1st Edition

International Criminal Law and Sexual Violence against Women The Interpretation of Gender in the Contemporary International Criminal Trial

By Daniela Nadj Copyright 2018
268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

268 Pages
by Routledge

This book explores the prosecution of wartime sexual violence in international criminal law and asks what the juridicalisation of gender-based violence signifies for women. The book explores the portrayal of the various gendered identities that surface in armed conflict and it asks whether the law is capable of reflecting these in subsequent judgements. Focusing on the International... Read more

Table of Contents





Table of Cases





Introduction





Chapter 1: Wartime Sexual Violence as a Feminist Topic of Analysis





Chapter 2: The Evolution of Gender-based Violence in International Law





Chapter 3: The Trajectory of Wartime Sexual Violence-from Marginalised Phenomenon of Wartime History to Highly Visible Offence in International Criminal Law





Chapter 4: Feminist Approaches to Human Rights, Gender, Ethnicity, Culture and Conflict





Chapter 5: The Dynamics of ‘Ethno-Nationalist Conflict’-The Interface of Gender and Ethnicity in ICTY and ICTR Wartime Sexual Violence Jurisprudence





Chapter 6: The Value of Critique and the Representation of Female Identity in Contemporary Wartime Sexual Violence Jurisprudence





Chapter 7: Conclusion





Bibliography





Index





 

Biography

Daniela Nadj is a Lecturer in Public Law at Queen Mary University of London, UK.