De Beco, G orcid.org/0000-0002-6752-5149 (2017) Protecting the Invisible: An Intersectional Approach to International Human Rights Law. Human Rights Law Review, 17 (4). pp. 633-663. ISSN 1461-7781
Abstract
This article researches intersectionality in the area of international human rights law. Moving attention away from the field of anti-discrimination law, it examines how an intersectional approach to international human rights law can offer stronger human rights protection to people who share a number of characteristics associated with distinct groups of marginalised people. In order to illustrate the application of this approach the article provides a case study addressing three groups of disabled people who possess such characteristics, namely: 1) disabled women; 2) disabled people who belong to racial or ethnic minorities and; 3) disabled children. It concludes by arguing for the adoption of ‘intersectional mainstreaming’ in international human rights law. The article thereby aims to close a gap in research on intersectionality in the field of human rights. Providing a novel analysis of intersectionality, it proposes a remedy for the deficiencies of anti-discrimination law and shows how intersectionality can be applied in practice.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © The Author [2017]. Published by Oxford University Press. This is a pre-copyedited, author-produced PDF of an article accepted for publication in Human Rights Law Review following peer review. The version of record: Gauthier de Beco; Protecting the Invisible: An Intersectional Approach to International Human Rights Law, Human Rights Law Review, Volume 17, Issue 4, 1 December 2017, Pages 633–663, is available online at: https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngx029. Uploaded in accordance with the publisher's self-archiving policy. |
Keywords: | Intersectionality; Discrimination; Human Rights; Disability; Marginalised People; UN treaty bodies |
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Institution: | The University of Leeds |
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Education, Social Sciences and Law (Leeds) > School of Law (Leeds) |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications |
Date Deposited: | 30 Mar 2017 11:05 |
Last Modified: | 25 Oct 2019 00:38 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Oxford University Press |
Identification Number: | 10.1093/hrlr/ngx029 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:114272 |