Women in International Law
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The Women in International Law Interest Group (WILIG) was created to promote and enhance the careers of women in the field of international law. WILIG not only supports women who are already in the field in order to allow the development of their full potential for achievement and leadership, but also supports, encourages, and enhances opportunities for others who are interested in entering the field of international law. In addition, WILIG works to promote awareness of gender in all areas of international law. WILIG sponsors panels and a luncheon at the ASIL Annual Meeting and recommends speakers and experts on a variety on international law topics. Through its online discussion forum, the Interest Group provides information on developments, programs, opportunities, and publications of interest to WILIG members. WILIG also recognizes the work of outstanding women in the field of international law with its Award for Prominent Women in International Law. These activities are coordinated by a 10-15 person Steering Committee, which meets several times per year.
Applications Now Being Accepted
ASIL and its Women in International Law Interest Group are continuing their support for the Women in International Law Mentoring Program. Since 2013, hundred of women from Tucson to Singapore have enrolled in ASIL's mentoring program as both mentors and mentees. Click the link above for full details.
The Inaugural WILIG Scholarship Prize Committee (Lori Damrosch, Adrien Wing, Viviana Krsticevic, Nienke Grossman and Milena Sterio) invites you to submit a nomination for the first WILIG Scholarship Prize.
The WILIG Scholarship Prize aims to highlight and promote excellence in international law scholarship involving women and girls, gender, and feminist approaches. Although scholars have utilized gender and feminist analyses in international law for at least a quarter of a century, such approaches frequently fail to permeate the mainstream of international legal scholarship and practice. This prize, awarded every two years, recognizes innovative contributions to international law scholarship that theorize or utilize a feminist lens or lenses, highlight and seek to address topics disproportionately affecting women and girls, or consider the impact of international law or policy on gender more broadly. WILIG's Scholarship Prize Committee invites all ASIL members to submit a single article, chapter, or book published in the last three years, for consideration. Self-nomination is welcome, as is nomination of others. The Committee will consider the following criteria in granting the award, and encourages nominators to include a brief cover letter describing how the submitted work meets these criteria:
The WILIG Scholarship Prize will be awarded at the WILIG Luncheon at the 2021 ASIL Annual Meeting The WILIG Prominent Women in International Law Award honors those who have advanced women, gender, and women's rights in international law. Since 1993, the American Society of International Law's Women in International Law Interest Group has selected awardees who:
The founders of this award aimed to highlight the accomplishments of women in international law, to demand recognition for their work, and to amplify their demands for women's rights and gender justice.
The 2020 call has ended.
Awardees: Prominent Women in International Law Award 2020: Judge Elizabeth Odio Benito, Inter-American Court of Human Rights 2019: Tracy Robinson, University of the West Indies Faculty of Law 2018: I. Maxine Marcus, Director, Transitional Justice Institute,Institute for International Criminal Investigations 2017: Judge Rosemary Barkett, Judge, Iran-United States Claims Tribunal 2016: Elizabeth Andersen, Executive Director, American Bar Association Rule of Law Initiative 2015: Anne-Marie Slaughter, President & CEO, New America Foundation 2014: Judge Joan Donoghue, International Court of Justice Judge Julia Sebutinde, International Court of Justice Judge Xue Hanqin, International Court of Justice 2013: Diane Marie Amann, University of Georgia School of Law 2012: Mireille Delmas-Marty, Chair of Comparative Legal Studies and Internationalization of Law at College de France 2011: Lucy Reed, Partner, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer; Former President, ASIL 2010: Dinah Shelton, Commissioner, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Professor, George Washington University Law School 2009: Unity Dow, Justice, High Court of Botswana 2008: Graciela Dixon, Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Panama 2007: Taghreed Hikmat, Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda 2006: Rosalyn Higgins, President, International Court of Justice 2005: Regan Ralph, Executive Director, Fund for Global Human Rights Kelly D. Askin, Senior Legal Officer for International Justice, Open Society Justice Initiative Lea Browning, President, W.E.A.R.E. for Human Rights 2004: Cecelia Medina, Judge, Inter-American Court of Human Rights 2003: Hauwa Ibrahim, Hubert H. Humphrey Fellow, American University Washington College of Law; Defense Counsel to Nigerian defendant Amina Lawal Sujata V. Manohar, Member, National Human Rights Commission of India; Former Judge, Supreme Court of India 2002: Patricia Wald, Former Judge, International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia Marcia A. Wiss, Partner, Hogan & Hartson 2000: Ruth Lapidoth, Professor, Hebrew University Faculty of Law 1999: Patricia Viseur Sellers, Legal Advisor for Gender Related Crimes and Senior Acting Trial Attorney in the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Criminal Tribunals for the former Yugoslavia and Rwanda 1997: Lea Browning, Hogan & Hartson Sujata V. Manoha, Director, International Centre for Ethnic Studies Ricki Helfer, Chair, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation Sonia Picado, Ambassador of Costa Rica to the United States 1996: Patricia Schroeder, Member, U.S. House of Representatives Geraldine A. Ferraro, U.S. Ambassador to the UN Human Rights Commission Edith B. Weiss, President, American Society of International Law; and Professor, Georgetown University Law Center Diane P. Wood, Judge, U.S. Court of Appeals, 7th Circuit 1995: Cynthia C. Lichtenstein, Professor, Boston College of Law Laura Bocalandro, Inter-American Development Bank Rita E. Hauser, President, The Hauser Foundation Arvonne S. Fraser, U.S. Representative, UN Commission on the Status of Women 1994: Jamie S. Gorelick, General Counsel, U. S. Department of Defense Rosalyn Higgins, Professor, London School of Economics Madeleine E. Wall, Group Director, Legal Services Cable & Wireless PLC 1993: Charlene Barshefsky, Deputy U.S. Trade Representative Carol F. Lee, General Counsel, Export-Import Bank of the United States Elizabeth R. Rindskopf, General Counsel, Central Intelligence Agency Professional affiliations listed here reflect those that were current at the time the award was granted. WILIG welcomes updates or corrections to this list, as some of the awardees were unavailable for comment. Group Officers Co-Chair
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