Women’s Human Rights Summit
November 20, 2018
Series of lectures on international law
September 5, 2019Violence: An Inclusive Interdisciplinary Project
– 15/16 July 2019, Verona, Hotel San Marco –
Violence is treated differently worldwide in various legal domains: criminal law, criminal procedure, and civil rights. From the perspective of international criminal law, some actions are recognized as severe crimes, but, upon closer inspection.
They do not receive the same treatment and attention from the domestic legal system. Thinking of violence in international criminal law immediately reminds one of violence against women and gender-based violence.
In fact, in some cases, people invoke custom, tradition, and/or religion in their defense to justify human rights violations and international crimes. Violence against women and girls and gender-based violence are used against vulnerable groups such as women, children, older people, and LGBTIQ+ people.