Feminist judging

In 2024 and 2025, Judge Hilary Charlesworth introduced the feminist concept of intersectionality into the jurisprudence of the International Court of Justice (ICJ). While the ICJ has not yet adopted intersectionality-based reasoning in its judgments, Judge Charlesworth’s declaration in Legal Consequences Arising from the Policies and Practices of Israel in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, Including East Jerusalem (Advisory Opinion) (Occupied Palestinian Territory) and in her separate opinion in Obligations of States in Respect of Climate Change (Advisory Opinion) (Climate Change) mark an important moment, when it appears that intersectionality entered general public international law...