Favourite Footnote'?:Hilary Charlesworth on Feminism and International Law

Abstract

Hilary Charlesworth is the Director of the newly established Centre for International Governance and Justice at the Australian National University and she has an ARC Federation Fellowship. Her interests are in international law and human rights law. She has worked on issues such as the relevance of feminist theory to understanding international law, the structure of the international human rights system, and the protection of human rights in Australia. She is Patron of the ACT Women’s Legal Service and, with Professor Christine Chinkin of the London School of Economics, she was awarded the American Society of International Law’s 2006 Goler T Butcher Medal for contributions to international human rights law. Karen Hall and Stacey Fox had the privilege of speaking with Hilary in February 2006, following a postgraduate seminar at the Institute of Advanced Studies.

Keywords

• interview, hilary charlesworth, international law, feminism