Too Poor for Rights? Access to Justice for Poor Women in Bangladesh

Lena Hasle
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Lena Hasle: First Secretary, Political Governance, Norwegian Embassy, Lusaka

Bangladesh Development Studies, 2003, vol. 29, issue 3-4, 99-136

Abstract: One of the unique claims of the human rights framework, and in particular international human rights law, is its insistence that: "All human rights are universal, indivisible and interdependent and interrelated (UN doc. A/CONF. 157/23, 1993)" - applicable to all, without discrimination based on race, colour, sex, language, religion, social origin, etc. Despite widespread international acceptance of human rights norms, as signified by the large number of states that have ratified the main international human rights instruments, including the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights - their application remains elusive for many, and in particular for those living in poverty.1 Indeed, as stated by the previous High Commissioner for Human Rights, Mary Robinson, poverty is itself "a denial of a whole range of rights pertaining to the human being, based on each individual's dignity and worth" (UN Doc. E/CN.4/2000/SR.41, 2000)

Keywords: Violence against women; Husbands; Divorce; Development studies; Domestic violence; Womens rights; Mediation; Poverty; Rule of law (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: A10 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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