The purpose of this paper is to add to the growing scholarship investigating the
question of whether the Genocide Convention should be expanded to include
gender as a protected group. My argument will be laid out in four sections. In
section one, I will begin by sketching a brief overview of the history of the creation
of genocide as a crime covered by international law. In section two, I will look at
the reasons why gender was initially excluded as a protected group.
Section three then will examine existing international law that provides for the
protection of gender groups. Section four will look at arguments against expanding
the genocide convention to include gender as a protected group. In addition, I will
evaluate those arguments and show how they fail to present compelling reasons
for the exclusion. I will conclude with areas that I feel need further study.
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