(1) Introduction Flashcards
1
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relation btw international and domestic law
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international HR standards must always prevail over contradictory national law (after they’ve been assumed)
2
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sex typically =
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biological function
3
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gender =
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social/cultural construct
4
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but both sex and gender
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are both social constructs,
5
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features of gender and sex
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1) sexual orientation
2) gender identity
3) gender expression
4) sex characteristics
6
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forms of sex/gender
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1) legal
2) physical
3) social
7
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formal equality
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treating likes alike
8
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substantive equality
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treating differently situated ppl differently according to the difference
9
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direct discrimination
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explicitly singles out a feature
10
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indirect discrimination
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implicilty discriminates - not necessarily clear from the law itself
