{"id":5483,"date":"2025-10-31T03:46:23","date_gmt":"2025-10-30T23:46:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bsulawreview.org\/?p=5483"},"modified":"2025-10-31T04:43:11","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T00:43:11","slug":"beyond-recognition-rethinking-genderbased-violence-in-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bsulawreview.org\/en\/volumes-en\/volume-11\/volume-11-2\/beyond-recognition-rethinking-genderbased-violence-in-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Recognition: Rethinking GenderBased Violence\u00a0in\u00a0Law"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<cite>11 Baku St. U. L.Rev. 250 (2025)<\/cite>\n<br>\n<cite>Article language: English.<\/cite>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-justify\"><strong>Abstract<\/strong><br>This article examines the European Court of Human Rights\u2019 (ECtHR) landmark judgment in Opuz v. Turkey (2009), which recognised domestic violence as a form of gender-based discrimination under Article 14 of the European Convention on Human Rights. The study explores the case through the lens of feminist legal theory, focusing particularly on the perspectives of Dianne Otto and Alexandra Timmer. By analysing the Court\u2019s reasoning and its interpretation of state responsibility, the article aims to evaluate how Opuz contributed to the development of gender equality within international human rights law. 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