Roundtable on Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law

Mar 16, 2021 | Ulster University; Edinburgh Law School
Online
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Join us to celebrate the launch of Dr Catherine O’Rourke’s new monograph, Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law (Cambridge University Press, 2020).

Women’s Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law examines the protection of women’s rights in armed conflict under international humanitarian law, international criminal law, international human rights law and the United Nations Security Council. Through a series of case studies (DRC, Colombia, Nepal) and emblematic violations, the research identifies and proposes several opportunities to strengthen the legal status of specific protections to women’s rights; to improve how key institutions comply with and implement their own guarantees of women’s rights; to improve coordination amongst key institutions; and to maximise the strengths of different monitoring and enforcement procedures in order to enhance the overall protection of women’s rights in conflict under international law. A policy brief drawn from the book is also available.

This event will include comments from Catherine O'Rourke and Christine Bell, and will feature a roundtable discussion chaired by Debora Kayembe with the high-level experts from the fields of women's rights, conflict and international law.

Who:  Ulster University; Edinburgh Law School

Where: Online

When: 16 March 2021     Time: 10:00 AM EST