LAW RELATING TO WOMEN AMID ARMED CONFLICTS: INSIGHTS FROM INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO INDIA

Abstract

Armed conflicts have profound impacts on women, leaving them more vulnerable to gender-based violence within societal and structural contexts. These conflicts lead to shifts in gender dynamics, affecting women's roles, attitudes, identities, legal frameworks, and beliefs. International humanitarian law offers a legal framework to protect women during armed conflicts, ensuring their human rights are respected. These protective measures are widely disseminated and enforced in conflict settings, applying to all parties engaged in armed conflict and UN peacekeeping missions. To address the issue of violence against women in armed conflicts, various experts, scholars, and organisations, including the UN, have generated extensive literature like books, articles, and papers, exploring the legal implications of armed conflict on women before and after such events. This study aims to comprehensively investigate the legal landscape and the challenges women encounter in armed conflicts.

Keywords: armed; conflict; violence; war; women