Objectives:
A participant should:

• have a thorough knowledge of existing international legal rules and institutions designed to promote and protect the rights and status of women
• be familiar with the range of feminist analyses of international law
• be able to assess the potential impact of developments in international law upon women

Content:
The first section of the course looks at:

• the existing institutions, conventions and mechanisms designed to protect the rights of women
• the work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women

The second section of the course examines the impact of recent developments in international law upon women including:

• the global feminisation of labour and poverty
• the extent to which human rights regimes protect the rights of women
• prosecution of rape as a war crime in the former Yugoslavia
• women's participation in international decision-making
• the role of women's NGOs in developing and enforcing international law, women refugees and whether current Security Council actions guarantee the security of women.

The final section of the course analyses strategies for using international law to enhance women's rights, status and security.

Students must rely on the Approved Assessment which will be posted to the course homepage on the ANU Law website, prior to the commencement of the course.

Introduction to Legal Reasoning and Research (non-lawyers); Principles of International Law