Fionnuala D. Ni Aolain (University of Minnesota Law School; The Queens University of Belfast), Dina Francesca Haynes (New England Law | Boston), & Naomi Cahn (University of Virginia School of Law) have posted Revisiting On the Frontlines (in LEADING WORKS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW (Donna Lyons, ed. 2022)) on SSRN. Here is the abstract:
This chapter, a contribution to the forthcoming edited volume Leading Works in International Law, revisits our book On the Frontlines: Gender, War and the Post-Conflict Process (2011). The chapter discusses our collective effort to capture the diverse stories, experiences and viewpoints of women and girls in conflicted societies, because we were deeply dissatisfied with the ways in which international law theorization and analysis failed to recognize the breadth and complexity of those experience and failed to appreciate their relevance to the legal regulation of war and peace. At that time, although the international community was using the language of “women, peace and security,” based on the formative 2000 Security Council Resolution, we identified both theoretical and policy gaps in the international law and transitional justice literatures and wanted to draw together critical discussions on gender (broadly defined) in the context of war, post war transitional justice and “nation building” efforts. The chapter concludes by reflecting on the book’s legacy.
