Intersect Library

Gender & Intersectionality Academic Articles

Alessi, N. P. (2025). Intersectionality as a legal concept?Applications and implications of the notion(within and) beyond non-discrimination law. BioLaw Journal – Rivista di BioDiritto, n. 1/2025, pp. 475-505. DOI: https://doi.org/10.15168/2284-4503-3503

WP6 Climate publications

Milo, C. (2025). “Environmental and Human Rights Justifications in Investment Arbitration: Probing the Limits of ISDS for the Adjudication of Climate-Related Disputes”, Journal of World Investment & Trade 26 (published online ahead of print 2025). DOI: 10.1163/22119000-12340365, https://brill.com/view/journals/jwit/aop/article-10.1163-22119000-12340365/article-10.1163-22119000-12340365.xml

Alessi, N.P. (2025). “Verein Klimaseniorinnen and others v. Switzerland between human rights protection and human rights justification”, Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies 1, 210-236, https://www.fsjeurostudies.eu/2025,-n.-1.html

Antoniazzi, C. T. (2024). “Extraterritorial Human Rights Obligations in the Area of Climate Change: Why the European Union Should Take Them Seriously”, European Papers 9(2): 479-512. DOI: 10.15166/2499-8249/768, European papers

Fornalé, E. (2024). “Parità di genere e cambiamenti climatici in tempi di ´polycrisis´”, in Di Stasi, A. (ed.). Dalla non discriminazione alle pari opportunità: Un itinerario di confronto, ricerca e sperimentazione di buone prassi a UNISA… e oltre (Editoriale La Scientifica), https://zenodo.org/records/10716027

Naz Nemec, E. (2024). “Marmara Gölü ve Ötesi: Bir iklim davası argümanı olarak gerilememe İlkesi (The Lake Marmara and Beyond: Principle of Non-regression as An Argument in Climate Litigation)”, in Kutluhan Bozkurt (ed.), Küresel Isınma ve İklim Koruma Hukuku (Global Warming and Climate Protection Law) (Legal Publishing, Istanbul), 69-87, Seçkin Yayıncılık

WP6 Climate reading list

Gender & intersectionality working paper series

Alessi, N. P. (2024). Inclusive Democracy: Reflecting on Gender and Intersectionality Issues. Literature Review and Practical Development. HRJUst Gender & Intersectionality Working Paper. DOI: 10.48620/77232, https://boris-portal.unibe.ch/handle/20.500.12422/191318

WP3 Theory working paper series

Ganesh, A.  ‘Waves of Freedom’: Kant and the Right to Rescue on the High Seas. Draft of 01.08.2024 Amended version forthcoming in Vol. 72 Buffalo Law Review (2024)

WP6 Climate working paper series

Lukešová, B, Heepen, R, Naz Němec, E., Ditrichová, P. Cristani, F, WP6 Climate Interviews Report, HRJust WP6 Climate Working Paper Series, DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.16894621

Cristani, F. and Fornalé, E. (2025). National Climate Litigation Case Reviews: Human Rights Justifications in Action. HRJust WP6 Climate Working Paper Series.

Lukešová, B., & Cristani, F. (2025). WP6 Report of the Climate Litigation Survey. HRJust WP6 Climate Working Paper Series. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17448502

Němec, E. N., Lhotský, J., Cristani, F., & Fornalé, E. (2024). WP6 Preliminary Working Paper on the National Climate Litigation Case Reviews: State Accountability for Its Use of Human Rights Justifications. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10997255

Němec, E. N., Lhotský, J., Cristani, F., Fornalé, E., & Heepen, R. (2024). Preliminary WP6 Working Paper on the Methodology for Conducting Interviews. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.10996864

Fornalé, E, Cristani, F., Heepen, R. ´Gender Parity in the Making: Promoting Equal and Inclusive Representation of Women in Decision-Making Systems´ IIR Policy Paper (2024), https://www.iir.cz/en/gender-parity-in-the-making-promoting-equal-and-inclusive-representation-of-women-in-decision-making-systems

WP7 Research Note Series

Cristani, F. (2025). From a Theoretical to an Empirical Approach: First Notes on a Methodological Framework for the HRJust Project. In HRJust WP7 Research Note Series. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.15382355

Cristani, F. (2025). HRJust Intersect Observatory´s Mission: Notes on the Methodological Framework. In HRJust WP7 Research Note Series (Version_2_February 2025). Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.14889561

Federica Cristani (IIR) was invited as a guest speaker on the podcast series “A Praga c’è SPAZIO” of the Italian Embassy in Prague.

Her interview is featured in Episode 5 on the topic “Sfide legali nello spazio: come trasferire tecnologie spaziali in caso di disastri naturali? Il caso dell’Artico” (Legal challenges in the space: how to transfer space-based technologies during climate disasters? A case study from the Arctic). In the episode, she discusses the effects of climate change on technology transfer and the relevant cooperation obligations of states, also in the broader framework of the HRJust project.

Listen to the episode here:

More information about the podcast series is available on the website of the Italian Embassy in Prague
https://ambpraga.esteri.it/it/news/dall_ambasciata/2025/08/a-praga-ce-spazio

Gender-neutral trade is a myth

In a uniAKTUELL interview, Elisa Fornalé from the World Trade Institute (WTI), University of Bern, and Anoush der Boghossian from the World Trade Organization (WTO) discuss the outcomes of a pivotal WTI-hosted conference. Drawing on insights from 28 international experts, they explore the drafting of a new UN “General Recommendation” aimed at enhancing women’s representation in decision-making bodies, and underscore how gender issues are deeply embedded in global trade—refuting the myth of trade’s neutrality.

Read the interview here:

https://www.uniaktuell.unibe.ch/2024/wti_conference_women/index_eng.html

Human Rights Justifications and Values in the EU

Ester Herlin-Karnell, Professor in EU law, Department of Law @ University of Gothenburg 

e-mail: ester.herlin-karnell@law.gu.se
Website

Human rights and the states: defending critical statism in human rights theory

Ayelet Banai, Lecturer in Government and Political Theory, Faculty of Social Sciences, School of Political Sciences @ University of Haifa 

e-mail: abanai@poli.haifa.ac.il
Website

Human Rights as Ideology?

Enzo Rossi, Associate professor in political theory, Department of Political Science @ University of Amsterdam

e-mail: E.Rossi@uva.nl 
Website

Before the Law. On the paradox of human (legal) rights

Claudio Corradetti, Associate professor in political philosophy and international relations, Faculty of Law and Faculty of Litterature and Philosophy @ University of Rome Tor Vergata

e-mail: Claudio.Corradetti@uniroma2.it 
Website

Experts as a normative power in global governance

Nikola Schmidt, Senior researcher and Head of the Centre for Governance of Emerging Technologies @ Institute of International Relations Prague

e-mail: schmidt@iir.cz
Website

Justifications and Human Rights in the EU

Aravind Ganesh, Lecturer at the School of Law @ University of Sussex

e-mail: A.Ganesh@sussex.ac.uk
Website

’Green’ human rights justifications

Johanna Gipperth, Ph.D. Candidate in international law @ University of Gothenburg

e-mail: johanna.gipperth@gu.se
Website

What are Human Rights Justifications?

In this video, Prof. Ester Herlin-Karnell from the University of Gothenburg (SE) explains how her team in Work Package 3 examines the ways states and the European Union invoke human rights to justify legislative and policy actions.

Social Vulnerabilities and Earthquakes: What Happened in Norcia?

In this video, sociologist Prof. Stefania Tusini from the University for Foreigners in Perugia (IT) reflects on the long-term social vulnerabilities faced by communities affected by the Norcia earthquake.

Intersectionality and Vulnerability: Protecting Rights in Emergencies

​​In this video, Prof. Maura Marchegiani from the University for Foreigners of Perugia discusses how emergencies such as earthquakes, environmental risks, and conflicts reveal layered vulnerabilities, and why protecting fundamental rights in these settings requires an intersectional and interdisciplinary approach.

Human Rights, Disasters and Climate Change: Which Relationship?

In this video, Prof. Patricia Galvão Teles, member of the UN International Law Commission, discusses her work on advancing international law in relation to human rights, disasters, and climate change.

Vulnerability in Earthquake-Prone Regions: How Can Communities Turn Fragility into Strength?

In this video, Stefania Proietti, President of the Umbria Region, reflects on how long-standing territorial vulnerability, from seismic risks to geographic isolation, shapes community life. She explains why acknowledging this fragility can become a source of resilience, innovation, and wellbeing, and how digital connectivity and environmental quality can help remote regions thrive.

Rebuilding Norcia: A Local Perspective on Recovery and Resilience

In this video, Vincenzo Bianconi, a local hotel owner in Norcia, shares a firsthand perspective on the State’s response to the earthquake. Drawing on nearly a decade of lived experience, he reflects on the limits of emergency-focused measures, the overlooked economic costs of reconstruction, and the long-term impact on local livelihoods.