Violence: 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 international criminal law (ICL) perspective, some actions are recognized as grave crimes but looking closely. They do not receive the same treatment from the domestic legal system. Thinking of violence in ICL, immediately reminds violence against women (VAW) and gender-based violence (GBV). In fact, in some cases, people invoke custom, tradition and/or religion in their defense to justify human rights violations and international crimes. VAW and GBV are used against vulnerable groups such as women, children, older people and LGBT.