Chapter

(Re)considering gender jurisprudence

Patricia Viseur Sellers

The Oxford handbook of gender and conflict

Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2018

p. 211-224

English

Bibliographie : p. 223-224

The chapter reviews gender jurisprudence in international humanitarian law and international criminal law, and urges a reconsideration of this jurisprudence. It examines aspects of the crime of genocide to illustrate the “narrow” strand of gender jurisprudence focused on sexual violence, as well as a more “panoramic” view that has emerged in recent years. The chapter concludes by moving beyond the binary of the narrow and panoramic views of gender jurisprudence. It argues that gender jurisprudence acts as an independent measure of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. Such a comprehensive reading of gender jurisprudence provides an analytical tool for practitioners to reconceptualize redress under international criminal law.

• The Oxford handbook of gender and conflict / ed. by Fionnuala Ní Aoláin ... [et al.]