Reproductive Violence and Inteational Criminal Law (Inteational Criminal Justice Series, 29)

by: Tanja Altunjan (Author)

Publisher: T.M.C. Asser Press

Publication Date: 2021/3/14

Language: English

Print Length: 309 pages

ISBN-10: 9462654506

ISBN-13: 9789462654501

Book Description

This book deals with the phenomenon of conflict-related reproductive violence and explores the inteational legal framework’s capacity to respond to it. The inteational 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, inteational 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 inteational 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 inteational criminal justice and inteational human rights law with an interest in gender perspectives on inteational 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.

About the Author

This book deals with the phenomenon of conflict-related reproductive violence and explores the inteational legal framework’s capacity to respond to it. The inteational 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, inteational 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 inteational 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 inteational criminal justice and inteational human rights law with an interest in gender perspectives on inteational 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.