Introduction. One of the ongoing feminist challenges is the answer to the question of what extend women face violence and how it can be unveiled and prevented. While many forms of violence against women have risen to the social, political and legal surface worldwide, there is still a wide spectrum of uncharted ground that needs… Continue reading Theorizing obstetric violence through feminist, intersectional and gender neutral perspectives
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The intersection of race and nationality in Greece’s necropolitical violation of the right to life; the case of Safi and Others v. Greece
Introduction. “This country has been dealing with the migration crisis of unprecedented intensity, has been saving hundreds, if not thousands, people at sea . . . while at the same time, yes, we are intercepting boats that come from Turkey, as we have the right to do in accordance to European Regulation . . .… Continue reading The intersection of race and nationality in Greece’s necropolitical violation of the right to life; the case of Safi and Others v. Greece
Where are we today when it comes to human trafficking international law?
Human trafficking is a complex legal, human rights and feminist issue. While the number of trafficked persons is rising each year, the globalized economy and political market offers a transnational area of action, in which global uniformity to tackle the issue has serious limitations and weaknesses. Human trafficking is a crime that affects both men… Continue reading Where are we today when it comes to human trafficking international law?
Book review: “The securitization of rape: women, war and sexual violence”, by Sabine Hirschauer
The securitization of rape: women, war and sexual violence. By Sabine Hirschauer. London: Palgrave Macmillan. 2014. €96.29. ISBN 978 1 13741 081 8. Available as e-book. I. Introduction Wartime rape is something much more than single incidents of rape during war. This phenomenon is also called mass wartime rape, indicating the extra – ordinary numbers… Continue reading Book review: “The securitization of rape: women, war and sexual violence”, by Sabine Hirschauer
What will be the future of international protection of human rights?
Human rights, along with peace and development, have constituted one of the three pillars of the Charter of the United Nations (UN), since it was signed in 1945. Much progress has been made by now, although some emblematic failures tend to prove some major shortcomings on the international protection of human rights. Even though the… Continue reading What will be the future of international protection of human rights?
The psychological aspects of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
*I want to start with a declaration. Female Genital Mutilation is not something that happens only in non – Western countries. Europe is very much affected as well, counting around 600.000 women living circumcised. While the main (western) human rights campaigns focus mostly on Africa, underlying the undoubtedly devastating consequences of FGM on women’s lives,… Continue reading The psychological aspects of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM)
Femicides: a new challenge to human rights law?
Abstract This essay is about the phenomenon of femicides, the most extreme act of gender – based violence. Through an exploration of the ongoing subject of femicide versus homicide and the placement of the feminist theory for this subject, the challenge for the phenomenon to be seen as real and not a radical feminist idea,… Continue reading Femicides: a new challenge to human rights law?