ABSTRACT
This introduction presents an overview of the key concepts discussed in the subsequent chapters of this book. The book explains what effect the gendering of regime principles has on the implementation of the norms that stem from the regime principles. Because the innocent civilian is gendered, the protection of civilians whether through state compliance with norms, persuasion or condemnation by third parties, or military intervention that reflects the perception that women and children are more clearly entitled to the protection that the civilian immunity norm affords. The moral language of humanitarian intervention draws on the home-front idea whereby state forces actively serve to protect the innocent at home from attack, but expands the community of moral obligation to civilians per se rather than nationals. The Kosovo case demonstrates that the implementation of the civilian protection regime principles is affected by the gender beliefs embedded therein.
