Overview
- Explores the phenomenon of conflict-related reproductive violence as a distinct manifestation of gender-based violence in its historical context
- Provides a comprehensive overview on the international legal framework relating to reproductive violence
- Evaluates current potentials, identifies persisting challenges, and proposes future amendments pertaining to reproductive crimes under the ICC Statute
Part of the book series: International Criminal Justice Series (ICJS, volume 29)
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About this book
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 as possible amendments toit.
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.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Reproductive Violence and International Criminal Law
Authors: Tanja Altunjan
Series Title: International Criminal Justice Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6265-451-8
Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press The Hague
eBook Packages: Law and Criminology, Law and Criminology (R0)
Copyright Information: T.M.C. Asser Press and the author 2021
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-450-1Published: 14 March 2021
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-6265-453-2Published: 15 March 2022
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6265-451-8Published: 13 March 2021
Series ISSN: 2352-6718
Series E-ISSN: 2352-6726
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 299
Number of Illustrations: 2 b/w illustrations
Topics: International Criminal Law , Public International Law , Human Rights, International Humanitarian Law, Law of Armed Conflict