Rangita de Silva de Alwis

University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

Associate Dean for International Programs

3501 Sansom Street

Philadelphia, PA 19104

United States

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Scholarly Papers (18)

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A Rapidly Shifting Landscape: Why Digitized Violence is the Newest Category of Gender-Based Violence

La Revue des Juristes de Sciences Po, No. 25, p. 62, 2024, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-43
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 30 Nov 2023
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Gender-based violence, artificial intelligence, violence against women, technology-facilitated gender-based violence, generative AI

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From Critical Mass to Critical Parity in Women’s Leadership

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-40, The University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs, Vol. 10, p. 1, 2024
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 02 Nov 2023 Last Revised: 04 Nov 2024
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Women’s empowerment, women & leadership, discrimination against women, substantive representation, gender quotas, critical act theory, critical mass theory

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Addressing the Evolving Concept of Gender and Intersectional Stereotypes in International Norm Creation: Directions for a New CEDAW General Recommendation

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-21, University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs, Vol. 8, p. 129, 2023
Number of pages: 60 Posted: 01 Jun 2023
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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gender stereotypes, human rights, discrimination, cultural practices, new technologies, Artificial Intelligence, AI innovation, ChatGPT, gender bias, CEDAW, CERD, CRC, CRPD normative frameworks

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Women's Human Rights and Migration: Sex-Selective Abortion Laws in the United States and India

Asia-Pacific Journal on Human Rights and the Law, Vol. 19, p. 69, 2018, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-19
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 06 Jul 2018
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Law and culture, feminist theory, women’s rights, sex-selective abortion, feminist theory, migration, discrimination, postcolonialism, It’s a Girl: The Three Deadliest Words, reproductive rights

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Obstetric Violence and Forced Sterilization: Conceptualizing Gender-Based Institutional Violence

University of Pennsylvania Journal of Law & Public Affairs, Vol. 9, p. 95, 2024, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-46
Number of pages: 34 Posted: 20 Dec 2023
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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obstetric violence, forced sterilization, gynecological abuse, human rights, gender-based violence, structural violence, international law, CEDAW

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Holding the Taliban Accountable for Gender Persecution: The Search for New Accountability Paradigms under International Human Rights Law, International Criminal Law and Women, Peace, and Security

German Law Journal symposium keynote, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 23-37
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 12 Oct 2023 Last Revised: 03 Nov 2023
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Human rights, international law, gender persecution, gender apartheid, sexual and gender-based violence, Women Peace and Security, Taliban

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Piercing the Veil of Impunity: Twenty-Five Years After the UN Security Council Resolution 1325

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 24-37, University of Pennsylvania Journal of International Law, forthcoming
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 22 Jul 2024
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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impunity, gender crimes, human rights, sexual slavery, war crime, International Criminal Court, ICC, Women Peace and Security Council Resolutions, WPS Resolutions, sexual violence

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Women and the Making of the Tunisian Constitution

Berkeley Journal of International Law (BJIL), Vol. 35, P. 90, 2017, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 17-24
Number of pages: 61 Posted: 10 Jun 2017
Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Anware Mnasri and Estee Ward
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Administrative Tribunal of Tunisia and University of Pennsylvania, Law School, Students
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Tunisian constitution, Islamic law, political, social and economic rights, participatory drafting, Dignity Revolution, Jasmine Spring, gender inequality, social movements, transitional justice, enabling legislation, civil society

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Equitable Ecosystem: A Two-Pronged Approach to Equity in Artificial Intelligence

Michigan Technology Law Review, Vol. 29, p. 165, 2023, U of Penn, Inst for Law & Econ Research Paper No. 23-18
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 21 Apr 2023 Last Revised: 09 May 2023
Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Amani Michelle Carter Coutinho and Govind Nagubandi
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Kirkland & Ellis and Independent
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Artificial Intelligence, intellectual property, IP, AI, equity, Venture Capital, human rights, Machine Learning, data bias, diversity & inclusion, two-pronged approach, discrimination, demographic representation, tax adjustment

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When Law is Complicit in Gender Bias: Ending De Jure Discrimination Against Women as an Important Target of Sustainable Development Goal 5

in Sustainable Development Goals 5th: Gender Equality (Paloma Durán y Lalaguna, Sagrario Morán Blanco, & Cástor Miguel Díaz Barrado eds., Aranzadi 2018), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 20-47
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Nov 2020
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Comparative & international law, human rights, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW, Sustainable Development Goals, SDG, Polygamy, Abortion, Inequality in land, Domestic violence

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The Role of Personal Laws in Creating a 'Second Sex'

New York University Journal of International Law and Politics (JILP), Vol. 48, Pg. 1085, 2016, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 16-40
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 19 Oct 2016
Rangita de Silva de Alwis and Indira Jaising
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Lawyers Collective
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Women, India, Family Law, Discriminatory Personal Laws, International Norms, Muslim Personal Laws, Islam, Syrian Christian Laws, Chistianity, Hindu Personal Laws, Hinduism, Personal Law Systems of India, Gender

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Closing the Accountability Gap and Redrawing the Boundaries of International Law: An "All Tools" Approach to Addressing Systemic Discrimination on the Basis of Sex

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 24-40
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 08 Aug 2024 Last Revised: 05 Dec 2024
Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Catherine Amirfar and Helena Kennedy
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, Debevoise & Plimpton LLP and International Bar Association
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human rights, gender-based discrimination, gender-based crimes, Taliban, Afghan women, international law, gender persecution, gender apartheid., women’s rights, CEDAW

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Culture, Courts, and Constitutions: Negotiating the Balance on Gender Equality

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 24-07, Georgetown Journal of International Law, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 159 Posted: 14 Feb 2024 Last Revised: 29 Apr 2024
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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culture, customary traditions, customary laws, constitutions, courts, human rights, women rights, gender equality, jurisprudence

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Gendering the New International Convention on Cybercrimes and New Norms on Artificial Intelligence and Emerging Technologies

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 24-43
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 03 Sep 2024 Last Revised: 07 Jan 2025
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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international digital rules, international law, digital divides, global cybercrimes treaty, UN General Assembly, Global Digital Compact, gender equality, emerging technologies, artificial intelligence, AI

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Expanding the Women Peace and Security Agenda to Protect Women's Education in Afghanistan and Other Geographies of Conflict

43 U. Pa. J. Int'l L. 991 (2022), U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-40
Number of pages: 46 Posted: 02 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 08 Nov 2022
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School
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Women's & girls' education, United Nations Security Council, conflict zones, gender-based violence, Women Peace & Security, WPS, women's rights, equality, religious extremism

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'Long Past Time': CEDAW Ratification in the United States

Journal of Law and Public Affairs, Vol. 3, p. 16, 2018, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 18-17
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 10 Jul 2018
Rangita de Silva de Alwis and Amanda M. Martin
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy
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International law, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women, CEDAW, United Nations, equal pay, childcare, Ivanka Trump, paid family leave

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The Changing Landscape of Women’s Rights Activism in China: The Continued Legacy of the Beijing Conference

U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-37, Forthcoming, UCLA Women’s Law Journal, Vol. 28, p. 7, 2021
Number of pages: 41 Posted: 01 Jul 2022
Rangita de Silva de Alwis and Katherine Schroeder
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Student/Alumni/Adjunct
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Chinese law reform, social movements, women’s equality, feminism, legal activism, domestic violence, MeToo, online organizing, LGBTQ advocacy, United Nations, CEDAW

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Addressing Allyship in a Time of a 'Thousand Papercuts'

Hastings Race and Poverty Law Journal, Vol. 19, p. 63, 2021, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 22-34
Posted: 18 May 2022
Rangita de Silva de Alwis
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School

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Legal education, structural racism & sexism, unconscious bias, women, law & leadership, empirical studies, Lani Guinier, social change

Other Papers (1)

Total Downloads: 77
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Dealing with “Dilemmas of Difference” in the Workplace

Virginia Journal of Social Policy and the Law, Vol. 27, No. 193, 2020, U of Penn Law School, Public Law Research Paper No. 21-02
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 13 Jan 2021
Rangita de Silva de Alwis, Sarah Heberlig and Lindsay Holcomb
University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Student/Alumni/Adjunct and University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School - Student/Alumni/Adjunct
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Women & leadership, sex/gender discrimination in employment, promotion, inequality, empirical cross-cultural studies, comparative law & politics, race, intersectionality