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Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati offers the first comprehensive study of the status of the girl child under international law. This book significantly contributes to bridging two fields usually studied separately: law and semiotics. The author engages in the novel legal semiotics theory to decode the meaning of international treaties (mainly the Convention on the Rights of the Child, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, and International Covenants) and assess whether the provisions, as formulated, clearly identify the girl child and take into account the obstacles she faces as a result of sexism, childism, and intersectional discrimination. This is also the first book to apply The Significs Meaning Triad - Sense, Meaning, Significance - in international law, and Semioethics for both a diagnosis and prognosis of problematic signs in view of modifying the wording of relevant treaties.
List of contents
Introduction; 1. Semiotics and Semioethics; 2. Definition of the Girl Child; 3. Sexism and Childism; 4. Intersectional Identity of the Girl Child; 5. Identification of the Girl Child in the Convention on the Rights of the Child; 6. The Beginning of Girlhood under International Law; 7. The End of Girlhood under International Law; 8. Girlhood and Womanhood in the CEDAW.
About the author
Dr Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati (DPhil in Law, University of Oxford) is an International Lawyer, Associate Professor and UKHEA Senior Fellow. She has worked for the International Criminal Court, UNICEF Office of Research, British, Chinese and Canadian universities, and provided legal expertise to governments. She authored Feminicides of Girl Children: An International Law Approach (Brill 2018) and was awarded the SSHRC IDG, SSHRC Explore, and Global Impact Grant for her novel international legal semiotics theory.
Summary
Clara Chapdelaine-Feliciati offers the first comprehensive study of the status of the girl child under international law. This book bridges two fields that are usually studied separately: law and semiotics. The author applies The Significs Meaning Triad and Semioethics to decode the meaning of problematic signs in international treaties.
Foreword
This is the first comprehensive study of the girl child under international law and through legal semiotics.
