Title: Gender equality and the judiciary :
Authors: Caribbean Regional Judicial Colloquium; Byrnes, Andrew.; Adams, Kirstine.; Commonwealth Secretariat.
Date: 1999
Publisher: Commonwealth Secretariat,
Physical description: xii, 289 pages ; 25 cm
Language: English
LC classification: K
Contents: Documents: Victoria Falls Declaration of Principles for Promoting the Human Rights of Women -- Conclusions of the Asia/South Pacific Regional Judicial Colloquium for Senior Judges on the Domestic Application of International Human Rights Norms Relevant to Women's Human Rights -- Georgetown Recommendations and Strategies for Action on the Human Rights of Women and the Girl-Child. Welcome remarks / Desiree Bernard -- Introductory speech / Eleni Stamiris -- Welcoming speech / Indranie Chandarpal -- Opening remarks / Nicola Padfield. International standards, national courts and gender issues -- Keynote address / P N Bhagwati -- Using general human rights instruments to advance the human rights of women / Jane Connors -- Using gender specific human rights instruments in domestic litigation: the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women / Andrew Byrnes -- Gender and the judiciary: confronting gender bias / Kathleen E Mahoney -- International and regional standards of women's rights: their importance and impact on the domestic scene -- the position in Zimbabwe / A R Gubbay -- International standards, domestic litigation and the advancement of women's rights: perspectives and experiences from the South Pacific / Teresa Doherty -- The relevance of international standards to constitutional litigation in the Commonwealth Caribbean: a general survey with emphasis on gender equality issues / Douglas Mendes -- International labour standards of particular relevance to women workers: application in the Caribbean / Constance Thomas. Equality jurisprudence under Commonwealth Caribbean constitutions litigation relating to the human rights of women -- Eastern Caribbean / Dennis Byron -- British Virgin Islands / Ephraim F Georges -- Guyana / Claudette Singh -- Antigua and Barbuda / Kenneth Benjamin. The rights of the girl-child -- Protecting and promoting the rights of the girl-child in Commonwealth jurisdictions with emphasis on commercial sexual exploitation / Florence Butegwa -- Protecting and promoting the rights of the girl-child in Caribbean jurisdiction / Denise Noel-DeBique. CARICOM model legislation on violence against women in the areas of sexual offences, domestic violence and sexual harassment -- CARICOM model legislation on violence against women in the areas of sexual offences, domestic violence and sexual harassment: comparison with international standards and existing Commonwealth Caribbean legislation / Thelma Rodney-Edwards -- Violence against women in the Commonwealth Caribbean -- CARICOM model legislation on violence against women in the areas of sexual offences, domestic violence and sexual harassment -- their use in the framing of national legislation and a comparison with international standards / Margarette May Macaulay.
Subject headings (LCSH): Human rights--Congresses.; Judicial process--Congresses.; Justice, Administration of--Commonwealth countries--Congresses.; Sex discrimination against women--Law and legislation--Congresses.; Women's rights--Commonwealth countries--Congresses.; Women's rights--Congresses.; Women--Crimes against--Congresses.