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Record Nr.

UNINA9910483234803321

Autore

Altunjan Tanja

Titolo

Reproductive Violence and International Criminal Law / / by Tanja Altunjan

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague : , : T.M.C. Asser Press : , : Imprint : T.M.C. Asser Press, , 2021

ISBN

94-6265-451-4

Edizione

[1st ed. 2021.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 299 pages)

Collana

International Criminal Justice Series, , 2352-6726 ; ; 29

Disciplina

341.481

Soggetti

International criminal law

International law

Human rights

Humanitarian law

International Criminal Law

Public International Law

Human Rights

International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Chapter 1. Introduction -- Chapter 2. The Foundation: Sexualized Violence in International Law -- Chapter 3. Historical Perspectives on Reproductive Violence in International Law -- Chapter 4. Reproductive Violence and Genocide -- Chapter 5. Forced Pregnancy as a Crime Against Humanity and a War Crime -- Chapter 6. Enforced Sterilization and Other Forms of Reproductive Violence as Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes -- Chapter 7. Conclusion.

Sommario/riassunto

This book deals with the phenomenon of conflict-related reproductive violence and explores the international legal framework’s capacity to respond to it. The international discourse on gender-based violence in conflicts tends to focus on sexualized crimes, which leads to incomplete narratives of the gendered dimensions of armed conflicts. In particular, international law has often remained silent on conflict-related violence affecting or aimed at the victim’s reproductive system. The author conceptualizes reproductive violence as a distinct



manifestation of gender-based violence and a violation of reproductive autonomy. The analysis explores the historical approaches to reproductive violence and evaluates the current potentials of international criminal law for its prosecution as genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes. In this regard, it also develops proposals for a gender-sensitive interpretation of the existing legal framework as well aspossible amendments to it. The book is aimed at researchers and practitioners in the fields of international criminal justice and international human rights law with an interest in gender perspectives on international law, sexualized and gender-based violence, and the discourse on reproductive human rights. Tanja Altunjan is a former researcher at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin where she obtained her doctoral degree in criminal law.