著者
軽部 恵子 Keiko Karube 桃山学院大学法学部
出版者
桃山学院大学総合研究所
雑誌
桃山学院大学社会学論集 = ST. ANDREW'S UNIVERSITY SOCIOLOGICAL REVIEW (ISSN:02876647)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.44, no.2, pp.353-358, 2011-03-28

This essay considers how the results of the mid-term elections in November 2010 might affect the Obama Administration during the 112th Congress(2011-2012). The Democrats have 53 seats in the Senate, while the Republicans hold 47. This means that the Republicans probably cannot turn over the veto of the president, which requires 67 out of 100, while they can filibuster and reject a cloture motion, which requires 60 votes. The president will face more difficulties to ask the Senate for ratification of treaties, which requires two thirds of the Senators. This essay points out that the House of Representatives controlled by the Republicans may be divided by the Tea Party Movement, which endorsed and supported quite a few new members of the House. In November 1994, the Republicans experienced a landslide victory. In 1995, however, the House Republicans confronted the Clinton Administration many times, resulting in a government shutdown twice. These events upset American people and partly contributed to the re-election of President Clinton in November 1996.
著者
軽部 恵子
出版者
桃山学院大学
雑誌
桃山学院大学社会学論集 (ISSN:02876647)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.34, no.1, pp.137-162, 2000-08-31

This paper reviews communications concerning the status of women alleging violations of women's rights set forth in the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (1979). Communications, some confidential and some non-confidential, were received either by the Division of the Advancement of Women (DAW) of the U.N. Secretariat in New York from 1 January to 30 November 1999, or by the U.N. Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva from January to October 1999. The former communication procedure was established by Economic and Social Council Resolution 76 (V) of 5 August 1947, as amended by Council Resolutions 304 (XI) of 14 and 17 July 1950 and 1983/27 of 26 May 1983. The latter procedure was established by Economic and Social Council Resolution 1503 (XLVIII) in 1970. During its 44th Session, the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) had its working group examine the contents of these communications. I analyze the patterns of alleged violations of women's rights described in these communications, and examine causes of those violations. Then, I emphasize the significance of maintaining a communication procedure concerning the status of women based on Economic and Social Council Resolutions because such a procedure will provide a measure to reinforce the domestic implementation of women's rights, especially while the Optional Protocol to the U.N. Convention on Women adopted by the General Assembly in October 1999 is yet to enter into force. Finally, I conclude that many of these communications include a variety of forms of "violence against women" and thus argue that the international community must put more emphasis on women's rights in order to stop threats to women's lives immediately.
著者
軽部 恵子
出版者
桃山学院大学
雑誌
桃山学院大学社会学論集 (ISSN:02876647)
巻号頁・発行日
vol.34, no.2, pp.27-45, 2000-12-20

This paper analyzes the influence of reservations to the effectiveness of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (hereinafter referred as "CEDAW") and the Optional Protocol to this Convention (hereinafter referred as "the Optional Protocol") in guaranteeing women's human rights. Reservations to treaties allow states to join a multilateral treaty when states agree to the object and purpose of the treaty in general but find that some provisions do not comform to their domestic laws, customs, or practices. At the same time, however, reservations pose the danger of tampering with the object and purpose of treaties, especially when it comes to human rights treaties. I analyze the provisions relating to reservations both in CEDAW and the Optional Protocol, comparing those with other major human rights treaties adopted by the United Nations General Assembly. These treaties include the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights of 1966, the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination of 1965, the Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment of 1984, and the Convention on the Rights of the Child of 1989. While CEDAW follows the "compatibility" principle established in Article 19 (c) of the Vienna Convention of the Law of Treaties of 1969, it fails to provide concrete criteria of the compatibility of reservations. Then I go on to analyze reservations made to CEDAW from the perspectives of geographical distribution, settlement of disputes, and the content of the provisions.
著者
軽部 恵子
出版者
桃山学院大学
雑誌
桃山法学 (ISSN:13481312)
巻号頁・発行日
no.9, pp.27-52, 2007-03-20

This paper discusses the possibility of achieving global governance withgender equality in the U.N. Regime. First, this paper considers several definitionsof global governance and determines to use the following: internationalsystem which has been established to respond to those issues which appearbeyond national borders and might affect the entire human being. The examplesof such system include international organizations, international organizations,treaties, and markets. Second, this paper reviews the history of U.N.documents on women's rights beginning the U.N. Charter. These documentsinclude the following : the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the U.N.Declaration on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women,the U.N. Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination againstWomen (hereinafter "the Convention" or "the U.N. Convention on Women")and the Beijing Declaration and the Platform.Third, this paper examines four issues which are obstacles to implementfully the U.N. Convention on Women, the most important international instrumentamong the U.N. regime on women. These issues include the following:reservation to the Convention, the necessity of education for women, the effectivenessof the reporting system by States Parties of the Convention, andthe protection of women under armed conflict. The protection of women underarmed conflict lies beyond the jurisdiction of the Committee on the Eliminationof Discrimination against Women, which is merely a monitoring body ofthe Convention.Finally, this paper will argue whether global governance can be achieved inthe field of gender equality.