Comment The 2006 Women Protection Act of Pakistan: An Analysis

Shah, Niaz A.

Abstract

This note argues that the 1979 Hudood laws of Pakistan, especially the Zina Ordinance were discriminatory and led to the violations of rights of men and women, but women were the hardest hit victims. The new legislation in 2006 has remedied the situation and the state of human rights violations on the basis of Zina Ordinance has changed. © Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, 2010.

Citation

Shah, N. A. (2010). Comment The 2006 Women Protection Act of Pakistan: An Analysis. Religion and human rights, 5(1), 1-10. https://doi.org/10.1163/187103210x513620

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 1, 2010
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2010
• Deposit Date: Feb 14, 2018
• Journal: Religion and Human Rights
• Print ISSN: 1871-031X
• Electronic ISSN: 1871-0328
• Publisher: Brill Academic Publishers
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 5
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 1-10
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1163/187103210x513620
• Keywords: Political Science and International Relations; Religious studies; Social Sciences (miscellaneous); Sociology and Political Science
• Public URL: https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/597208
• Publisher URL: http://booksandjournals.brillonline.com/content/journals/10.1163/187103210x513620