Read on! Gender and International Criminal Law

A newly released book entitled Gender and International Criminal Law, co-edited by Intlawgrrls contributors Indira Rosenthal, Valerie Oosterveld and Susana SáCouto, brings together leading feminist international criminal and humanitarian law academics and practitioners (many of them also Intlawgrrls contributors) to examine the place of gender in international criminal law (ICL). The book identifies and analyzes past and current narrow understandings of gender, before considering how a limited conceptualization affects accountability efforts. The authors consider how best to implement a more nuanced understanding of gender in the practice of international criminal law by identifying possible responses, including embedding a sophisticated gender strategy into the practice of ICL, the gender-sensitive application of international human rights and humanitarian law, and encouraging a gender-competent approach to judging in ICL.

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