Human Rights and Gender Based Violence in Asia

Fozia Nazir Lone, PhD, is a distinguished academic and legal expert who serves as an Associate Professor and Associate Director - the Public Law and Human Rights Forum at the City University of Hong Kong. Her research focuses on international law, international water law, human/women rights, and border disputes (India/China) and is an esteemed member of various professional organisations, including the Asian Academy of International Law, the International Water Resources Association, The International Water Law Academy at Wuhan University, China, AIDA (International Association for Water Law), The Grassroots Institute Canada, (Montreal) and Natural Resource Law & Governance (Turin, Italy).Guobin Zhu, PhD, is a Professor of Law and Director of Public Law and Human Rights Forum at the School of Law, City University of Hong Kong (CityUHK). Specialising in Chinese and comparative constitutional law, Hong Kong Basic Law, Chinese human rights law, the Chinese and Hong Kong legal system, and Chinese public administration, he has extensively published in these fields in English, Chinese and French. He is a Titular Member of the International Academy of Comparative Law, a Standing Council Member of the Association of Hong Kong Basic Law and Macau Basic Law, and a Council Member of the Chinese Association of Constitutional Law and Chinese Society of Judicial Studies.Anthony Carty, PhD (Cambridge, UK), is Emeritus Professor of the Beijing Institute of Technology and Visiting Professor at the Peking University Law Faculty and Nanjing University Law Faculty; and formerly the Sir Y K Pao Chair of Public Law at Hong Kong University, Cheng Yu Tung Chair of Public International Law at Tsinghua University and Chair of Public Law at Aberdeen University (UK). His first Chair was the Eversheds Chair of Law at the University of Derby, where he learned the skills which made his work on UK and French legal archives possible, leading to his multiple translated History and Sovereignty of the South China Sea Islands. His standard academic activity has been books on The Decay of International Law and Philosophy of International Law, which have gone through several reprints and re-editions.

• 1. Unveiling Women's Rights in Asia: Advancements and Uphill Battles Fozia Nazir Lone & Anthony Carty 2. Gender Bias in International Economic Law Zixin Meng 3. Sexual Harassment and Rape: The Law and Reality in Bangladesh Saira Rahman Khan 4. Gender-based Violence and Pukhtun Women: Socio-political Marginalization in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan Syed Wasif Azim 5. “To Portray Her Face”: the Legal Discourse of Woman Reproductive Rights in Post-1978 China and Its Limits Ying Wu and Han Zhai 6. Sexual Harassment: Emergence, Evolution and Legislation in Chinese Discourse Huang Zhouzheng and Liu Xiaonan 7. Crafting a Voice: A Women-Centric Approach to Sexual Harassment Law in India? Prerna Dhoop 8. Violence Against Women and the Law in Vietnam Thi Phuong Nguyen and Ngoc Son Bui 9. The need to build local public institutions capable of implementing international norms and standards of human rights Basil Fernando 10. Gender-Based Violence in Ongoing Conflicts: A Nuanced Analysis on Empowering Women for Sustainable Peace in Kashmir Fozia Nazir Lone 11. The Unending Agony: Gender-based Violence to and Transgressed Rights of Rohingya Women Md Rabiul Islam Chapter 12. Gendered Violence in Afghanistan can be consigned to history Norah Niland