Cover Image

Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law

This paper looks into the way reproductive rights have been defined in light of advances made in the area of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). It discusses the problem that arises in defining reproductive rights in view of giving primacy to individual rights. Hence, the paper proposes tha...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Zawawi, Majdah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2009
Subjects:
KBP Islamic Law
KBP15 Congresses. Conferences
Online Access:http://irep.iium.edu.my/11834/1/Redefining_Reproductive_Rights_Through_A_Harmonised_Approach_of_International_Human_Rights_Law_and_Islamic_Law_-_Majdah_Zawawi.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/11834/
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
id my.iium.irep.11834
record_format dspace
spelling my.iium.irep.118342012-07-13T00:10:46Z http://irep.iium.edu.my/11834/ Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law Zawawi, Majdah KBP Islamic Law KBP15 Congresses. Conferences This paper looks into the way reproductive rights have been defined in light of advances made in the area of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). It discusses the problem that arises in defining reproductive rights in view of giving primacy to individual rights. Hence, the paper proposes that the term may be re-defined by not only emphasising individual rights, but also by looking at arising responsibilities that arises when a person decides to reproduce. In doing so, the paper discusses the position reproductive rights under existing International Human Rights Law whilst also looking at it from the Shari'ah perspective. 2009 Conference or Workshop Item REM application/pdf en http://irep.iium.edu.my/11834/1/Redefining_Reproductive_Rights_Through_A_Harmonised_Approach_of_International_Human_Rights_Law_and_Islamic_Law_-_Majdah_Zawawi.pdf Zawawi, Majdah (2009) Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law. In: 4th International Conference on Harmonisation of Civil Law & Shariah 2009, 8-9th December 2009, Attorney General Chambers, Putrajaya.
institution Universiti Islam Antarabangsa Malaysia
building IIUM Library
collection Institutional Repository
continent Asia
country Malaysia
content_provider International Islamic University Malaysia
content_source IIUM Repository (IREP)
url_provider http://irep.iium.edu.my/
language English
topic KBP Islamic Law
KBP15 Congresses. Conferences
spellingShingle KBP Islamic Law
KBP15 Congresses. Conferences
Zawawi, Majdah
Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law
description This paper looks into the way reproductive rights have been defined in light of advances made in the area of assisted reproductive technologies (ART). It discusses the problem that arises in defining reproductive rights in view of giving primacy to individual rights. Hence, the paper proposes that the term may be re-defined by not only emphasising individual rights, but also by looking at arising responsibilities that arises when a person decides to reproduce. In doing so, the paper discusses the position reproductive rights under existing International Human Rights Law whilst also looking at it from the Shari'ah perspective.
format Conference or Workshop Item
author Zawawi, Majdah
author_facet Zawawi, Majdah
author_sort Zawawi, Majdah
title Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law
title_short Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law
title_full Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law
title_fullStr Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law
title_full_unstemmed Redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and Islamic law
title_sort redefining reproductive rights through a harmonised approach of international human rights law and islamic law
publishDate 2009
url http://irep.iium.edu.my/11834/1/Redefining_Reproductive_Rights_Through_A_Harmonised_Approach_of_International_Human_Rights_Law_and_Islamic_Law_-_Majdah_Zawawi.pdf
http://irep.iium.edu.my/11834/
_version_ 1643606544539975680
score 13.211869

Similar Items