In Gender-Sensitive Norm Interpretation by Regional Human Rights Law Systems Maria Sjöholm examines the jurisprudence on gender-based harm in the European, Inter-American and African regional human rights law systems, from the viewpoint of feminist legal methods and theories.

Maria Sjöholm, LL.D. (1978), Örebro University, is a senior lecturer in public international law. Her published work covers various area of public international law, with a focus on women's rights, including Defining Rape: Emerging Obligations for States under International Law? (Brill/Nijhoff, 2011).