Women's Rights Protection: a Pathway to International and European Mechanisms Against Discrimination

Women's Rights protection: a Pathway to international and European Mechanisms Against Discrimination

Week	Contents	Teaching / learning activities
1	Fundamentals of International systems of protection of human rights.   Fundamentals of equality and non-discrimination.  History and evolution of women’s rights and its international protection.   UN Instruments and mechanism of protection of women’s rights	Case study  Debates  Proposal of Positive Actions
2	UN Instruments and mechanism against racism  UN Instruments and mechanism of protection of people with disabilities.  European Organisations: Council of Europe and European Union.   Council of Europe’s instruments and mechanisms to fight against racism.   Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence	Case study  Debates  Proposal of Promotion Actions
3	European Union instruments, mechanisms, and policies.   EU non-discrimination Directives  EU and gender equality  Evolution and protection of LGBTIQ+ rights in Europe.	Case study  Debates  Proposal of Legislative Actions

 

There are 3 assessment activities, one at the end of each week. The activities include: 

• A case study to be presented and discussed in class. Both, the presentation and participation in the debate, will be graded.  
• A research paper about a topic that affects equality and how it is regulated internationally.
• Create a podcast episode based on the research paper.

Bibliography: 

Belavusau, Uladzislau, and Kristin Henrard. EU anti-discrimination law beyond gender , edited by Uladzislau Belavusau and Kristin Henrard. Primera edició. Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019. Print.  

Guth, Jessica. Gender and the Court of Justice of the European Union,  Jessica Guth, Sanna Elfving. London; Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group, 2020. Print. 

Hellum, Anne, and Henriette Sinding Aasen. Women's Human Rights: CEDAW in International, Regional and National Law. Vol. 3. New York: Cambridge University Press, 2013. 

https://bibcercador.uab.cat/permalink/34CSUC_UAB/1c3utr0/cdi_proquest_ebookcentral_EBC1303706

 Martín Sánchez, María. La Perspectiva de género en la protección internacional de los derechos humanos: diálogo multinivel y deconstrucción de estereotipos / María Martín Sánchez. 1a edición. Valencia: Tirant lo Blanch, 2020. Print. Disponible online : 

https://biblioteca-tirant-com.are.uab.cat/cloudLibrary/ebook/show/9788413781617 

 Rivas Vañó,Alicia. LGBTI en Europa: la Construcción Jurídica de la Diversidad, Editorial: Tirant lo Blanch, 2019, ISBN: 9788491904809 

https://biblioteca.tirant.com/cloudLibrary/ebook/show/9788491904809?showPage=0

 Internet links. 

CEDAW: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/cedaw/

CES: http://www.unwomen.org/en/csw 

UN Women: http://www.unwomen.org/es/

 Universal Declaration of Human Rights: http://www.ohchr.org/EN/UDHR/Pages/UDHRIndex.aspx

 EIGE - European Institute for Gender Equality: https://eige.europa.eu/es/in-brief

 Council of Europe: https://www.coe.int/en/web/cm/home

European Commission : https://ec.europa.eu/info/policies/justice-and-fundamental-rights/gender-equality_en

European Pariment LGTBI Intergroup: https://lgbti-ep.eu/

FRA - European Agency for Fundamental Rights: https://fra.europa.eu/en/theme/gender

EUR-Lex - EU Legislation and Case Law Finder: 

https://eur-lex.europa.eu/homepage.html?locale=es

 

Dr. Lidia Ballesta Martí is a lecturer in EU and international Law at the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB). Her primary research areas include gender and non-discrimination law within the EU and at the international level.  She is part of the teaching staff for both the Law degree and the Socio-Cultural Gender Studies degree. Additionally, she coordinates a project "Transnational Dimensions of Equality and Law."

• E-mail: lidia.ballesta@uab.cat