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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]

Feminism, Approach to International Law

Christine Chinkin

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Encyclopedia entries
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Max Planck Encyclopedias of International Law [MPIL]

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Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law [MPEPIL]
Article last updated:
October 2010

From: Oxford Public International Law (http://opil.ouplaw.com). (c) Oxford University Press, 2023. All Rights Reserved.date: 22 January 2025

Subject(s):
General principles of international law — Women, rights

Published under the auspices of the Max Planck Institute for Comparative Public Law and International Law under the direction of Professor Anne Peters (2021–) and Professor Rüdiger Wolfrum (2004–2020). 

1 Feminism as an approach to international law assumes the use of feminist theory as a basis for critical analysis, that is to show how the structures, processes, and methodologies of international law marginalize women by failing to take account of their lives or experiences (Methodology of International Law; Women, Rights of, International Protection). It works on the assumption that sex matters. This theoretical approach has gained some foothold in international legal discourse since the early 1990s. However this must not be taken to imply that activism within...
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