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The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on the Domestic Legislation in Egypt
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By virtue of ratifying the Women’s Convention, Egypt is internationally obliged to eliminate gender discrimination in its domestic legislation. Yet, women in Egypt face various forms of discriminat...
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14 December 2017

By virtue of ratifying the Women’s Convention, Egypt is internationally obliged to eliminate gender discrimination in its domestic legislation. Yet, women in Egypt face various forms of discrimination. This may legally be justified through Sharia-based reservations, which many Muslim-majority countries enter to human rights treaties to evade an obligation of implementation where Human Rights run counter to Sharia. This book examines the compatibility of Sharia-based reservations with international law and identifies discrepancies between Sharia and domestic law in order to determine rights Egyptian women are entitled to according to Sharia, and yet denied under Egyptian law. Account is moreover given to Egypt’s implementation efforts in the non-reserved areas of law. To this end, Egypt’s 2014 Constitution and four areas of statutory law are examined as case studies, namely, female genital mutilation; human trafficking; nationality; and labor law.
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Pages: 230
Publisher: Brill
Imprint: Brill | Nijhoff
Series: International Studies in Human Rights
Publication Date:
14 December 2017
ISBN: 9789004346833
Format: Hardcover
Nora Salem, Ph.D. (2016), University of Jena, is Assistant Professor of Public International Law, Human Rights Law, and Egyptian Law at the American University in Cairo and former Research Fellow of Fordham Law School. She worked in various capacities at the United Nations Secretariat in New York (2013-2016).