CARDOZO JOURNAL OF LAW AND GENDER

Corporations and Human Rights Law: The Emerging Consensus and its Effects on Women's Employment Rights

This paper analyzes the garment industry as illustrative of a governance gap that is created in today's globalized economy when corporations directly impact human dignity but states do not have the ability to extend their legislation to protect international human rights from corporate harm. The author argues that the relevant soft law instruments have largely overlooked women's employment experiences in the effort to fill this governance gap.

Bound by Injustice: Challenging the Use of Shackles on Incarcerated Pregnant Women

The author criticizes the practice of shackling female prisoners during childbirth, still used in the United States, despite its wide spread condemnation by the international community. This practice not only causes humiliation for women giving birth but also health and safety concerns. This practice is also contrary to two international treaties ratified by the United States- The Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (CAT) and the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The author