by Valentina ColomboResearch Fellow, IMT Lucca
The great irony of the recent International Conference on Violence Against Women hosted by the Italian Ministry for Equal Opportunities, is that if the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Violence Against Women (CEDAW), ratified by 185 countries, or over 90% of the United Nations, were implemented, there would be no need for this conference.
One if the main problems is the distance between laws, international conventions and treaties - and their implementation.
In Islamic countries, for example, although 46 out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) ratified it, they did so with “reservations.”
It seems there are Muslim intellectuals and human rights defenders who are still ambivalent about pursuing engagement ....
One if the main problems is the distance between laws, international conventions and treaties - and their implementation.
In Islamic countries, for example, although 46 out of 57 members of the Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC) ratified it, they did so with “reservations.”
It seems there are Muslim intellectuals and human rights defenders who are still ambivalent about pursuing engagement ....
Source: Hudson New York
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