Book contents
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Table of Treaties
- Table of Cases and Communications
- Abbreviations
- Part I Legal and Conceptual Framework
- 1 Fragmented Protection of Women’s Rights in Conflict
- 2 An Overview of Laws and Institutions
- 3 Regime Interactions and Tensions
- 4 Opportunities and Dilemmas for Women’s Participation
- Part II Case Studies
- Part III Looking Forward
- Bibliography
- Index
4 - Opportunities and Dilemmas for Women’s Participation
from Part I - Legal and Conceptual Framework
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2020
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Tables
- Table of Treaties
- Table of Cases and Communications
- Abbreviations
- Part I Legal and Conceptual Framework
- 1 Fragmented Protection of Women’s Rights in Conflict
- 2 An Overview of Laws and Institutions
- 3 Regime Interactions and Tensions
- 4 Opportunities and Dilemmas for Women’s Participation
- Part II Case Studies
- Part III Looking Forward
- Bibliography
- Index
Summary
The broad exclusion of women from international lawmaking, due to women’s poor representation in the leadership of states, has been a defining and enduring line of feminist critique of international law.1 In practice, IHL, ICL, IHRL and the UNSC differ greatly in the extent and significance of their provision for women’s civil society involvement. Often, normative commitments to women’s participation are not reflected in the structures and procedural workings of implementing institutions.
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- Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law , pp. 145 - 170Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020