Description
Justice for conflict-related sexual violence remains a critical problem for global society today. This ground-breaking book addresses pressing questions for 'international justice': what do existing approaches to international justice offer to victims of war and societies in conflict? And what possibilities do they provide for feminist social transformation? The Justice of Humans develops a new feminist approach to 'international justice'. Adopting a socio-legal perspective, it studies two major contemporary examples of legal and feminist approaches to justice, the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Women's Court (former Yugoslavia), focusing on their treatment of sexual violence as a gender-based crime. Drawing on feminist social theory, legal analysis, and empirical research, the book offers an innovative feminist framework for understanding 'international justice' and offers new theoretical and practical strategies for building feminist justice.
An innovative socio-legal study of 'international justice', focusing on conflict-related sexual violence in the former Yugoslavia.
About the Author
Kirsten Campbell is a professor in sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has been a visiting scholar at Sciences Po, Lund University, and University of California, Berkeley. Her research on gender, international criminal law, and transitional justice has been published in numerous journals and books. A leading expert on conflict-related sexual violence, Campbell has worked with non-governmental organisations, the United Nations, and the United Kingdom and European Union on policy and practice in this area.
Reviews
'Kirsten Campbell is an original, incisive voice in international criminal justice debates. In this compelling book, she argues that it is not enough to reform systems of justice - they need to be radically transformed.' Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London
'Kirsten Campbell brings her considerable expertise on feminist, and socio-legal theory to this definitive study of sexual violence prosecutions at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Women's Court. Richly informed by over two decades of ethnographic research, Campbell combines an insider's knowledge of international criminal law, a scholar's acute questioning of legal and social order, with an activist's commitment to building the feminist gender justice we need.' Doris Buss, Carleton University
'This book brilliantly delivers intellectual rigour, creative reforms, a theory of feminist justice, and recognition of the power of accountability - as broadly conceived - to promote global social emancipation.' Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University
'... essential reading for anyone interested in the development of international law.' Charlotte Carney, International Affairs
Book Information
ISBN 9781108497084
Author Kirsten Campbell
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 720g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 26mm
An innovative socio-legal study of 'international justice', focusing on conflict-related sexual violence in the former Yugoslavia.
About the Author
Kirsten Campbell is a professor in sociology at Goldsmiths College, University of London. She has been a visiting scholar at Sciences Po, Lund University, and University of California, Berkeley. Her research on gender, international criminal law, and transitional justice has been published in numerous journals and books. A leading expert on conflict-related sexual violence, Campbell has worked with non-governmental organisations, the United Nations, and the United Kingdom and European Union on policy and practice in this area.
Reviews
'Kirsten Campbell is an original, incisive voice in international criminal justice debates. In this compelling book, she argues that it is not enough to reform systems of justice - they need to be radically transformed.' Joanna Bourke, Birkbeck, University of London
'Kirsten Campbell brings her considerable expertise on feminist, and socio-legal theory to this definitive study of sexual violence prosecutions at the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia and the Women's Court. Richly informed by over two decades of ethnographic research, Campbell combines an insider's knowledge of international criminal law, a scholar's acute questioning of legal and social order, with an activist's commitment to building the feminist gender justice we need.' Doris Buss, Carleton University
'This book brilliantly delivers intellectual rigour, creative reforms, a theory of feminist justice, and recognition of the power of accountability - as broadly conceived - to promote global social emancipation.' Mark A. Drumbl, Washington and Lee University
'... essential reading for anyone interested in the development of international law.' Charlotte Carney, International Affairs
Book Information
ISBN 9781108497084
Author Kirsten Campbell
Format Hardback
Page Count 224
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publisher Cambridge University Press
Weight(grams) 720g
Dimensions(mm) 235mm * 158mm * 26mm
