Rainbow Jurisdiction at the International Criminal Court Protection of Sexual and Gender Minorities Under the Rome Statute

This timely book comprehensively examines whether the worst human rights violations directed specifically at sexual and gender minorities are punishable under international criminal law, as codified in the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Drawing on general rules of interpretation,...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Suhr, Valérie V.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: The Hague T.M.C. Asser Press 2022, 2022
Edition:1st ed. 2022
Series:International Criminal Justice Series
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Chapter 1. Introduction
  • Part I. Factual and Legal Background
  • Chapter 2. Reality
  • Chapter 3. Interpretation of the Rome Statute
  • Part II. Persecution of Sexual and Gender Minorities as a Crime against Humanity
  • Chapter 4. Contextual Element
  • Chapter 5. The Crime against Humanity of Persecution
  • Chapter 6. Gender-Based Persecution of Sexual and Gender Minorities
  • Chapter 7. Persecution on “Other Grounds that Are Universally Recognized as Impermissible under International Law”
  • Chapter 8. Political Persecution of Human Rights Defenders and Activists
  • Chapter 9. Key Findings of Part II
  • Part III. Anti-SGM Legislating as a Crime against Humanity
  • Chapter 10. Anti-SGM Legislating as a Crime against Humanity
  • Part IV. Summary, Conclusion and Recommendations
  • Chapter 11. Summary, Factual Consequences, and Recommendations
  • Index