Peoples' Tribunals, Women's Courts and International Crimes of Sexual Violence

Simm, G

Peoples' Tribunals, Women's Courts and International Crimes of Sexual Violence

Simm, G

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Publisher:: Cambridge University Press
Publication Type:: Chapter
Citation:: Peoples' Tribunals and International Law, 2018, pp. 61 - 83 (22)
Issue Date:: 2018-01-11

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dc.contributor.author	Simm, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6114-8469	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Byrnes, A	en_US
dc.contributor.editor	Simm, G https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6114-8469	en_US
dc.date.issued	2018-01-11	en_US
dc.identifier.citation	Peoples' Tribunals and International Law, 2018, pp. 61 - 83 (22)	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	1108421679	en_US
dc.identifier.isbn	9781108421676	en_US
dc.identifier.uri	http://hdl.handle.net/10453/129095
dc.description.abstract	This chapter compares peoples' tribunals with women's courts, focussing on international crimes of sexual violence.International criminal law has been the focus of much feminist activism and contestation to the extent that it has been claimed that 'feminism rules'. At the same time, unofficial or peoples' tribunals and women's courts - civil society initiatives - continue to proliferate. This chapter examines the treatment of international crimes of sexual violence by peoples' tribunals through a focus on the former Yugoslavia. It explores two key questions. First, what do peoples' tribunals offer to victim-survivors of international crimes of sexual violence that is lacking in official courts? Second, to what extent do 'mainstream' peoples' tribunals suffer from the same defects as official courts, thereby rendering 'women's tribunals' necessary?	en_US
dc.publisher	Cambridge University Press	en_US
dc.relation.ispartof	Peoples' Tribunals and International Law	en_US
dc.title	Peoples' Tribunals, Women's Courts and International Crimes of Sexual Violence	en_US
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Abstract:

This chapter compares peoples' tribunals with women's courts, focussing on international crimes of sexual violence.International criminal law has been the focus of much feminist activism and contestation to the extent that it has been claimed that 'feminism rules'. At the same time, unofficial or peoples' tribunals and women's courts - civil society initiatives - continue to proliferate. This chapter examines the treatment of international crimes of sexual violence by peoples' tribunals through a focus on the former Yugoslavia. It explores two key questions. First, what do peoples' tribunals offer to victim-survivors of international crimes of sexual violence that is lacking in official courts? Second, to what extent do 'mainstream' peoples' tribunals suffer from the same defects as official courts, thereby rendering 'women's tribunals' necessary?

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