Women’s Rights as Human Rights: Local and Global Perspectives Strategies and Analyses from the ICCL Working Conference on Women’s Rights as Human Rights (Dublin, March 1997) Edited by Niamh Reilly
Short Bibliography / Documents List General Readings
Amnesty International Report 1997. London: Amnesty International Publication, 1997.
Brownlie, Ian (ed). Basic Documents on Human Rights. Third Edition. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1992.
Cooke, Rebecca (ed). Human Rights of Women: National and International Perpsectives. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1994.
Peters, Julie, and A. Wolper (eds). Women’s Rights, Human Rights: International Feminist Perspectives. New York: Routledge, 1995.
Robertson, A. H., and J. G. Merrills (eds). Human Rights in the World. Fourth edition. Manchester: Manchester University Press, 1996.
Working Conference on Women’s Rights as Human Rights Resource Pack (March, 1997)*
Guides and Manuals Bell, Christine (ed). Women’s Rights as Human Rights: A Practical Guide. Occassional paper series, no. 2. Belfast: Centre for International and Comparative Human Rights Law
Winter, Jane. Human Rights, Human Wrongs: A Guide to the Human Rights Machinery of the United Nations. British Irish Rights Watch, 1996. (Tel.
Women, Law & Development International and Human Rights Watch Women’s Rights Project, Women’s Human Rights Step by Step: A Practical Guide to Using International Human Rights Law and Mechanisms to Defend Women’s Human Rights. Washington, D.C.: Women, Law & Development International, 1997.
UN Agreements
World Conference on Human Rights: The Vienna Declaration and Programme of Action, June 1993. DPI/1394-39399, August 1993. New York: United Nations Department of Public Information, 1993. (Available from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, UN Department of Public Information, or the Department of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights Unit - see Appendix ii.)
The Beijing Declaration and the Platform for Action: The Fourth World Conference on Women, Beijing, China, 4-15 September 1995. New York: United Nations Department of Public Information, 1996. (Also available from the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform - see Appendix ii.)
Irish Government Human Rights Reports
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights First National Report of Ireland. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993.
International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: First National Report of Ireland. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996.
Ireland’s Combined Second and Third Reports under the UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997.
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child: First National Report of Ireland. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996.
Other Government Reports
Challenges and Opportunities Abroad: White Paper on Foreign Policy. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996.
A Plan for Women’s Health, 1997-1999. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997.
Report of the Constitution Review Group. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996.
Report of the Task Force on the Travelling Community. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1995.
Report of the Task Force on Violence against Women. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1997.
Second Commission on the Status of Women: Report to the Government. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1993.
A Strategy for Equality: Report of the Commission on the Status of People with Disabilities. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996.
United Nations Fourth World Conference on Women: First Report on the Implementation of the Platform for Action. Dublin: Stationery Office, 1996.
Other Relevant Reports
National Women’s Council of Ireland. Beijing and Beyond: An Independent Report to the Fourth World Conference on Women. Dublin: National Women’s Council of Ireland, 1995.
Reilly, Niamh. State Accountability for Women’s Human Rights in Ireland. Dublin: Women’s Education Research and Resource Centre, University College Dublin, 1997.
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* Some copies of the Conference Resource Pack, in print and on audio tape, are still available. The pack contains background papers, articles and other materials relevant to women’s human rights. To obtain a copy contact Niamh Reilly or Ursula Barry (see Appendix ii).