of human rights. 8. Sexuality in international human rights law and theory. 9. International human rights theory. 10. Social benefits of punishing immorality. Bibliography. Index.
Gender identity is one of the most fundamental aspect of life. The sex of a person is usually assigned at birth and becomes a social and legal fact from there on. Discrimination based on gender identity is not explicitly covered in legal frameworks in a large majority of council of Europe member states.
The concept of human rights is as old as human history itself. In principle, international human rights instruments protect everybody without discrimination. Despite the fact that gender identify as a discrimination ground, along with sexual orientation, is often not explicitly mentioned in international human rights treaties, these treaties do apply to all persons through their open-ended discrimination clauses. (jacket)
Gender identity is one of the most fundamental aspect of life. The sex of a person is usually assigned at birth and becomes a social and legal fact from there on. Discrimination based on gender identity is not explicitly covered in legal frameworks in a large majority of council of Europe member states.
The concept of human rights is as old as human history itself. In principle, international human rights instruments protect everybody without discrimination. Despite the fact that gender identify as a discrimination ground, along with sexual orientation, is often not explicitly mentioned in international human rights treaties, these treaties do apply to all persons through their open-ended discrimination clauses. (jacket)
