Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Ranko Cesic (“Brcko”)
- Year
- 2004
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Forced Oral Sex Detention Centers Forced Rape of Family Members
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/678/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Ranko Cesic
- Charges
- - Humiliating and degrading treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and rape as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1) (committing) for forcing, at gunpoint, two Muslim brothers detained at Luka camp to perform fellatio on each other in the presence of others on about 11 May 1992.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Cesic entered a guilty plea to all counts in the indictment (on 8 October 2003). Cesic was found guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Humiliating and degrading treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime - Rape as a crime against humanity
- sentencing
- Cesic was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment on 11 March 2004.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-95-10/1
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
USA Supreme Court - Emmanuel Constant (“Doe v. Constant”)
- Year
- 2010
- Issues
- Sentencing and Reparations
- Country
- United States of America
- Keywords
- Forced to watch Rape Forced Rape of Family Members Gang Rape Terrorism
- Reference link
- http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/1116
- Type of mechanism
- Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- US Supreme Court
- Name of accused
- Emmanuel Constant
- Charges
- Torture, crimes against humanity and the systematic use of violence against women (including rape in 2006) under the Alien Tort Statute and the Torture Victim Protection Act.
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 16 August 2006, the Court found Constant guilty of torture, crimes against humanity and the systematic use of violence against women (including rape in 2006).
- sentencing
- Appeals chamber verdict
- Constant appealed the decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit. On December 1, 2009, the Second Circuit rejected Constant’s appeal and upheld the $19 million judgment against him. Constant filed a petition for panel rehearing or rehearing en banc by the full Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which was denied on February 23, 2010. Finally, on October 4, 2010 the U.S. Supreme Court issued an order denying Constant’s petition for a writ of certiorari.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- 08-4827-cv
- Reparations / awards
- <span style="text-align: justify; line-height: 13.8px;">Constant was ordered to pay $19 million in compensatory and punitive damages to three women who survived the crimes committed under his control.</span>
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