This volume provides a wide range of gender analyses in various areas of international law. It is aimed at those interested in legal gender studies, feminist jurisprudence and international law, but through its interdisciplinary open contributions it will also appeal to other readers without a legal background who are interested in this subject.
Its section on international human rights protection focuses on sexuality, paternity rights and human trafficking. Afterwards, the (women’s) human rights system in Africa is examined from both a legal and, with South Africa taken as an example, an ethnological perspective.
In the section on international criminal law, two topics are examined: the question of essentialism and the possible persecution of the Yazidis by the ‘Islamic State’.
Finally, the volume addresses international labour law and analyses the right to return to work after maternity and paternity leave as well as the provision of care work in private households in Germany.