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. | Second part of footage from the Women's Caucus Sag Harbor retreat in 1999 exploring issues of awareness about the gendered nature and limitations of international criminal justice. Pam Spees writes on the whiteboard as Some de Epie-Eyoh summarizes previous discussions and states that the purpose of the module is to raise awareness on the gendered nature and limitations in international criminal justice. The group discusses how to ensure integration of gender in legislation, and about the issues involved with using the western paradigm of women's rights when in other countries. Eleanor Condo asks participants to share any potential regional events where trainings could take place. A few members of the group talk about upcoming events. The footage ends with the women introducing themselves for the camera: Gabriela Mischkowski from Germany, Ramini Muttettugawa from Sri Lanka, Tulika Srivastava from India, Miho Tsujii from Japan, Rhonda Copelon from New York, Marina Meshki from Georgia, Doris Mpoumou from Congo-Brazzaville, Rashida Manjoo from South Africa, Some de Epie-Eyoh from Cameroon, Pam Spees from the United States, Ana Elena Obando from Costa Rica, Alda Facio from Costa Rica, Eleanor Conda from the Philippines.
Contributor | Contribuidor:
WITNESS (Creator) and Women's Caucus for Gender Justice (Creator)
unedited footage, metraje sin editar, moving image, meetings, and reuniones
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, Advocacy, activism, and responses to persecution--Conferences, Defensa, activismo y respuestas a la persecución--Conferencias, Armed conflict and persecution--Sexual violence, and Conflicto armado y persecución--Violencia sexual
Place Name | Nombre del lugar:
Africa--South Africa, África--Sudáfrica, 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:eeeb2395-7d89-40a8-b44e-96346451a3b4
Local Identifier| Identificador local :
B01426-0_00_00_09 and witness_ihwe_3098
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)