Course 14: The Role of Women in the Struggle for Peace and Feminist Justice – Monique and Roland Weyl People's Academy of International Law

Course 14

The Role of Women in the Struggle for Peace and Feminist Justice

20 May 2026

Course Description

This course explores the interconnected struggles for women‘s freedom, resistance against war and imperialism, and the fight for feminist justice worldwide.

Faculty

Rashida Manjoo

Professor Emerita at the University of Cape Town, South Africa; former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences; former Parliamentary

Elena Mendoza

Chair and Teaching Faculty, Family of Law and Social Sciences, University of Buenos Aires; Judiciary of Buenos Aires, Public Prosecutor's Office, Deputy Tutelary Office for Mental Health; Co-founder, Academic Vice-Director, “Género y Derecho Actual” (Gender and Contemporary Law)

Dinorah La Luz

Legal consultant, editor, and board member in non-governmental organizations with advisory status at the United Nations in New York and Geneva; editorial board, IADL International Review of Contemporary Law

Dr. Gisela Jiménez Aranguren

co-founder and Executive Director, Venezuelan Association of Jurists; Advisory Council, American Association of Jurists; former Senator of Venezuela; former representative to the Latin American Parliament

Şerife Ceren Uysal

Turkish human rights lawyer; Co-Secretary General of the European Association of Lawyers for Democracy and World Human Rights; PEN Norway’s Legal Adviser on Turkey; IADL Bureau member

Marjorie Cohn

Moderator, Dean of the People's Academy of International Law

Supplemental Materials

Human Rights & Feminist Justice

Presentation by Dr. GISELA JIMENEZ Aranguren

PowerPoint Presentation (Spanish)

Written Presentation by Elena Mendoza

The Impact of the Capitalist System on the Rights of Women Workers from the Industrical Revolution to the Digital Age (Spanish)

Written Presentation by Şerife Ceren Uysal

Intersectional Feminist Justice and the Struggle for Peace in the Context of Turkey, Kurdistan and the Middle East

Article by Şerife Ceren Uysal

In the shadow of genocide; the law of resistance, the solidarity of struggle (2025)

Violence Against Women

Written Presentation by Rashida Manjoo

Violence against women – normativity with substantive legality

IHRL Review Article by Rashida Manjoo

Closing the Protection Gap Through a Legally Binding cedaw Optional Protocol on Violence against Women and Girls

Written Presentation by Dinorah La Luz

Human Trafficking: A Form of Slavery and Violence Against Women (Spanish)

Bibliography — Dinorah La Luz