The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women on the Domestic Legislation in Egypt.

Intro -- The Impact of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women on the Domestic Legislation in Egypt -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- List of Arabic Terms -- List of Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Objective -- Roadmap -- 1 Introduction to the Women's Convention -- 1.1 States Parties' Obligations under the Women's Convention -- 1.2 Reservations to the Women's Convention -- 1.3 Excerpt: Shariʾa Law -- 1.4 Excerpt: Egypt's Legal and Judicial System -- 1.5 The Women's Convention's Monitoring Body -- 1.6 Additional UN Entities Concerned with Gender Equality -- 2 Egypt's Shariʾa-based Reservations to the Women's Convention -- 2.1 Permissibility of Egypt's Reservations -- 2.1.1 Women's Convention's Object and Purpose -- 2.1.2 Articles 2, 16 CEDAW Reflect Women's Convention's Object and Purpose -- 2.1.3 Compatibility of Egypt's Reservations with the Women's Convention's Object and Purpose -- 2.2 Legal Effect of Invalid Reservations -- 2.2.1 Treaty Law -- 2.2.2 Customary International Law -- 2.3 The Way Forward: Sharia-based Reservations: A Culturally Justified Restriction? -- 3 Revision of Egypt's Implementation Efforts Regarding the Reserved Articles 2, 16 CEDAW -- 3.1 Article 2 (g) CEDAW: Domestic Violence -- 3.1.1 Dogmatic Considerations Regarding the Legal Context of Domestic Violence -- 3.1.2 Domestic Violence in Criminal Shariʾa Law -- 3.1.3 Domestic Violence in Egyptian Penal Law -- 3.1.4 Discrepancies between Shariʾa and Egyptian Law Regarding Domestic Violence -- 3.2 Article 16 (1) (c) CEDAW: Divorce Law -- 3.2.1 Right to Divorce in Shariʾa Law -- 3.2.2 Right to Divorce in Egyptian Domestic Law -- 3.2.3 Discrepancies between Shariʾa and Egyptian Domestic Divorce Law -- 3.3 The Way Forward: Withdrawal of Reservation in Near Future? -- 4 The Women's Convention's Impact on Egyptian Legislation.

4.1 Egypt's Constitution -- 4.1.1 Scope of States Parties Obligation under CEDAW -- 4.1.2 Egypt's Compliance -- 4.1.3 Summary -- 4.2 Egypt's Statutory Laws -- 4.2.1 Combatting Female Genital Mutilation in Light of Article 12, 2 and 5 CEDAW -- 4.2.2 Combatting "Summer Marriages" as a Form of Trafficking in Women in Light of Article 6 CEDAW -- 4.2.3 Egypt's Legislative Efforts on Combatting Gender-discriminatory Nationality Laws in Light of Article 9 CEDAW -- 4.2.4 Egypt's Legislative Efforts on Combatting Gender Discrimination in Employment in Light of Article 11 CEDAW -- 4.2.5 Summary -- 4.3 The Way Forward: How to Improve Egypt's Implementation Efforts? -- Conclusion -- Effectiveness of the Women's Convention -- International Impact of the Women's Convention -- Domestic Impact of the Women's Convention -- Obstacles to the Women's Convention's Effective Implementation -- Appendix 1 Documents Issued by the United Nations -- Appendix 2 International Treaties and Declarations -- Appendix 3 Egyptian Legislation -- Appendix 4 International Case Law -- Bibliography -- Websites -- Index.

The book offers an account of Egypt's legislative achievements and shortcomings in light of its international obligation to eliminate gender discrimination resulting from the Women's Convention and proposes de jure and de facto reforms to improve Egypt's implementation efforts.

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