Outputs (43)

Disarming the women, peace and security agenda: the case for centring the United Nations General Assembly (2024)
Journal Article
O'Rourke, C. (2024). Disarming the women, peace and security agenda: the case for centring the United Nations General Assembly. Journal of Conflict & Security Law, 29(1), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcsl/krae005

After over two decades of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) agenda at the UN Security Council, involving the adoption of ten thematic resolutions, there is now increasing momentum towards the de-centring of the Council from feminist engagement and... Read More about Disarming the women, peace and security agenda: the case for centring the United Nations General Assembly.

Gender, conflict and the environment: Surfacing connections in international humanitarian law (2023)
Journal Article
O'Rourke, C., & Martin, A. (2023). Gender, conflict and the environment: Surfacing connections in international humanitarian law. International Review of the Red Cross, 105(924), 1600-1622. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1816383123000279

Both gender and the environment have traditionally been positioned at the periphery of international humanitarian law (IHL). In recent decades, there has been important progress in moving both concerns closer to its centre; to date, however, an under... Read More about Gender, conflict and the environment: Surfacing connections in international humanitarian law.

Forum-Shifting and Human Rights: Prospects for Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda (2023)
Journal Article
Hagen, J., & O'Rourke, C. F. (2023). Forum-Shifting and Human Rights: Prospects for Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda. Human Rights Quarterly, 45(3), 406-430. https://doi.org/10.1353/hrq.2023.a903334

The adoption of the Women, Peace and Security (WPS) Agenda by the UN Security Council constituted a forum-shift by women’s rights advocates away from the human rights system. As queer critique of the WPS agenda gathers pace, this article reflects on... Read More about Forum-Shifting and Human Rights: Prospects for Queering the Women, Peace and Security Agenda.

Women and the UN Security Council (2022)
Book Chapter
O'Rourke, C. (2022). Women and the UN Security Council. In Oxford Bibliography of International Law. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/obo/9780199796953-0234

Fragmentation Fears or Interaction Opportunities? The Role and Potential of International Human Rights Law in Shaping International Criminal Law's Gender Jurisprudence (2022)
Book Chapter
O'Rourke, C. (2022). Fragmentation Fears or Interaction Opportunities? The Role and Potential of International Human Rights Law in Shaping International Criminal Law's Gender Jurisprudence. In Gender and International Criminal Law. Oxford University Press

The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Workshop Report (2022)
Report
Campbell, M., Hodson, L., O’Rourke, C., Capstick, K., Baca, L., Bethel, M., …Roberts, D. (2022). The United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW) and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity: Workshop Report. [No known commissioning body]

International law, COVID-19 and feminist engagement with the United Nations Security Council: the end of the affair? (2020)
Journal Article
O’Rourke, C. (2020). International law, COVID-19 and feminist engagement with the United Nations Security Council: the end of the affair?. Feminist Legal Studies, 28(3), 321-328

Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law (2020)
Book
O'Rourke, C. (2020). Women's Rights in Armed Conflict under International Law. Cambridge University Press

International Gender Equality Norms and their Fragmented Protection in Conflict (2019)
Journal Article
O'Rourke, C. (2019). International Gender Equality Norms and their Fragmented Protection in Conflict. feminists@law, 9(1),

WPS and CEDAW, Optional Protocol, and General Recommendations (2019)
Book Chapter
O'Rourke, C., & Swaine, A. (2019). WPS and CEDAW, Optional Protocol, and General Recommendations. In Oxford Handbook on Women, Peace and Security. Oxford University Press