Due diligence and its application to protect women from violence / edited by Carin Benninger-Budel.

Preliminary material / Carin Benninger-Budel -- Introduction / Carin Benninger-Budel -- The due diligence standard: What does it entail for womens rights? / Yakn Ertürk -- The history and development of the due diligence standard in international law and its role in the protection of women against violence / Joanna Bourke-Martignoni -- Preventing violence against women: The due diligence standard with respect to the obligation to banish gender stereotypes on the grounds of Article 5(A) of the Cedaw convention / Rikki Holtmaat -- Emerging human rights obligations for non-state actors / Ineke Boerefijn and Eva Naezer -- Due diligence and the power of economic players / Helen O’Connell -- Due diligence and the fight against gender-based violence in the inter-american system / Elizabeth A.H. Abi-Mershed -- Applying the due diligence principle in Asia Pacific / Lisa Pusey -- South Africas response to domestic violence / Dee Smythe -- Violence against women by non-state actors, a responsibility for the state under human rights law: amnesty internationals work on domestic violence / Lisa Gormley -- Spain: More rights, but the obstacles remain / María Naredo Molero -- Human trafficking: A brief introduction to issues of responsibility and accountability / Anne Gallagher -- Problems with the implementation of the due diligence standard from the perspective of countries of origin in the OSCE Region / Shivaun Scanlan -- Human trafficking in Germany / Nivedita Prasad and Babette Rohner -- Violence against women, cultural/religious traditions and the international standard of due diligence / Judith Wyttenbach -- Violence against women legitimised by arguments of culture: Thoughts from a pakistani perspective / Farida Shaheed -- Controlling womens sexuality, sustaining dominant culture(s), legitimising gender-based violence: the case for due diligence / Susana T. Fried -- Violence against women in armed conflict / Theodor Winkler -- Table of cases / Carin Benninger-Budel -- The contributors / Carin Benninger-Budel -- The supporting organisations / Carin Benninger-Budel -- Index / Carin Benninger-Budel -- Nijhoff law specials / Carin Benninger-Budel.

Under international human rights law, states are required to exercise due diligence to prevent, investigate, punish and provide redress for acts of violence against women. Accordingly, the due diligence standard presents a way to measure whether a state has fulfilled its obligations to prevent and respond to violence against women. Despite its growing popularity as a tool for promoting greater state accountability for violence against women by non-state actors, the content and scope of due diligence obligations remain vague. Against the backdrop of contemporary issues that pose threats to women’s rights, the contributors to this volume examine how the due diligence standard and other strategies can be applied as useful mechanisms to combat violence against women in various cultures worldwide.