Book contents
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Table of Treaties
- Table of Cases and Communications
- Abbreviations
- Part I Legal and Conceptual Framework
- Part II Case Studies
- 5 Women’s Rights and International Law in a Fragile State
- 6 Women’s Rights and International Law in Ending Conflict
- 7 Women’s Rights and International Law in Building Peace
- Part III Looking Forward
- Bibliography
- Index
7 - Women’s Rights and International Law in Building Peace
Nepal
from Part II - Case Studies
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2020
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Table of Treaties
- Table of Cases and Communications
- Abbreviations
- Part I Legal and Conceptual Framework
- Part II Case Studies
- 5 Women’s Rights and International Law in a Fragile State
- 6 Women’s Rights and International Law in Ending Conflict
- 7 Women’s Rights and International Law in Building Peace
- Part III Looking Forward
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The Nepalese conflict persisted for a decade, from 1996 to 2006, but its origins can be found in centuries of caste-based discrimination, with clear gender dimensions. While the conflict fatalities and disappearances that characterised the conflict primarily targeted men, the ongoing impact of disappearances, in particular, disproportionately victimised surviving female family members. The activities of international law institutions in scrutinising the impact of the conflict on women’s rights was limited by the state’s deliberate, and largely effective, strategy of avoiding international legal obligations by declining to ratify key international treaties.
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- Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law , pp. 257 - 296Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020