Women's Caucus Sag Harbor retreat, part 4, including continuation of interview with Tulika Srivastava
Title | Título:
Women's Caucus Sag Harbor retreat, part 4, including continuation of interview with Tulika Srivastava
Description | Descripción:
The Women's Caucus was formed in February 1997, to intervene in the ongoing Preparatory Committee meetings for the establishment of an International Criminal Court at the United Nations. Women realized that without an organized caucus, women's concerns would not be actively defended in the documents and process of creation of an International Criminal Court. The legal issues in the ICC are complex and sensitive. They require people from different legal systems and cultures to arrive at a consensus on specific issues that may challenge local traditions or beliefs. The gender-related issues are particularly sensitive, as they are not as well understood. Gender-related crimes are often perceived to be private or individual crimes that do not rise to the level of international human rights law, or that are perceived to be taken care of by a "neutral" statute. However, the experience of women has been that neutrality usually results in leaving out crimes against women and the ways that women, because of their socially constructed roles in society, are disproportionately affected. It was these concerns that the Women""s Caucus sought to address in the process of creation of an International Criminal Court. By advocating the codification of crimes of sexual, reproductive and gender violence, and inclusion of gender sensitive processes and criteria for personnel, the Caucus tried to ensure that the Court has capacity to implement justice for women. | Continuation of an interview with Tulika Srivastava, a human rights lawyer from India who describes what motivated her to work for the establishment of an International Criminal Court and for women's issues in India. She explains how cultural pressure makes it difficult for women to report sexual crimes, as many believe that by discussing such topics in public is "dirty." She relates a story in which a girl who was sexual abused had to fight with a police officer to force him to listen to her. Srivastava then talks about why she became involved in the ICC process. She is interested in and excited about the ICC's focus on justice for victims. She says that the ICC can be a tool to raise domestic standards at home. Footage continues with Srivastava singing a song in Hindi to the group of women at the retreat. She explains that it is a song about mobilizing women to change the world. There is more singing and informal discussion about protest songs used as rally calls. Another woman talks about people singing "We Shall Overcome," and the group begins to sing it. The woman sitting next to Srivastava sings a song from the 1960s written to encourage women to participate in the freedom fight. The second part of the the video features footage from another meeting at the Sag Harbor retreat. Ana Elena Obando stands in front of a whiteboard and leads a session on "Module on Victims." She explains the work they have done so for on the module on victims' rights. Discussion begins on the participation of victims and the group leader agrees that they need to ensure transparency. Next, the women discuss their objective of developing understanding on gender dimensions of international crimes. A woman cautions that care must be taken in the choice of words in the manual.
Contributor | Contribuidor:
WITNESS (Creator) and Women's Caucus for Gender Justice (Creator)
unedited footage, metraje sin editar, moving image, panels (meetings), paneles (reuniones), interviews, and entrevistas
Extent | Alcance:
01 hours
Rights - Use & Reproduction | Derechos - uso & reproducción:
http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/
Language | Idioma:
English
Place of publication | Lugar de publicación:
Brooklyn (N.Y.)
Topic | Tema:
Civil and political rights--Women's rights, Mujeres--Derechos--Derechos políticos y civiles, Advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--Activists, Defensa, activismo y respuestas a la persecución--Activistas, Economic, social, and cultural rights--Health and healthcare, Derechos económicos, sociales y culturales--Salud y cuidado de la salud, Armed conflict and persecution--Sexual violence, Conflicto armado y persecución--Violencia sexual, Economic social and cultural rights--Social and cultural rights--Performing arts, and Derechos económicos sociales y culturales--Derechos sociales y culturales--Artes escénicas
Place Name | Nombre del lugar:
North and Central America--United States--New York--Suffolk--Sag Harbor and América del Norte y Central--Estados Unidos--Nueva York--Suffolk--Sag Harbor
General Note | Notas generales:
A/D flag: physDigital; Generation: original; Signal format: NTSC; Carrier number 1 of 1.
UTL DAMS PID:
hrdi:3651612c-a384-4937-917f-d7764b9971c7
Local Identifier| Identificador local :
B01428-0_00_02_06 and witness_ihwe_3100
Related Resource – Host | Recursos relacionados:
Women's Caucus for Gender Justice's Footage for "If Hope Were Enough" Documentary (title) and https://txarchives.org/hrdi/finding_aids/00005.xml (uri)