International Human Rights Law

Conduct your own research on women’s human rights in international human rights law, focusing on the following three issues.

1. Describe the current international human rights law framework applicable to women’s human rights.

2. Identify and explain the current issues, controversies and emerging challenges in the field of women’s human rights.

3. Analyse the effectiveness of the current international human rights framework for women’s rights in meeting the issues, controversies and challenges that you have identified.

You may focus on one or more countries in your answer. You should refer to primary sources, grey literature and academic commentary.