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

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.

Case studies

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
• improve how key institutions comply with and implement their own guarantees of women’s rights
• improve coordination amongst key institutions
• 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.

Read a policy brief taken from the book

Roundtable discussions

This event will feature a roundtable discussion with high-level experts from the fields of women's rights, international law, and transitional justice. Confirmed speakers include:

• Madeleine Rees, Secretary-General of Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom
• Emily Kenney, UN Women
• Dr Catherine O’Rourke, Director of the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University
• Professor Christine Bell, Professor of Constitutional Law at Edinburgh Law School and Director of the Political Settlements Research Programme
• Vanessa Murphy, International Committee of the Red Cross
• Adrian Johnson, UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
• Bandana Rana, CEDAW Committee

More information and speakers to be added soon.

The event is hosted by the Transitional Justice Institute at Ulster University and the Political Settlements Research Programme at Edinburgh Law School.