Cook, Rebecca J.
COOK, Rebecca J.
COOK, Rebecca J. American/Canadian, b. 1946. Genres: Law. Career: Legal scholar and educator, author and editor of books on human rights, and international lecturer. Admitted to bar, Washington, DC, 1982. International Planned Parenthood Federation, London, England, director of law program, 1973-78; Beveridge, Fairbanks and Diamond (law firm), associate, 1980; consultant to U.S. Congress, 1978-81; Columbia University, NYC, assistant professor of clinical public health, 1983-87, staff attorney for developmental law and policy program at Center for Population and Family Health, 1983-87; International Women's Human Rights Action Watch, deputy director, 1986-87; University of Toronto, ON, faculties of law and medicine, professor, 1987-. professor, 1987-. Publications: Abortion Laws in Commonwealth Countries, 1979; Emerging Issues in Commonwealth Abortion Laws, 1982; Women's Health and Human Rights: The Promotion and Protection of Women's Health through International Human Rights Law, 1994; Reproductive Health and Human Rights: Integrating Medicine, Ethics and Law, 2003. EDITOR: (with P. Senanayake) The Human Problem of Abortion: Medical and Legal Dimensions, 1979; Human Rights of Women: National and International Perspectives, 1994. Contributor to professional journals and periodicals. Address: Faculty of Law, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada M5S 2C5. Online address: [email protected]