Gender and International Human Rights

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This course explores issues of gender through an international and comparative human rights law lens. We will examine international instruments such as the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), as well as regional treaties, cases, and customs. Course topics will include intersectionality, gender-based violence, women in the criminal legal system, LGBTQI+ rights, reproductive rights, women in armed conflict, human trafficking, and other human rights issues through the prism of gender.