International Law and Violence Against Women : Europe and the Istanbul Convention (Hardcover)

Introduction:The Istanbul Convention as a Response to Violence against Women in Europe,Johanna Niemi, Lourdes Peroni and Vladislava Stoyanova; Part I:Context and Role; -The Istanbul Convention in the Context of Feminist Claims,Lorena Sosa; -Unleashing the Gender Equality Potential of the Istanbul Convention,Lourdes Peroni; -The Istanbul Convention as an Interpretative Tool at the European and NationalLevels,Sara De Vido; Part II:Concepts; -The Concepts of Gender and Violence in the Istanbul Convention,Johanna Niemi and Amalia Verdu; -Due Diligence versus Positive Obligations: Critical Reflections on the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women, Vladislava Stoyanova; Part III:Criminal Law Responses; -The Istanbul Convention on Sexual Offences: A Duty to Reform the Wording of National Law or the Way We Think?Minni Leskinen; -Exploring Intersectionality: Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting in the Istanbul Convention,Ruth Mestre i Mestre; -Forced Sterilisation in the Istanbul Convention: Remedies, Intersectional Discrimination and Cis-Exclusiveness,Daniela Alaattino?lu; Part IV:Victim Services; -The Right to Adequate Housing of Battered Women: The Added Value of the Istanbul Convention?Ingrid Westendorp; -Support to Battered Women in Sweden: Non-profits and Public Authorities Collaborating, Counteracting and Competing,Ulrika Andersson and Sara Bengtson; Part V:Migration and Asylum; -Protection beyond Victimization: The Significance of the Istanbul Convention for Migrant Women,Fulvia Staiano; -Gender-Based Violence against Women and International Protection Needs: The Contribution of the Istanbul Convention,Dolores Morondo; Part VI:National Responses to the Convention; -The Istanbul Convention in Poland: Between the War on Gender and Legal Reform,Katarzyna S?kowska-Kozłowska; -Reservations and Declarations under the Istanbul Convention,Wojciech Burek;