Integrating a gender perspective into commissions of inquiry

The LSE Centre for Women, Peace, and Security hosted a workshop coordinated by the ‘Gendered Peace project‘ that brought together a group of international scholars, practitioners and experts to explore ways in which commissions of inquiry and other fact-finding missions (hereinafter CoIs) might more effectively integrate a gender perspective into their outputs. The impact that CoIs can have is significant. They have the potential to assist in mapping conflicts; documenting violations; designing the content and trajectory of peace processes, accountability and transitional justice mechanisms; and facilitate post-conflict transformation in furtherance of peace and security for all. Undertaking a robust and holistic gender analysis is therefore of critical importance if the potential of such reports are to be fully realised.