
Women And The Lgbt Community In Russia And Turkey Face Pervasive Discrimination. Only A Small Percentage Dare To Challenge Their Mistreatment In Court. Facing Domestic Police And Judges Who Often Refuse To Recognize Discrimination, A Small Minority Of Activists Have Exhausted Their Domestic Appeals And Then Turned To Their Last Hope: The European Court Of Human Rights (ecthr). The Ecthr, Located In Strasbourg, France, Is Widely Regarded As The Most Effective International Human Rights Court In Existence. Russian Citizens Whose Rights Have Been Violated At Home Have Brought Tens Of Thousands Of Cases To The Ecthr Over The Past Two Decades. But Only One Of These Cases Resulted In A Finding Of Gender Discrimination By The Ecthr-and That Case Was Brought By A Man. By Comparison, The Court Has Found Gender Discrimination More Frequently In Decisions On Turkish Cases. Courting Gender Justice Explores The Obstacles That Confront Citizens, Activists, And Lawyers Who Try To Bring Gender Discrimination Cases To Court. To Shed Light On The Factors That Make Rare Victories Possible In Discrimination Cases, The Book Draws Comparisons Among Forms Of Discrimination Faced By Women And Lgbt People In Russia And Turkey. Based On Interviews With Human Rights And Feminist Activists And Lawyers In Russia And Turkey, This Engaging Book Grounds The Law In The Personal Experiences Of Individual People Fighting To Defend Their Rights.
This book investigates the systemic barriers that prevent women and LGBT individuals in Russia and Turkey from successfully litigating gender discrimination cases at the European Court of Human Rights. The authors, Lisa McIntosh Sundstrom, Melike Sayoglu, and Valerie Sperling, utilize their expertise in political science and human rights to analyze why domestic legal systems fail to address these grievances and why international intervention remains difficult. By grounding legal theory in the lived experiences of activists and lawyers, the authors provide a framework for understanding the intersection of national judicial resistance and international human rights mechanisms.
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Experts highlight this work as a significant contribution to the study of international human rights law and gender politics. Readers frequently note the balance between rigorous academic research and the accessible, human-centered narratives of those fighting for legal recognition.
Page Count:
352
Publication Date:
2019-01-01
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
ISBN-10:
0190932848
ISBN-13:
9780190932848
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