Physical Integrity Rights: A Comparative Perspective

TABLE OF CONTENTS
CASES;
INTRODUCTION;
1.1 WHAT ARE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY RIGHTS?;
1.2 PHYSICAL INTEGRITY RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW;
RIGHT TO LIFE;
THE RIGHT AGAINST TORTURE AND OTHER FORMS OF CRUEL, INHUMAN OR DEGRADIN;
TREATMENT OR PUNISHMENT;
THE RIGHT A GAINST SLA VERY;
1.3 COMPLETING THE PICTURE: ISSUES RELATING TO THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY OF WOMEN AND CHILDREN;
SPECIALIZATION TENDING TOWARDS MARGINALIZATION: THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS QUESTION;
THE QUESTION OF CHILDREN'S RIGHTS;
1.4 A BRIEF SURVEY OF THE MECHANISMS FOR PROTECTION OF THE RIGHTS
IN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME;
THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME;
A. The United Nations;
B. The Council of Europe;
C. The Organization of American States;
PI RIGHTS IN SPECIAL SITUATIONS: INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW;
1.5 DEFINING THE PROBLEM;
1.6 METHODOLOGY;
CHAPTER 2;
PHYSICAL INTEGRITY RIGHTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
REGIME;
INTRODUCTION;
2.1 A QUICK OVERVIEW OF THE NORMS AND PROCESSES FOR THE PROTECTION OF PI RIGHTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME;
PI RIGHTS IN THE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME;
2.2 RESPONSES OF THE HUMAN RIGHTS REGIMES TO SPECIFIC ISSUES RELATING TO PI RIGHTS;
RIGHT TO LIFE;
A. War;
B. Capital Punishment;
C. Abortion;
D. Euthanasia;
RIGHT TO PERSONAL SECURITY;
RIGHT TO HUMANE TREATMENT;
CONCLUSIONS;
CHAPTER 3;
THE PHYSICAL INTEGRITY RIGHTS OF WOMEN AND THE REGIME OF 'WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS';
INTRODUCTION;
3.1 HUMAN RIGHTS OF WOMEN: A BRIEF OVERVIEW;
WHAT ARE 'WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS?';
THE NEED FOR WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS;
A BRIEF OVERVIEW OF THE NORMATIVE AND INSTITUTIONAL STRUCTURES FOR THE PROTECTION OF WOMEN'S RIGHTS;
A. The United Nations System;
B. The Council Of Europe;
C. The Organization Of American States;
THE NATURE OF STATE RESPONSIBILITY UNDER WOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS;
3.2 PI RIGHTS IN THE WOMEN'S RIGHTS REGIME;
THE CEDAW AND PI RIGHTS;
WOMEN'S PI RIGHTS: INITIATIVES FROM THE 'GENERAL' HUMAN RIGHTS REGIME OF THE UNP;
PI RIGHTA IN THE INTER-AMERICAN SYSTEM;
3.3 SOME ISSUES RELATED TO THE PI RIGHTS OF WOMEN;
DOWRY DEATHS: A VIOLATION OF THE RIGHT TO LIFE;
THE QUESTION OF DOMESTIC VIOLENCE;
3.4 WOMEN'S PI RIGHTS IN INTERNATIONAL HUMANIT ARIAN LAW;
RAPE UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW;
A. Prohibition of Rape as 'Hard Law';
B. Rape As A Crime Against Humanity;
SEXUAL Su VERY AS A CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY;
CONCLUSIONS;
CHAPTER 4;
CHILDREN AND PHYSICAL INTEGRITY RIGHTS;
INTRODUCTION;
4.1 AN OVERVIEW OF NORMS AND PROCESSES IN THE CHILDREN'S RIGHTS
REGIME;
PI RIGHTS IN THE CRC;
ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS FOR CHILDREN'S RIGHTS;
4.2 SOME ISSUES RELATED TO THE PI RIGHTS OF CIDLDREN;
FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION;
SEXUAL TRAFFICKING AND EXPLOITATION OF CHILDREN;
CONCLUSION;
GENERAL CONCLUSION;
BIDLIOGRAPHY;
TABLE OF INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DOCUMENTS REFERRED;
BOOKS;
ARTICLES;
ANNEXURES.