The following is a list of sources for those interested
in the reporting procedures of international treaty bodies
and on reproductive and sexual health rights. This list is
not an exhaustive one. For further references, see the Women's
Human Rights Resources Website at: http://www.law-lib.utoronto.ca/Diana/.
Ian Askew and Marge Berer, "The Contribution of Sexual
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Theresa Akumadu, Integrating Women's Human Rights into
UN Human Rights Mechanisms: a Guide to UN Human Rights Bodies
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Gudmundur Alfredsson and Katarina Tomasevski (eds.), A
Thematic Guide to Documents on Health and Human Rights
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Phillip Alston, The Best Interests of the Child: Reconciling
Culture and Human Rights (Oxford: Oxford University Press,
1994).
Phillip Alston and Gerard Quinn, "The Nature and Scope
of States Parties' Obligations under the International Covenant
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Michael Banton, International Action Against Racial Discrimination
(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1996).
Ineke Boerefijn and Brigit Toebes, "Health and Human
Rights: Health Issues discussed by United Nations Treaty Monitoring
Bodies," 21 Netherlands Quarterly of Human Rights
[SIM Special Issue] (1998).
Thomas Buergenthal, International Human Rights in a
Nutshell (St. Paul, Minnesota: West Publishing Co, 1998).
Center for Reproductive Law and Policy (CRLP), An
Advocate's Guide to the Work of UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies
on Reproductive and Sexual Rights (New York:
CLRP, 2002).
Sandra Coliver (ed.), The Right to Know: Human Rights
and Access to Reproductive Health Information (Philadelphia:
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1995).
Rebecca J. Cook, "Human Rights Law and Safe Motherhood"
in Merali & Oosterveld (eds.) Giving Meaning to Economic,
Social and Cultural Rights (Pennsylvania: University
of Pennsylvania Press, forthcoming 2001).
Rebecca J. Cook and Bernard M. Dickens, Considerations
for Formulating Reproductive Health Laws: A Discussion Paper
(2nd ed.) (Geneva: World Health Organization, 2000).
Rebecca J. Cook and Bernard M. Dickens, "Recognizing
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healthcare," 70(1) International Journal of Gynecology
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2000, 13-21 (2000).
Rebecca J. Cook, Bernard M. Dickens and Mahmoud F. Fathalla,
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Medicine, Ethics, and Law ( Oxford: Clarendon
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Matthew Craven, The International Covenant on Economic,
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(Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1995).
Lisa Crooms, "What Do Women's Human Rights Have to Do
With the Race Convention?" 40(3) Howard Law Journal
619 (1997).
Martha Davis, Roslyn Powell, "The International Convention
on the Rights of the child: a catalyst for Innovative childcare
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Bernard Dickens ed., Special issue on Legal and Ethical Aspects
of Reproductive and Sexual Health in Central and Eastern Europe,
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Larry O. Gostin and Zita Lazzarini, Human Rights and
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Sophia Gruskin (ed.), 1(4) Health and Human Rights,
Symposium edition on Women's Health and Human Rights (1995)
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Dayanath C. Jaysuriya (ed.), HIV Law, Ethics and Human
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Maja K. Eriksson, Reproductive Freedom: In the Context
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Kirsten Lee, "Female Genital Mutilation: Medical Aspects
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8 Harvard Human Rights Journal 1 (1995).
Carol E. Lockwood, Daniel B. Magraw, Margaret F. Spring,
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of Women: Instruments of Change (Washington, D.C.: American
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Carla Makhlouf Obermeyer, "A Cross Cultural Perspective
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366 (1995).
Jonathan Mann et al. (eds.), Health and Human Rights:
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Allan McChesney, Promoting and Defending Economic, Social
and Cultural Rights: A Handbook (Washington, DC: American
Association for the Advancement of Science, 2000).
Marilou McPhedran, Susan Bazilli, Moana Erickson and Andrew
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Isfahan Merali, "Advancing Women's Reproductive and
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Julie Mertus, Nancy Flowers, & Mallika Dutt, Location
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Vitit Muntarbhorn, Sexual Exploitation of Children
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Susan O'Rourke Von-Struensee, "Violence, Exploitation
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Corinne A. A. Packer, The Right to Reproductive Choice:
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Corinne A. A. Packer, "Preventing Adolescent Pregnancy:
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Mona Pare, "Why have Street Children Disappeared? The
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Bharati Sadasivam, "The Rights Framework in Reproductive
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Peter Vedel Kessing, "New Optional Protocol to the UN
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Adrien K. Wing (ed.), Global Critical Race Feminism:
An International Reader (New York: New York University
Press, 2000).
Alicia Ely Yamin and Deborah P. Maine, "Maternal Mortality
as a Human Rights Issue: Measuring Compliance with International
Treaty Obligation", 21 Human Rights Quarterly
563 (1999).
Julia Zajkowski, Kathy Hall-Martinez and Rebecca J. Cook,
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Rights: An analysis of the Work of UN Treaty Monitoring Bodies
(New York: Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 2003).
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