Understanding domestic violence as a gender-based human rights violation : national and international contexts / Jurgita Bukauskaitė.

Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2023.

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K5190 .B85 2023

9781032396033 hardcover
1032396032 hardcover
9781032396057 paperback
1032396059 paperback
9781003350538 electronic book
9781000866599 electronic publication
9781000866551 electronic book

xi, 198 pages ; 25 cm.

18190738
(OCoLC)1348924279

"Examining the prevalent issue of domestic violence, this book breaks down the reasons behind the ineffectiveness of existing human rights instruments and the gaps in current legal systems failing those in need. Through a variety of key case studies, it reveals significant gaps in the legal conceptualisation of domestic violence between human rights standards on the one hand and the national legal systems examined - those of Ireland and Lithuania - on the other. The book reveals that, contrary to gender-based universal human rights approaches and despite recent legislative reforms, the legal concept of domestic violence is gender-blind. It fails to capture gender-based empirical realities on the ground, rendering national legal systems devoid of an empirically informed theoretical basis for addressing the problem. Despite the differences in the contextual backgrounds of the two case study countries, the legislation on domestic violence is underpinned by patriarchal beliefs in both. This book employs a gender-based examination of the issue that will be of key interest to scholars, legal practitioners and students of feminist legal theory, gender equality, gender in international law, human rights violation, and conceptual democracy"-- Provided by publisher.

Based on author's thesis (doctoral - National University of Ireland, Galway, 2021) issued under title: Conceptualising domestic violence against women : btween gender-based universal human rights duty and gender-blind national responses.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Online version: Bukauskaitė, Jurgita. Understanding domestic violence as a gender-based human rights violation Abingdon, Oxon ; New York, NY : Routledge, 2023 9781003350538 (DLC) 2022051017

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