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Violence Against Women And The Special Rapporteur On Traditional Practices Affecting The Health Of Women And The Girl Child, Ana M. Nacvalovaite
Violence Against Women And The Special Rapporteur On Traditional Practices Affecting The Health Of Women And The Girl Child, Ana M. Nacvalovaite
Ana M Nacvalovaite
The Article portrays a facet of the conflict between the universalism of human rights, and comprehensive analysis of the UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women in the case of a woman of Malian origin sentenced to prison in France for Female Genital Mutilation. It synthesizes recognized issues in the discussion and extends them in several important directions that continue to be overlooked, such as ethno-cultural and religious diversity, conflict between the universalism of human rights, the clash between particular cultural practices concerning women and human rights norms concerning the individual, in specifically in the context of liberal democratic states. …