Women and Transitional Justice - The Experience of Women As Participants

This book discusses the evolving principle of transitional justice in public international law and international relations from the female perspective. The book contains contributions from a range of experts in the field of TJ. The range of experiences and knowledge in this collection provide a fresh and unique perspective in the blend of theory and practice that these contributions collectively provide.

List of contents

Introduction, Lisa Yarwood 1. Women, Transitional Justice and Indigenous Conflict: The Role of Women in Addressing New Zealand's Colonial Past, Dr Lisa Yarwood 2. Women, Peace and Security: Mainstreaming Gender in Transitional Justice Processes, Dr Amy Barrow 3. International Criminal Justice and the Girl Child: Different Needs, Equal Opportunities, Annelotte Walsh 4. Lessons From the Field: the Inclusion of Refugee Women in Transitional Justice Initiatives, Sarah Maddox 5. The Adjudication of Sex Crimes Under International Criminal Law: What Does Gender Have to Do With It?, Dr Caroline Fournet 6. Denial, Impunity and Transitional Justice: The Fate of Female Rape Victims in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Dr Clotilde Pegorier 7. Reconciling Gender and Customary Law?, Lauren Fielder 8. Reparations in Colombia: Advancing the Women's Rights Agenda, Catalina Diaz with Iris Marin 9. The Peruvian Case: Gender and Transitional Justice, Julissa Mantilla Falcón 10. Conclusion, Lisa Yarwood

About the author

Dr Lisa Yarwood specialises in transitional justice and state accountability. She is an independent consultant having worked in academic positions in Hong Kong and the United Kingdom and undertaken practical placements with the ICTR in Tanzania, and in Costa Rica and Panama.

Product details

• Authors: Lisa Yarwood
• Assisted by: Lisa Yarwood (Editor), Yarwood Lisa (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 23.06.2014
• EAN: 9781138805224
• ISBN: 978-1-138-80522-4
• No. of pages: 216
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education; LAW / General, LAW / International, International Criminal Law, Gender & the law, Peace studies and conflict resolution, Social Law, Peace studies & conflict resolution, Public international law: criminal law, Armed Conflict, Law and society, gender issues, Social law and Medical law