The Codification Division of the Office of Legal Affairs recently added to the Historic Archives of the United Nations Audiovisual Library of International Law two new Introductory Notes: one on the 1953 Convention on the Political Rights of Women, written by Ruth Aura-Odhiambo, Legal Practitioner and Former Dean of Egerton University; and one on the 1968 Convention on the Non-Applicability of Statutory Limitations to War Crimes and Crimes against Humanity, written by Sandesh Sivakumaran, Professor of International Law at the University of Cambridge.
Disarmament and demobilization are crucial parts of peacekeeping operations. Women in armed groups need to be considered for effective transformative justice measures to take hold.
“The community rejected us as women in mine action, then gradually changed their minds when they saw the results of our work to the extent of cheering and supporting us,” says deminer Dina Khuder.