TY - GEN AB - This book addresses sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against women from an international law point of view. It identifies the reasons behind SGBV against women with a specific focus on cultural practices that try to justify it and highlights the legal challenges related to the topic for both national and international justice systems. The seven chapters of the book are: i) Introduction ii) SGBV a global concern; iii) International legal protection; iv) Role of international institutions; v) Role of cultural factors and vi) Challenges vii) Conclusions. In the light of concerted global efforts to bring to an end, or at least severely contain SGBV against women, the book provides a future roadmap to the United Nations system, States, international institutions, multidisciplinary scholars, civil society organizations and other global actors. The book contains a Foreword by Peter Maurer, President of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). AU - Desai, Bharat H., AU - Mandal, Moumita, CN - K5191.W65 DO - 10.1007/978-981-19-0894-1 DO - doi ID - 1447837 KW - Women KW - Women KW - International law. KW - Culture and law. LK - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-19-0894-1 N2 - This book addresses sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) against women from an international law point of view. It identifies the reasons behind SGBV against women with a specific focus on cultural practices that try to justify it and highlights the legal challenges related to the topic for both national and international justice systems. The seven chapters of the book are: i) Introduction ii) SGBV a global concern; iii) International legal protection; iv) Role of international institutions; v) Role of cultural factors and vi) Challenges vii) Conclusions. In the light of concerted global efforts to bring to an end, or at least severely contain SGBV against women, the book provides a future roadmap to the United Nations system, States, international institutions, multidisciplinary scholars, civil society organizations and other global actors. The book contains a Foreword by Peter Maurer, President of International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC). SN - 9789811908941 SN - 981190894X T1 - Sexual and gender-based violence in international law :making international institutions work / TI - Sexual and gender-based violence in international law :making international institutions work / UR - https://univsouthin.idm.oclc.org/login?url=https://link.springer.com/10.1007/978-981-19-0894-1 ER -