Analyzing the Practice of International Organizations in Law Making and Development of Concepts of Women's Rights

Document Type : Original Article

Authors

1 Ph.D International Rights and Professor and Researcher

2 Faculty Member of Tarbiat Modarres University

Abstract

Women's rights is one of the important issues in the framework of international human rights; Many international treaties and other documents has been concluded in the field of women's human rights and many international organizations and institutions has had activity in international community so far. International organizations have been applied to monitor on insurance of women's human rights by several functions all over the world and specially their jurisdiction to interpretation of International norms is a key element in development of women's concepts. Some of the important human rights concepts and examples are "non-discrimination", "gender equality", "the right to health", "gender stereotypes" and "sexual and reproductive rights". With respect to the membership of Islamic Republic of Iran in the international treaties including the International Covenant of Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR) and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR), awareness of the recent general comments the international bodies is advantageous to decide effectively in international relations.

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