Advocating Abortion Rights in Northern Ireland
Local and Global Tensions
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12282991 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Cristín O’rourke (0000-0002-7217-5833, University of Ulster, corresponding author), Catherine O’Rourke (Ulster University, UK) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 25 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 716-740 |
| Publication date | 2016-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Social & Legal Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0964-6639 • E-ISSN: 1461-7390 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/0964663916668249 |
| OpenAlex | W2568174102 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 4 |
| References cited | 29 |
It is frequently claimed that the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) is more significant for the cultural, rather than legal, work that it does in reframing locally contested gender issues as the subject of international human rights. While this argument is well developed in respect of violence against women, CEDAW’s cultural traction is less clear in respect of women’s right to access safe and legal abortion. This article examines the request made jointly by Alliance for Choice, the Family Planning Association Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Women’s European Platform to the CEDAW Committee to request an inquiry under the CEDAW Optional Protocol into access to abortion in the jurisdiction. The study found that the CEDAW framework was useful in underpinning alliances between diverse pro-choice organizations but less effective in securing the support of ‘mainstream’ human rights organizations in the jurisdiction. The article argues that the local cultural possibilities of CEDAW must be understood as embedded within both the broader structural gendered limitations of international human rights law and persistent regressive gendered sub-themes within mainstream human rights advocacy
Cognitive reframing · Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women · Human rights · International human rights law · Jurisdiction · Mainstream · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · International Human Rights and Reproductive Law · Law · Legal Rights and Human Rights · Ombudsman and Human Rights
The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women
Feminism and the Power of Law
Globalizing Family Values
The Supreme Court, 1982 Term
Rights Talk and the Experience of Law
Human Rights as War by Other Means
Human Rights and Gender Violence
The Global Right Wing and the Clash of World Politics
The Optional Protocol to Cedaw
Power-sharing and human rights law
Contesting Women's Rights
Abortion Needs or Abortion Rights? Claiming State Accountability for Women’s Reproductive Welfare
The Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013
Women's Rights as Human Rights
Critiquing recent abortion law and policy in Northern Ireland
Northern Ireland's Abortion Law
Contract, Charity, and Honorable Entitlement
Gender, Democracy and Inclusion in Northern Ireland
Debating Reproductive Rights in Ireland
Activists beyond borders
Abortion as a Human Right--International and Regional Standards
Considering strategic litigation as an advocacy tool
The Cultural Politics of Sexuality and Reproduction in Northern Ireland
| Unique citing works | 4 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,4 |
| Citation span | 2016 - 2023 (8) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 4 |