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Sexual Violence As A Weapon Of War In Ethiopia's Tigray Region And The Developing Adjudication Of Violations Of The Protocol On The Rights Of Women In Africa, Valerie R. Cook
American University International Law Review
On November 4, 2020, a civil war broke out in the Tigray region of Ethiopia between joint Ethiopian and Eritrean military forces and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (“TPLF”). The war is in part an ethnic conflict between the newly centralized nationalist government under Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed and the once politically dominant beneficiaries of a federalist system, the TPLF. Sexual violence as a method of war has become a hallmark of this conflict as reports of rape by Ethiopian and Eritrean soldiers against Tigrayan women have increased.
White Silence And Violence: Positionality And Storytelling In Women’S Rights Movements, Inka Boehm
White Silence And Violence: Positionality And Storytelling In Women’S Rights Movements, Inka Boehm
Human Rights Brief
Our identity impacts everything about how we move through the world as individuals. In the legislative process, identity is often disregarded but has detrimental effects if ignored. Positionality describes how society shapes identities through power and privilege. This methodology requires researchers to analyze their world with their own privileges in mind and is often overlooked by policymakers.
The Tortured Woman: Defying The Gendered Conventions Of The Convention Against Torture, Linda Kelly
The Tortured Woman: Defying The Gendered Conventions Of The Convention Against Torture, Linda Kelly
Human Rights Brief
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Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets
Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets
American University Law Review
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Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets
Battered Nation Syndrome: Relaxing The Imminence Requirement Of Self-Defense In International Law, Michael Skopets
American University Law Review
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Men May Work From Sun To Sun, But Women's Work Is Never Done: International Law And The Regulation Of Women's Work At Night, Christine Haight Farley
Men May Work From Sun To Sun, But Women's Work Is Never Done: International Law And The Regulation Of Women's Work At Night, Christine Haight Farley
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At the turn of the century in both the United States and in Europe, governments enacted laws to protect women from the most harmful aspects of industrialization. One such piece of protective legislation was the ban on the employment of women at night. Discovering that regulation of working hours had a negative effect on their competition in the world market, these western states looked to impose this standard internationally. Thus in 1919 the International Labor Organization enacted the Convention Concerning Employment of Women During the Night.
By the time the International Labor Organization responded to complaints that the convention was …