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Disordering the Binaries of International Law
06.05.2025
Together with Staggs Kelsall and others, I co-lead a transnational feminist project to create gender equality for the judiciary of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). These efforts call for...
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Finally, “Rainbow Jurisdiction” at the International Criminal Court?
14.03.2025
On 23 January 2025, the International Criminal Court (ICC) Prosecutor Karim A. A. Khan KC has filed the first two applications for arrest warrants in the situation in Afghanistan. These...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Safety, Privacy, Self-ID
06.03.2025
Germany’s Self Determination Act (Selbstbestimmungsgesetz or SBGG), which came fully into force on the 1st of November 2024 is welcomed both by hope and concern globally. The new law has...
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Gender, Climate, and the Illusion of Neutrality
05.03.2025
Dilruba Begüm Kartepe
Mariia Zheltukha
This blog post examines the stance of the European Court of Human Rights (‘ECtHR’, ‘the Court’) in Verein KlimaSeniorinnen Schweiz and Others v. Switzerland through a gender lens, questioning whether...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Though They Be But Little, They Are Fierce!
05.03.2025
Alana Malinde S.N. Lancaster
As a wicked problem (Rittel and Webber, 1973; Conradie, 2020), climate change is confirmed as the most pernicious of the triad of planetary crises experienced in the Anthropocene. An emergency...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Is Gender Apartheid the New Forced Marriage?
04.03.2025
Equality between men and women is inherent to the international human rights law framework. However, discrimination against women remains real, widespread, and in some cases institutionalized as gender apartheid –...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Gender Justice Denied at the ICC
04.03.2025
Melanie O'Brien
Kathleen M. Maloney
The International Criminal Court's (ICC) June 2024 judgment in Al Hassan exemplifies the long-entrenched patriarchal biases endemic to international criminal law that ignores or minimizes systematic discrimination and violent crimes...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 4
Filling the Gap
03.03.2025
Wars are never gender-neutral. Gaza serves as a stark reminder of this reality, with nearly one million women and girls bearing "the worst brunt" of nine months of conflict, according...
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La Destruction de la « Victime Idéale »
09.01.2025
Avec le récent rapport d'Amnesty International sur le génocide en Palestine et les mandats d'arrêt de la Cour Pénale Internationale (CPI), les violences sexuelles et sexistes (VSS) pourraient enfin recevoir...
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Crushing the “Ideal Victim”
09.01.2025
Amid the recent Amnesty International report on genocide in Palestine and the ICC arrest warrants, it is to be hoped that sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) will now receive increased...
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A Silver Lining of the US Election?
09.11.2024
So Trump won. Pollsters predicted 50:50 chances for both candidates just before the election (see e.g. here and here). But it was not to be: Donald Trump won in a...
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Closure of Protection Gaps?
18.06.2024
Livia Benschu
Alexandra Lily Kather
On Thursday, June 6, 2024, the German Parliament adopted the Federal Government's draft bill on the further development of international criminal law as amended by the Committee on Legal Affairs....
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Victims of Gender-Based Violence: Between Hope and Reality
11.03.2024
Anna Kompatscher
Katia Hamann
Alexandra Kempf
On 16 January 2024, the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU” or “the Court”) clarified in C-621/21 (“WS”) that women, when victims of gender-based...
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- Women in International Law Vol. 3
A Call for A Feminist Perspective on Enforced Disappearances
07.03.2024
The prohibition on enforced disappearances is a rather novel human right, set out in the 2010 International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance (ICPPED). Since then,...
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A Much-Needed Queer Look at International Humanitarian Law
04.03.2024
People with diverse sexual orientations and gender identities (SOGI) are particularly vulnerable in times of conflict. However, due to the gender binary it is based on, international humanitarian law (IHL)...
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An Inclusive International Court of Justice
10.11.2023
On the 24th of October, the Information Department of the International Court of Justice (‘ICJ’ or ‘the Court’) published a press release, announcing that the Court had amended its Rules,...
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Who Is Responsible for Ensuring Human Rights in Global Sport?
04.08.2023
In Semenya v. Switzerland, the European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR, the Court) has weighed in on the issue of sex testing in sport. The decision comes after a series...
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