Valerie OosterveldValerie Oosterveld is a full Professor at Western University's Faculty of Law. She has published widely on the interpretation of sexual and gender-based crimes by international criminal tribunals. She is the co-editor of the award-winning Gender and nternational Criminal Law (OUP, 2022). She was awarded the 2023 Canadian Association of Law Teachers Academic Excellence Award and the 2022 Royal Society of Canada Ursula Franklin Award in Gender Studies. She is a member of the Canadian Partnership for International Justice, which won the 2023 Governor-General's Innovation Award and the 2022 SSHRC Impact Partnership Award. A former lawyer with Global Affairs Canada's Legal Bureau, she served on the Canadian delegation to various International Criminal Court-related negotiations. Read More Read Less