Chinkin, Christine


Professor Christine Chinkin  

Department

Position held

Centre for the Study of Human Rights

Department of Law

Professor of International Law

Experience keywords:

United Nations law; international dispute resolution; dispute resolution; public international law; human rights law and institutions; women's human rights; international human rights; feminist legal issues

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Current research interests are gender and post-conflict reconstruction; the political and legal aspects of human security; and the application of the Convention on Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, 1979 by CEDAW and by the UK government.

I am currently a member of the Kosovo Human Rights Advisory Panel, constituted by UNMIK, and in that connection also carry out research on the application of human rights standards by United Nations' missions.

Sectors and industries to which research relates:

Law

Media experience:

Radio

Contact Points

LSE phone number:

+44 (0)20 7955 6393

Publications

The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.

2012

Chinkin, Christine (2012) Rethinking legality/legitimacy after the Iraq War. In: Juergensmeyer, Mark and Falk, Richard and Popovski, Vesselin, (eds.) Legality and legitimacy in global affairs. Oxford University Press, New York, USA, pp. 219-247. ISBN 9780199781584

Freeman, Marsha and Chinkin, Christine and Rudolf, Beate and Freeman, Marsha and Chinkin, Christine and Rudolf, Beate (2012) The UN Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women: a commentary. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199565061

Chinkin, Christine (2012) Accesso a la justicia, género y derechos humanos. In: Chinkin, Christine and et al., , (eds.) Violencia de género: estrategias de litigio para la defensa de los derechos de las mujeres. Ministerio Publico de la Defensa, Buenos Aires, Argentina, pp. 17-49. ISBN 9789872252250

2011

Chinkin, Christine and Rangelov, Iavor (2011) A bottom-up approach to redressing past violations of human rights. In: Kostovicova, Denisa and Glasius, Marlies, (eds.) Bottom-up politics: an agency-centred approach to globalisation . Palgrave Macmillan, Hampshire, UK, pp. 112-126. ISBN 9780230280328

Chinkin, Christine and Gordon, Jane (2011) The UK CEDAW story. European human rights law review, (3). pp. 274-293. ISSN 1361-1526

2010

Chinkin, Christine (2010) U.N. Human Rights Council fact-finding missions: lessons from Gaza. In: Arsanjani, M. and Cogan, J. and Sloane, R. and Wiessner, S., (eds.) Looking to the future: essays on international law in honor of W. Michael Reisman. Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, pp. 475-498. ISBN 9789004173613

Chinkin, Christine (2010) Sources. In: Moeckli, Daniel and Shah, Sangeeta and Sivakumaran, Sandesh, (eds.) International human rights law. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 103-123. ISBN 9780199560257

Chinkin, Christine (2010) International humanitarian law, human rights and the UK courts. In: Boisson de Chazournes, Laurence and Kohen, Marcelo G., (eds.) International law and the quest for its implementation: liber amicorum Vera Gowlland-Debbas. Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, The Netherlands. ISBN 9789004177147

Chinkin, Christine (2010) The CEDAW committee and violence against women. In: di Stefano, Adriana, (ed.) Gender issues and international legal standards. ED.IT Press, Florence, Italy, pp. 3-24. ISBN 9788889726495

2009

Chinkin, Christine (2009) Effective remedies for all: universalizing criminal justice. In: van Genugten, W. and Scharf, M. and Radin, S., (eds.) Criminal jurisdiction 100 years after the 1907 Hague Peace Conference - 2007 Hague joint conference on contemporary issues of international law. Asser Press, The Hague, pp. 20-26. ISBN 9789067042802

Chinkin, Christine (2009) Gender-related violence and international criminal law and justice. In: Cassese, Antonio, (ed.) The Oxford companion to international criminal justice. Oxford University Press, New York, pp. 75-81. ISBN 9780199238323

2008

Chinkin, Christine (2008) Laws of occupation. In:Conference on Multilateralism and International Law with Western Sahara as a case study hosted by the South African Department of Foreign Affairs and the University of Pretoria (4-5 December 2008 : Pretoria).

Chinkin, Christine (2008) The continuing occupation?: issues of joint and several liability and effective control. In: Shiner, Phil and Williams, Andrew, (eds.) The Iraq war and international law. Hart Publishing Ltd., Portland, OR, pp. 161-185. ISBN 9781841136691

Chinkin, Christine (2008) Jus cogens, article 103 of the UN Charter and other hierarchical techniques of conflict solution. In: Creutz, Katja and Klabbers, Jan, (eds.) Finnish yearbook of international law. Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, pp. 63-82. ISBN 9789004171725

2007

Albrecht, Ulrich and Chinkin, Christine and Collantes Celador, Gemma and Flechtner, Stefanie and Glasius, Marlies and Kaldor, Mary and Kiljunen, Kimmo and Klabbers, Jan and Kuper, Jenny and Licht, Sonia and Lotti, Flavio and Reinhardt, Klaus and Schmeder, Genevieve and Seifter, Pavel and Serra, Narcis and Weisskirchen, Gert (2007) A European way of security: the Madrid Report of the Human Security Study Group. Human Security Study Group, Madrid, Spain

Downes, David and Rock, Paul and Chinkin, Christine and Gearty, Conor, (eds.) (2007) Crime, social control and human rights: from moral panics to states of denial. Willan Publishing, Cullompton, UK. ISBN 9781843922285

Boyle, Alan and Chinkin, Christine (2007) The making of international law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199248193

2006

Chinkin, Christine (2006) An international law framework with respect to international peace and security. In: Glasius, Marlies and Kaldor, Mary, (eds.) A human security doctrine for Europe. Routledge, Oxford, UK, pp. 173-199. ISBN 9780415367455

Chinkin, Christine (2006) Article 63. In: Zimmermann, Andreas and Oellers-Frahm, Karin and Tomuschat, Christian and Tams, Christian and Thienel, Tobias, (eds.) The statute of the International Court of Justice: a commentary. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199261772

Chinkin, Christine (2006) Article 62. In: Zimmermann, Andreas and Oellers-Frahm, Karin and Tomuschat, Christian and Tams, Christian and Thienel, Tobias, (eds.) The statute of the International Court of Justice: a commentary. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199261772

2005

Chinkin, Christine and Wright, Shelley and Charlesworth, Hilary (2005) Feminist approaches to international law: reflections from another century. In: Buss, Doris and Manji, Ambreena, (eds.) International law: modern feminist approaches. Hart Publishing Ltd., Oxford, UK, pp. 17-47. ISBN 9781841134277

2004

Albrecht, Ulrich and Chinkin, Christine and Dervis, Kemal and Dwan, Renata and Giddens, Anthony and Gnesotto, Nicole and Kaldor, Mary and Licht, Sonia and Pronk, Jan and Reinhardt, Klaus and Schmeder, Genevieve and Seifter, Pavel and Serra, Narcis (2004) A human security doctrine for Europe: the Barcelona Report of the Study Group on Europe's Security Capabilities. Study Group on Europe’s Security Capabilities, Barcelona, Spain

Banda, Fareda and Chinkin, Christine (2004) Gender, minorities and indigenous peoples. Minority Rights Group International, London, UK

Charlesworth, Hilary and Chinkin, Christine (2004) Regulating international law. In: Parker, Christine and Scott, Colin and Lacey, Nicola and Braithwaite, John, (eds.) Regulating law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 246-268. ISBN 9780199264070

Chinkin, Christine (2004) Post-conflict reconstruction and rehabilitation. In: Coomaraswamy, Radhika and Fonseka, Dilrukshi, (eds.) Peace work: women, armed conflict and negotiation. Women Unlimited, pp. 208-237. ISBN 9788188965083

2003

Chinkin, Christine (2003) Sexual harassment: an international law perspective. In: MacKinnon, Catharine A. and Siegel, Reva B., (eds.) Directions in sexual harassment law. Yale University Press, USA, pp. 655-671. ISBN 9780300098006

Chinkin, Christine (2003) Peace agreements as a means for promoting gender equality and ensuring participation of women. United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women

Chinkin, Christine (2003) Women, nationality and citizenship. Women 2000. UN Division for the Advancement of Women, New York, USA

Chinkin, Christine (2003) Feminist reflections on international criminal law. In: Zimmermann, Andreas, (ed.) International criminal law and the current development of public international law. Duncker and Humblot, pp. 125-160. ISBN 9783428110919

Chinkin, Christine (2003) The language of human rights law. In: Turner, Caroline and Sever, Nancy, (eds.) Witnessing to silence: art and human rights. Australian National University, Canberra, Australia, pp. 13-16. ISBN 0958155933

2002

Charlesworth, Hilary and Chinkin, Christine (2002) Sex, gender, and September 11. American journal of international law, 96 (3). pp. 600-605. ISSN 0002-9300

Chinkin, Christine and Mackenzie, R. (2002) Intergovernmental organizations as "friends of the court". In: Boisson de Chazournes, L. and Romano, C. and Mackenzie, R., (eds.) International organizations and international dispute settlement: trends and prospects. Transnational Publishers, Ardsley, New York, USA, pp. 135-164. ISBN 9781571052681

Astor, Hilary and Chinkin, Christine (2002) Dispute resolution in Australia. LexisNexis Butterworths, North Ryde, Australia. ISBN 0409311294

2001

Chinkin, Christine (2001) Human rights and the politics of representation: is there a role for international law? In: Byers, Michael, (ed.) The role of law in international politics: essays in international relations and international law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 131-148. ISBN 9780199244027

Chinkin, Christine (2001) Women's international tribunal on Japanese military sexual slavery. American journal of international law, 95 (2). pp. 335-340. ISSN 0002-9300

Chinkin, Christine (2001) The United Nations Decade for the Elimination of Poverty: what role for international law? Current legal problems, 54 (1). pp. 553-589. ISSN 0070-1998

Chinkin, Christine and Paradine, Kate (2001) Vision and reality: democracy and citizenship of women in the Dayton peace accords. Yale journal of international law, 26 pp. 103-178. ISSN 0889-7743

Knop, Karen and Chinkin, Christine (2001) Remembering Chrystal Macmillan: women's equality and nationality in international law. Michigan journal of international law, 22 (4). pp. 523-585. ISSN 1052-2867

Chinkin, Christine (2001) Gender mainstreaming in legal and constitutional affairs. Commonwealth secretariat, London, UK. ISBN 9780850926538

Chinkin, Christine (2001) Alternatives to economic sanctions. In: Gowlland-Debbas, Vera, (ed.) United Nations sanctions and international law. Kluwer Law International, The Hague, The Netherlands, pp. 381-392. ISBN 9789041116031

Chinkin, Christine (2001) Cultural relativism and international law. In: Howland, Courtney W., (ed.) Religious fundamentalisms and the human rights of women. St. Martin's Press, New York, USA, pp. 55-66. ISBN 9780312293062

2000

Chinkin, Christine (2000) The legality of NATO's action in the former republic of Yugoslavia (FRY) under international law. International & comparative law quarterly, 49 (4). pp. 910-925. ISSN 0020-5893

Chinkin, Christine (2000) Normative development in the international legal system. In: Shelton, Dinah, (ed.) Commitment and compliance: the role of non-binding norms in the international legal system. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 21-42. ISBN 9780198298083

Chinkin, Christine and Charlesworth, Hilary (2000) The boundaries of international law: a feminist analysis. Manchester University Press, Manchester, UK. ISBN 9780719037399

Aldrich, George H. and Chinkin, Christine (2000) A century of achievement and unfinished work. American journal of international law, 94 (1). pp. 90-98. ISSN 0002-9300

Aldrich, George H. and Chinkin, Christine (2000) Introduction [symposium: the Hague peace conferences]. American journal of international law, 94 (1). pp. 1-3. ISSN 0002-9300

Chinkin, Christine (2000) The state that acts alone: bully, good samaritan or iconoclast? European journal of international law, 11 (1). pp. 31-41. ISSN 0938-5428

Chinkin, Christine (2000) Women's rights are human rights. In: Pentikäinen, M., (ed.) EU-China dialogue perspectives on human rights: with special reference to women. University of Lapland, Rovaniemi, Finland. ISBN 9789516347243

1999

Chinkin, Christine (1999) Gender inequality and international human rights law. In: Hurrell, Andrew and Woods, Ngaire, (eds.) Inequality, globalization, and world politics. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 95-121. ISBN 9780198295679

Chinkin, Christine and Kessedjian, Catherine (1999) The legal relationship between the proposed UNIDROIT convention and its equipment-specific protocols. Uniform law review, 4 (2). pp. 323-334. ISSN 1124-3694

Chinkin, Christine (1999) Kosovo: a 'good' or 'bad' war? American journal of international law, 93 (4). pp. 841-847. ISSN 0002-9300

Chinkin, Christine (1999) A critique of the public/private dimension. European journal of international law, 10 (2). pp. 387-395. ISSN 0938-5428

Chinkin, Christine (1999) United Kingdom House of Lords: Regina v. Bow Street stipendiary magistrate, ex parte Pinochet Ugarte. American journal of international law, 93 (3). ISSN 0002-9300

1993

Chinkin, Christine (1993) Third parties in international law. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780198257158

Chinkin, Christine and Tomuschat, C. and Ronzitti, N. Panel discussion: has international law civilized conflicts since 1907? In: Veroffentlichungen - Walther Schucking Instituts fur Internationales Recht an der Universitat Kiel. , pp. 509-520. ISBN 9783428530403

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Christine Chinkin is Professor of International Law at the LSE and a barrister, a member of Matrix Chambers. Together with H. Charlesworth, she won the American Society of International Law, 2005 Goler T. Butcher Medal 'for outstanding contributions to the development or effective realization of international human rights law'. She is an Overseas Affiliated Faculty Member, University of Michigan and has been a Scholar in Residence for Amnesty International (2005), as well as Visiting Professor at Columbia University (2004) and at the Arts and Humanities Research Centre, Australian National University (2003).

 

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