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Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court

Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court

Feminist Judgments: Reimagining the International Criminal Court

Editors:
Kcasey McLoughlin, The University of Newcastle, Australia
Rosemary Grey, University of Sydney
Louise Chappell, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Suzanne Varrall, University of New South Wales, Sydney
Mashal Aamir, Salima Ahmadi, Afroza Anwary, Sareta Ashraph, Kerstin Braun, Louise Chappell, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Lisa Davis, J. Jarpa Dawuni, Alice Dieci, Sandrine de Herdt, Sarah Easy, Souheir Edelbi, David Eichert, Kathryn Gooding, Priya Gopalan, Laura Graham, Rosemary Grey, Azimul Haas, Natalie Hodgson, Emma Irving, Annika Jones, Olga Jurasz, Dil Kayas, Kirsten Keith, Omal Khair, Tonny Raymond Kirabira, Sari Kouvo, Ramya Jawahar Kudekallu, Marina Kumskova, Honourable Naigaga Winifred Kyobiika, Ameera Mahomed Ismail, Isabel Maravall-Buckwalter, Jill Marshall, Melissa J. McKay, Kcasey McLoughlin, Loyce Mrewa, Cassandra Mudgway, Angela Mudukuti, Aparajitha Narayanan, Melanie O'Brien, Claerwen O'Hara, Phyu Phyu Oo, Valerie Oosterveld, Emma Palmer, Akila Radhakrishnan, Catherine Renshaw, Sophie Rigney, Adrienne Ringin, Susana SáCouto, Sara M Saleh, Patricia Viseur Sellers, Anushka Sehmi, Grant Shubin, Immi Tallgren, Saumya Uma, Suzanne Varrall, Sarah Williams, Marie Wilmet, Sarah Zarmsky
Published:
August 2025
Availability:
Not yet published - available from July 2025
Format:
Hardback
ISBN:
9781009255288

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    In the past decade, feminist scholars and women's rights activists have used the feminist judgment method to reimagine the relationship between law and gender justice, resulting in rewritten 'feminist' judgments from courts around the world. This groundbreaking book extends this approach and applies it to a wide range of decisions of the International Criminal Court (ICC), the Hague-based court with power to prosecute war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and aggression in over 120 countries. With over 60 contributors from the Global North and Global South, including countries where the ICC has been active, this book reflects an international and intersectional feminism. Diverse contributions reveal the gendered implications of crimes (both sexual and non-sexual), command responsibility, defences, complementarity, head of state immunity, sentencing, reparations and more. This title is also available as Open Access on Cambridge Core.

    • Demonstrates what feminist judging entails using real cases from the International Criminal Court (ICC)
    • Explores the opportunities and limitations of feminist analysis for international criminal law
    • Available as Open Access on Cambridge Core

    Product details

    August 2025
    Hardback
    9781009255288
    712 pages
    229 × 152 mm
    Not yet published - available from July 2025

    Table of Contents

    • Chronology
    • Table of cases
    • Table of statutes, legislation and treaties
    • Part I. Introduction Maxine Beneba Clarke, Kcasey McLoughlin, Rosemary Grey, Louise Chappell and Suzanne Varrall, Kcasey McLoughlin, Rosemary Grey, Louise Chappell, Jarpa Dawuni and Priya Gopalan: Part II. ICC Judgments Re-imagined Aparajitha Narayanan, Sandrine de Herdt, Marie Wilmet, Priya Gopalan, Olga Jurasz, Isabel Maravall-Buckwalter, Melanie O'Brien, Sophie Rigney, Tonny Raymond Kirabira, Adrienne Ringin, Rosemary Grey, W. Naigaga Kyobiika, Sareta Ashraph, Akila Radhakrishnan, Grant Shubin, Saumya Uma, Ramya Jawahar Kudekallu, Anushka Sehmi, Lisa Davis, Marina Kumskova, Alice Dieci, Cassandra Mudgway, David Eichert, Loyce Mrewa, Kirsten MF Keith, Suzanne Varrall, Sarah Williams, Valerie Oosterveld, Immi Tallgren, Natalie Hodgson, Sarah Easy, Kerstin Braun, Ameera Mahomed Ismail, Melissa McKay, Laura Graham, Annika Jones, Sarah Zarmsky, Emma Irving, Catherine Renshaw, Afroza Anwary, Emma Palmer, Phyu Phyu Oo, Claerwen O'Hara, Salima Ahmadi, Sari Kouvo, Mashal Aamir, Adrienne Ringin, Jill Marshall, Kathryn Gooding, Souheir Edelbi and Susana SáCouto: Part III. Conclusion Louise Chappell, Suzanne Varrall, Kcasey McLoughlin and Rosemary Grey: Part IV. End matter: Bibliography
    • List of References.
      Contributors
    • Mashal Aamir, Salima Ahmadi, Afroza Anwary, Sareta Ashraph, Kerstin Braun, Louise Chappell, Maxine Beneba Clarke, Lisa Davis, J. Jarpa Dawuni, Alice Dieci, Sandrine de Herdt, Sarah Easy, Souheir Edelbi, David Eichert, Kathryn Gooding, Priya Gopalan, Laura Graham, Rosemary Grey, Azimul Haas, Natalie Hodgson, Emma Irving, Annika Jones, Olga Jurasz, Dil Kayas, Kirsten Keith, Omal Khair, Tonny Raymond Kirabira, Sari Kouvo, Ramya Jawahar Kudekallu, Marina Kumskova, Honourable Naigaga Winifred Kyobiika, Ameera Mahomed Ismail, Isabel Maravall-Buckwalter, Jill Marshall, Melissa J. McKay, Kcasey McLoughlin, Loyce Mrewa, Cassandra Mudgway, Angela Mudukuti, Aparajitha Narayanan, Melanie O'Brien, Claerwen O'Hara, Phyu Phyu Oo, Valerie Oosterveld, Emma Palmer, Akila Radhakrishnan, Catherine Renshaw, Sophie Rigney, Adrienne Ringin, Susana SáCouto, Sara M Saleh, Patricia Viseur Sellers, Anushka Sehmi, Grant Shubin, Immi Tallgren, Saumya Uma, Suzanne Varrall, Sarah Williams, Marie Wilmet, Sarah Zarmsky

    • Editors
    • Kcasey McLoughlin , The University of Newcastle, Australia

      Kcasey McLoughlin is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Newcastle Law School at the University of Newcastle. Her research examines the gendered assumptions that pervade legal and political institutions. Her first book Law, Women Judges and the Gender Order: Lessons from the High Court of Australia (2022) was awarded the 2023 Carole Pateman Gender and Politics Book Prize Law and Society Association of Australia and New Zealand 2022 Book Prize.

    • Rosemary Grey , University of Sydney

      Rosemary Grey is a Senior Lecturer at Sydney Law School, the University of Sydney. Her research focuses on sexual, gender, and reproductive crimes in international law. Her scholarship and amicus curiae briefs have been cited by the International Criminal Court and Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia. Her past works include Prosecuting Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes at the International Criminal Court (2019).

    • Louise Chappell , University of New South Wales, Sydney

      Louise Chappell is Scientia Professor at University of New South Wales, undertaking pioneering work on gender justice and institutions. Louise publishes widely on gender in courts, parliaments, and bureaucracies. Her prize-winning books include The Politics of Gender Justice at the International Criminal Court (2015) and Gendering Government (2002).

    • Suzanne Varrall , University of New South Wales, Sydney

      Suzanne Varrall is a Teaching Fellow at the University of New South Wales and an Associate at the Australian Human Rights Institute. She researches and teaches in international human rights law, international humanitarian law, and international criminal law. Suzanne is a qualified lawyer with a background in foreign policy and national security.