CEDAW incorporation and federalism: the role of subnational conflict for the strengthening of women’s rights through an abortion case in Argentina

The paper examines a conflict-centered subnational incorporation model of the Convention for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), through the lens of an abortion case in Argentina: “Case of L.M.R.“ from the Province of Buenos Aires. This case was brought by feminist organizations to the Human Rights Committee after a 19...

Panel 158, WEDNESDAY JUNE 27 2018 10:45 AM - 12:15 PM