A month ago, on 11 December 2019, the Colombian Constitutional Court issued an important decision recognising that women and girls who suffered forced contraception and…
Tag: Conflict-related sexual violence
On 5-7 May 2016, the European University Institute hosted the sixth edition of the State of the Union, a space for high-level reflection on Europe.…
Continue reading Domestication of International Criminal Law and Sexual Violence #SOU2016
Yesterday was a historic day for the International Criminal Court (ICC). In a landmark judgment, Trial Chamber III – incidentally the only ICC bench composed entirely of female…
A recent report by Rukmini Callimachi of the New York Times, on the enforcement of birth control by fighters of Islamic State to prevent Yazidi…
Continue reading Can the ICC prosecute forced contraception?
This blog post was previously published on IntlLawGrrls. On 21 March 2016, Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) will deliver the trial judgment in the case…
Continue reading Why we should be watching the ICC on 21 March
This blog post was previously published on IntlLawGrrls. From 21 to 27 January 2016, the confirmation of charges hearing in the Dominic Ongwen case was held…