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Human Rights Conventions And Reservations: An Examination Of A Critical Deficit In The Cedaw, Michael Buenger
Human Rights Conventions And Reservations: An Examination Of A Critical Deficit In The Cedaw, Michael Buenger
Michael Buenger
Human rights agreements like CEDAW contain language that seeks to inspire and establish the legal boundaries of state action with regards to protected rights. Such agreements also contain reservation provisions that enable states to join an agreement and simultaneously exempt themselves from the very substantive goals the agreement seeks to achieve. In the past, the issue of reservation compatibility has been treated as political questions under an objection process. Establishing a mechanism for testing reservation compatibility before the ICJ is a better means of ensuring that states do not nonchalantly exempt themselves from human rights obligations through reservations.
The Human Rights Of Women In The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Puja Kapai
The Human Rights Of Women In The Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Puja Kapai
Puja Kapai
Although Hong Kong is a party to the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and has enacted relevant protections to safeguard the rights and interests of women under the Hong Kong Basic Law (HKBL) and anti-discrimination laws, the existing framework of protection is inadequate in critical respects and fails to offer substantive protection. The paper critically examines existing law and policy governing women’s rights, highlighting the reasons for its failings and outlines recommendations for achieving substantive and transformative equality for women.