Cedaw - Study guides, Revision notes & Summaries

Public international law vs. private international law? - -Public: the rules that govern relationships involving states and IOs Private: concerns the clash of laws from different jurisdictions -What are the 3 types of international law? - --treaties -customary international law -general principles of law recognised by civilised nations -What are some examples of treaties both bilateral and multilateral? - -Treaty of Versailles 1919 (ending WW1), Treaty of Waitangi 1840, International C...

"Let one hundred flowers bloom" - ANSWER-Chairman Mao Zedong's "Let a hundred flowers bloom; let a hundred schools of thought contend". This slogan was used during the period of approximately six weeks in the summer of 1957 when the Chinese intelligentsia were invited to criticize the political system then obtaining in Communist China. It is sometimes suggested that the initiative was a deliberate attempt to flush out dissidents by encouraging them to show themselves as critical of the regi...

This a model answer for a question regarding International Law's protection of the rights of women.

Chapter 1. intro: What were the origins of Women's Rights Activism in the United States? (Include 3 points discussed by the authors) - 1) Started with abolition movement to end slavery 2) "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" by Mary Wollstonecraft 3) Seneca Falls Convention 4) Women's Suffrage Association Chapter 1. intro: What is CEDAW? what position has the US taken on CEDAW - Convention on the elimination of all-forms of discrimination against women. -US hasn't ratified conven...

AP10 Q3 MOD3 TUGON NG PAMAHALAAN AT MAMAMAYAN SA MGA ISYUNG DISKRIMINASYON AT KARAHASAN

Week 1 • Mamatkulov & Askarov vs. Turkey • E.R. and Others vs. Turkey Week 2 • HRCtee General Comment No. 24 on reservations, 4 November 1994, CCPR/C/21/Rev.1/Add.6 • HRCtee, Sandra Lovelace vs. Canada, • ECtHR, Refah Partisi and others vs. Turkey, Week 3 • Kepa Urra Guridi vs. Spain Week 4 • General Assembly, Resolution 60/251, Human Rights Council, 3 April 2006 • Human Rights Council, Resolution 5/1, Institution-building of the United Nations Human Rights Counc...