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The role of international law in the struggle against sex-based and gender-based violence (pdf 455kb)

This report provides an overview of international law related to violence against women and the role it can play in preventing sex-based and gender-based violence against refugee women.

Issues discussed in the report include:

- What is international law?
- What are the key sources of international law?
- Is international law binding?
- What key international legal bodies exist?
- What constitutes violence against women?
- What are the primary legal documents securing the rights of refugee women?

The report also provides a directory of organisations dealing with international law relating to violence against refugee women.

 

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