Ní Aoláin, Fionnuala D.

Advancing Women's Rights in Conflict and Post-Conflict Situations

In this short article, Fionnuala Aolain reflects on how international law interfaces with women’s challenges and experiences during and after conflict. She also explains ways in which feminist theory and practice can inform our response to collective violence to advance women’s rights and acknowledge women’s needs.

Women, Vulnerability, and Humanitarian Emergencies

This article discusses the experience of women in situations of humanitarian crisis, and suggests ways in which the needs of women can be better served. The author first discusses the importance of understanding the pre-existing social inequities women face, which are compounded during a crisis and lead to special vulnerabilities.

Criminal Justice for Gendered Violence and Beyond

This article examines the shortcomings of post-conflict accountability mechanisms for sexual and sex-based violence against women and the need to legally respond to the different kinds of harms they experience. The authors focus on the subjective experiences of women in conflict. They argue that sexual and sex- based violence connects to a host of other harms- socio-cultural, psychological, and economic that legal systems are failing to address. Consequently, international criminal laws exclusive focus on sexual violence does not amount to a comprehensive system of legal

Radical Rules: The Effects of Evidential and Procedural Rules on the Regulation of Sexual Violence in War

The author of this article argues that sexual violence during wartime has historically been omitted from the field of international humanitarian law. This article examines the Rules of Procedure and Evidence that guide the conduct of the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and reviews the role of the Rules in the prosecution of sexual offences against women. The author concludes that the Rules can assist and reinforce the

Sex-Based Violence and the Holocaust - A Re-evaluation of Harms and Rights in International Law

This article identifies a general underdevelopment of sanctions pertaining to sexual violation during conflict situations. The article further explores the extent to which particular aspects of gender violence during war are entirely without legal scrutiny. This absence of scrutiny is explored through analysis of new empirical research conducted into sexual violations that occurred during the Holocaust.