The book human rights and gender violence translating international law into local justice sally engle merry is published by university of chicago press. Human rights gender violence translating international law into local justice by sally engle merry. Human rights and gender violence translating international law into local justice stacy k mcgoldrick contemporary sociology 2016 36 1 91 92 download citation if you have the appropriate software installed you can download article citation data to the citation manager of your choice simply select your manager software from the list below and click on download format tips on citation . Human rights and gender violence is an ambitious study that investigates the tensions between global law and local justice as an observer of un diplomatic negotiations as well as the workings of grassroots feminist organizations in several countries sally engle merry offers an insiders perspective on how human rights law holds authorities accountable for the protection of citizens even while reinforcing and expanding state power providing legal and anthropological perspectives merry . Human rights and gender violence translating international law into local justice by sally engle merryhuman rights and gender violence translating international law into local justice