O Tribunal Global sobre as violações dos direitos humanos das mulheres na conferência de 1993

Abstract

The present work seeks to explore the path of Human Rights in its journey through universality. Providing equity in societies is the challenge that our leaders have to face today, but the struggle for fundamental rights begins much earlier. Women are still vulnerable social groups, and they are increasingly looking for their place in politics and the economy, leaving the domestic environments customarily intended for family and motherhood. From this new reality, the need arises to demand stronger laws and state actions, which practice true gender equality, and can provide opportunities that reduce inequalities and encourage more just realities. As research objectives, I propose to understand: how did the journey of conquering Human Rights for women take place until the Vienna Conference of 1993; And, understanding that among some events that took place at this meeting, the Global Tribunal on Violations of Women’s Human Rights was the one with the clearest objectives of exposing violations of women's human rights to general knowledge, demonstrating the failure of the existing mechanisms of human rights to promote and protect them (BUNCH, 1994), what were the possible immediate reactions to the Tribunal and the recommendations of the judges. As a methodology, it is understood that a qualitative research was carried out, mostly based on bibliographic and documentary research. For the analysis of the objects under study, we will merge a thorough bibliographic review on the development of feminist struggles within the United Nations, using primary and secondary sources (treated and untreated documents) for this purpose. It is concluded that the gaining of rights by women may have been strengthened and expanded as the UN followed recommendations from feminist institutions, recognizing a need for better laws and methods to guarantee innate rights to life, health, education and freedom; and that the Global Court may have produced immediate reactions due to its expository character, effectively integrating into the Conference and United Nations documents more symbols referring to women, and more dedication to gender issues.