WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS: WHY DO WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE?

Abstract

This paper was organized from the speech of the authors, in the opening of the event Women, Power and Democracy, held in 2018, in the Cultural Center of Federal Justice. The text makes a brief presentation of human rights and argue about the need to discuss such rights, considering the problems still faced by women, in the fight against sexual harassment and against what has been recently conceptualized as femicide, it means the persecution and intentional death of female people. It also discusses the need for public policies to effect women's rights, which is in perfect alignment with Objective 5, ODS 5, of 2030 Agenda for the Sustainable Development of the United Nations, UN.

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Author Biography

André Fontes, UNIRIO

Doutor em Direito pela Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ), Doutor em Ciências Ambientais e Florestais pela Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro (UFRRJ). Professor da Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UNIRIO) e Presidente do Tribunal Regional Federal da 2ª Região (Rio de Janeiro e Espírito Santo).

Published
2018-09-05
How to Cite
FONTES, André; FRIEDE, Reis. WOMEN AND HUMAN RIGHTS: WHY DO WE NEED TO DEAL WITH THIS ISSUE?. LexCult electronic Journal of law and humanities, [S.l.], v. 2, n. 2, p. 14-25, sep. 2018. ISSN 2594-8261. Available at: <http://lexcultccjf.trf2.jus.br/index.php/LexCult/article/view/73>. Date accessed: 18 may 2024. doi: https://doi.org/10.30749/2594-8261.v2n2p14-25.

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