Audre Rapoport Prize
Recent Submissions
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Unofficial Accountability: A Proposal for the Permanent Women's Tribunal on Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2005)The ongoing sexual violation of women during recent conflicts stands in sharp contrast to increasing recognition that rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of sexual violence in armed conflict violate international law. ... -
Orphans' or Veterans? Justice for Children Born of War in East Timor
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2006)All over East Timor, one can find “orphans” whose parents still live, and “wives” who have never been married. These labels mask an open secret in Timorese society—hundreds of babies were born of rape during the Indonesian ... -
The Path to Gender Justice in the Inter-American Court of Human Rights
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2007)In an individual opinion annexed to a December 2006 decision, the President of the InterAmerican Court of Human Rights stated that the case in hand was the first one to ever present the Court with women’s human rights ... -
Violence against Women as Sex Discrimination: Evaluating the Policy and Practice of the UN Human Rights Treaty Bodies
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2008)Violence against women is one of the greatest threats to women‟s equality and equal enjoyment of human rights. Yet, there is no single treaty provision explicitly prohibiting violence against women within any of the eight ... -
Verbal Abuse: Anti-Trafficking Rhetoric and Violence Against Women
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2009)There is a significant debate in contemporary feminist political thought and amongst activist organizations regarding the “trafficking of women” and the questions and problems attendant to this phenomenon. Furthermore, ... -
Enhancing Women’s Rights and Capabilities: An Intersectional Approach to Gender-Based Violence Prevention
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2011-01)Drawing on post-colonial feminist theory, this thesis provides a critical assessment of United Nations (UN) gender-based violence theory and practice. Chapter One provides epistemic critiques of UN agencies’ current ... -
Thinking Past Rights: Towards Feminist Theories of Reparations
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2011-05)The notion of reparations encompasses debates about the relationship between individual and society, the nature of political community, the meaning of justice, and the impact of rights in social change. In international ... -
Translating Rights into Agency: Advocacy, Aid and the Domestic Workers Convention
(The Bernard and Audre Rapoport Center for Human Rights and Justice, 2013-01)In June 2011, the International Labor Conference adopted the Domestic Workers Convention (the Convention), the first international labor standard to set out legal obligations that specifically protect and improve the working ...
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