Abstract
The author explores some of the conceptual limitations of international human rights in adequately protecting women's rights, particularly, in adequately protecting women from physical and sexual violence within the family. Relying on the insights of feminist theory, Rao argues that the public\private distinction on which liberal human rights discourse is premised operates to obscure and negate the sphere in which women are physically and sexually abused as a valid sphere of inquiry and protection. Rao argues that international human rights must be informed by a more complex understanding of the dispersion and operation of power, which breaks down the artificial distinction between public and private realms. (Editor’s abstract.)
Recommended Citation
Rao, Arati
(1993)
"Right in the Home: Feminist Theoretical Perspective on International Human Rights,"
National Law School Journal: Vol. 5:
Iss.
1, Article 2.
Available at:
https://repository.nls.ac.in/nlsj/vol5/iss1/2