Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • Literature

    Cohen, Dara - Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence...

    Year
    2013
    Issues
    Female Perpetrators of Sexual Violence
    Country
    Sierra Leone
    Keywords
    Mass Rape Masculinity Sexual War Violence Characteristic of Perpetrator Group Dynamics

    Reference link
    https://wcfia.harvard.edu/files/wcfia/files/cohen_world_politics_2013.pdf
    Full reference
    Cohen, Dara, "Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence: Wartime Rape in the Sierra Leone Civil War", in World Politics, 2013, vol. 65, no. 3, pp. 383-415.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Perpetrators and Prevention
    Author
    Cohen, Dara
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)

  • Literature

    Cohen, Dara K. and Nordas, Ragnhild - Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict...

    Year
    2014
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes

    Reference link
    https://www.belfercenter.org/sites/default/files/files/publication/sexual-violence-in-armed-conflict-jpr.pdf
    Full reference
    Cohen, Dara Kay and Ragnhild Nordås, "Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict: Introducing the SVAC Dataset, 1989-2009", in Journal of Peace Research, 2014, vol. 51, no. 3, pp. 418-428.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Perpetrators and Prevention, Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
    Author
    Cohen, Dara K. and Nordas, Ragnhild

  • Literature

    Hagan, John et al. - “Reasonable Grounds” Evidence Involving Sexual Violence...

    Year
    2013
    Issues
    Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
    Country
    Sudan
    Keywords
    Race Gender Violence Characteristic of Perpetrator Sexual Assault/Attack/Abuse

    Reference link
    https://works.bepress.com/todd_haugh/3/
    Full reference
    Hagan, John, Richard Brooks and Todd Haugh, "'Reasonable Grounds' Evidence Involving Sexual Violence in Darfur", in Anne-Marie de Brouwer et al. (eds.), Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Intersentia, Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland, 2013, pp. 275-311.
    Type of literature
    Chapter in Book
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence
    Author
    Hagan, John; Brooks, Richard and Haugh, Todd

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    ICTY - Ivica Rajic (“Stupni Do”)

    Year
    2006
    Issues
    Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
    Country
    Former Yugoslavia
    Keywords
    Sexual Assault/Attack/Abuse Sexual War Violence Soldiers HVO Soldiers Characteristic of Perpetrator

    Reference link
    http://www.icty.org/cases/party/772/4
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
    Name of accused
    Ivica Rajic
    Charges
    - Inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime under Article 7(1) for the sexual assaults of Muslim women in Stupni Do on 23 October 1993 and Vareš town between 23 October 1993 and 3 November 1993.- Outrages upon personal dignity as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime under Article 7(1) and 7(3).
    Trial chamber verdict
    Rajic entered a guilty plea to several counts in the indictment (on 26 October 2005), which included one charge related to sexual violence. Rajic was therefore found guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime Rajic was therefore found not guilty of (as these charges were withdrawn following the guilty plea): - Outrages upon personal dignity as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime for the same sexual violence crimes as listed above.
    sentencing
    Rajic was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on 8 May 2006.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    IT-95-12

  • Literature

    MacKenzie, Megan H. - Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone

    Year
    2012
    Issues
    Female Perpetrators of Sexual Violence
    Country
    Sierra Leone
    Keywords
    Rape Women as Combatants Murder Characteristic of Perpetrator

    Reference link
    https://muse.jhu.edu/book/17639
    Full reference
    MacKenzie, Megan H., Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone: Sex, Security, and Post-conflict Development, NYU Press, 2012.
    Type of literature
    Book
    Research focus
    Perpetrators and Prevention
    Author
    MacKenzie, Megan H.
    Type of mechanism
    Hybrid court
    Name of mechanism
    Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)

  • Literature

    Skjelsbæk, Inger - Responsibility to Protect or Prevent?

    Year
    2012
    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution

    Reference link
    https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Inger_Skjelsbaek/publication/275441609_Responsibility_to_Protect_or_Prevent_Victims_and_Perpetrators_of_Sexual_Violence_Crimes_in_Armed_Conflicts/links/5b1900fd0f7e9b68b4254f54/Responsibility-to-Protect-or-Prevent-Victims-and-Perpetrators-of-Sexual-Violence-Crimes-in-Armed-Conflicts.pdf
    Full reference
    Skjelsbæk, Inger, "Responsibility to Protect or Prevent? Victims and Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Crimes in Armed Conflicts", in Global Responsibility to Protect, 2012, vol. 4, pp. 154-171.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Perpetrators and Prevention
    Author
    Skjelsbæk, Inger

  • Literature

    Skjelsbæk, Inger - The Military Perpetrator...

    Year
    2015
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
    Country
    Former Yugoslavia
    Keywords
    Sentencing Characteristic of Perpetrator Masculinity Militarism Soldiers

    Reference link
    https://jspp.psychopen.eu/article/view/273/html
    Full reference
    Skjelsbæk, Inger, "The Military Perpetrator: A Narrative Analysis of Sentencing Judgments on Sexual Violence Offenders at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)", in Journal of Social and Political Psychology, 2015, vol. 3, no. 1, pp. 46-70.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Perpetrators and Prevention
    Author
    Skjelsbæk, Inger
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

  • Literature

    Smeulers, Alette - Female Perpetrators: Ordinary or Extra-ordinary Women?

    Year
    2015
    Issues
    Female Perpetrators of Sexual Violence
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Rape Women as Combatants Mass Violence Characteristic of Perpetrator Aiding

    Reference link
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/37129255/ICLA_015_02_01_Smeulers.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1549301127&Signature=MiUW0njA7ax2FafZhMR1kXMv9i8%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DFemale_Perpetrators_Ordinary_or_Extra-or.pdf
    Full reference
    Smeulers, Alette, "Female Perpetrators: Ordinary or Extra-ordinary Women?", in International Criminal Law Review, 2015, vol. 15, pp. 205-251.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Perpetrators and Prevention
    Author
    Smeulers, Alette

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