Women, Islam and international law : within the context of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / by Ekaterina Yahyaoui Krivenko.

Leiden ; Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 2009.

KBP526.3 .Y34 2009

Islam 332 Y12 2009

9789004171442 (hardback : alk. paper)
9004171444 (hardback : alk. paper)

ix, 267 pages ; 25 cm.

(OCoLC)244058939

Islam and women's human rights entertain an uneasy relationsship. Much has been written on the subject. This book addresses it from a new perspective. It attempts to define some basis for constructive dialogue and interaction in the context of international law and, more precisely, in the context of participation of many Muslim States in the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Having discovered a constructive potential in both Islam and women's human rights, the author concentrates on the role which international law should play in promoting dialogue and constructive interaction. This is done mainly through analysis of the regime of reservations and of the practice of reservations developed in the context of Muslim States' participation in the CEDAW ..

Includes bibliographical references (pages [227]-261) and index.

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