Abstract
The GenDJus project is conceived as an interdisciplinary research project in the areas of Discourse and Law on Gender and Sexuality for the investigation of the impact of prejudice, stereotypes and bias on the three international human rights courts – the European Court of Human Rights, the Inter-American Court of Human Rights and the African Court of Human and People’s Rights –, the Court of Justice of the European Union (EU) and the highest national courts in Italy. An effective protection of individuals can be indeed achieved through language: if words are unable to express the need for protection that underlies certain demands for justice, then there is a risk of not only violating human rights applicable to the concrete situation, but also of fueling obstacles to fundamental freedoms across the EU. That is why, by means of a corpus-based analysis of judicial texts in Italian, English and Spanish, the project explores as a testbed a specific area where these subtle forms of discrimination seem to be more persistent, i.e., sexual, reproductive and parental rights, and it does so from both a linguistic and a legal (i.e. international law and EU law) point of view. Identifying such practices and understanding them - in order to eradicate them through language and law - can contribute to the improvement of the functioning of justice and to the enjoyment of fundamental rights without any discrimination based on gender, sexual orientation or gender identity, thus avoiding time-consuming and costly court proceedings. While advancing innovative methodologies to detect new forms of discrimination, the project identifies concrete ways to improve judicial discourse(s) and avoid the unconscious reiteration of negative attitudes against gender and sexual minorities in the international/EU/Italian spheres. To this end, several outcomes have been identified: an international workshop in Italy; an international workshop in the UK; several trainings with key stakeholders, including judges; guidelines for an anti-stereotyping judicial discourse; an international final conference; a methodological paper and an edited volume, along with any extra publication that the project research team may deem useful; national and international dissemination of results as well as an ongoing public engagement activity.
Dettagli del progetto
Responsabile scientifico: Carmelo Danisi
Strutture Unibo coinvolte:
Dipartimento di Scienze Politiche e Sociali
Coordinatore:
Università degli Studi di TRIESTE(Italy)
Contributo totale Unibo: Euro (EUR) 95.000,00
Durata del progetto in mesi: 24
Data di inizio
30/11/2023
Data di fine:
28/02/2026
