Reproductive Freedom, Torture and International Human Rights: Challenging the Masculinisation of Torture

by Ronli Sifris

Book Overview

This book contributes to a feminist understanding of international human rights by examining restrictions on reproductive freedom through the lens of the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment. Ronli Sifris challenges the view that torture only takes place within the traditional paradigm of interrogation, punishment or intimidation of a detainee, arguing that this traditional construction of the concept of...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1138665460
• ISBN13: 9781138665460
• Release Date: February 2016
• Publisher: Routledge
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.1" x 9.2"