Introduction: Violence against women and the need for international law / Aisha K. Gill -- The importance of international law and institutions / Jackie Jones -- Exploring the consequences of the normative gap in legal protections addressing violence against women / David Richards and Jillienne Haglund -- Normative developments on violence against women in the United Nations System / Rashida Manjoo -- The African human rights system : challenges and potential in addressing violence against women in Africa / Nicholas Wasonga Orago and Maria Nassali -- The European system : Convention on Human Rights (ECHR) and the Council of Europe Convention on Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (Istanbul Convention) / Jackie Jones -- Violence against women : normative developments in the Inter-American Human Rights System /Caroline Bettinger-Lopez -- Closing the normative gap in international law on violence against women : developments, initiatives, and possible options /Rashida Manjoo.
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