General Information

Language

English.

Published

New York : Lawyers Committee for Human Rights, 1999.

Physical Description

ix, 207 p. ; 23 cm.

Contributors

Contributor

Lawyers Committee for Human Rights (U.S.)

Subjects

Subject

Islam and justice > Congresses.

Civil rights (Islamic law) > Congresses.

Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Middle East > Congresses.

Women > Legal status, laws, etc. > Africa, North > Congresses.

Bibliographic Information

Title Variation

Debating the future of women's and minority rights in the Middle East and North Africa

Islam & equality

Note

"February 1999."

Content

What is the right to equality before the law? -- The rights of women in Islam and international human rights standards -- Can we recincile Islamic law and international standards? -- The equality principle in practice -- Concluding observations -- Appendix I. The right to equality in international law / Maurice Copithorne -- Appendix II. Political reflections on the question of equality / Heba Raouf Ezzat -- Appendix III. Islam, women and politics / Aicha Belarbi.

Library Special Collection

HU OSA 318 - Donation of the International Helsinki Federation for Human Rights

ISBN

0934143919

Holdings

Item Type	Current Location	Collection	Call Number	Volume Info	Shelving Location	Public Note
Book	OSA Archivum Library	Human Rights (IHF) Collection	342.560878 ISL		General Stacks	-

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