The proceedings titled Gender justice discourses: Analysis of legal frameworks and judicial practice in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia is a result of a two-year research effort, done as part of the University and Gender Mainstreaming (UNIGEM) Project, implemented by the TPO Foundation from Sarajevo in cooperation with nineteen partner universities in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia and Serbia. At the beginning of this research, all members of the academic community – including professors, students of doctoral studies, as well as scientists from the fields of humanities, social sciences and especially legal sciences, as well as all activists who are in their work engaged in fighting  against gender-based violence – were invited to contribute by analysing from a critical scientific perspective the criminal judgments passed in cases of gender-based violence, with a focus on sexual violence, family violence and femicide. The research that resulted in the mentioned Proceedings was initiated to better understand and address the deep-rooted gender stereotypes that often shape judicial decisions. Authors from various scientific perspectives, as well as from expert (professional) ones, contributed to the research with their works analysing the criminal justice processing of gender-based violence cases, offering critical insights and recommendations for the improvement of public policies, the legal-institutional framework and judicial practices.

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