Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • Literature

    Aijazi, Omer et al. - ‘We Were Controlled, We Were Not Allowed to Express Our Sexuality, Our Intimacy Was Suppressed’: Sexual Violence Experienced by Boys

    Year
    2019
    Issues
    Sexual Violence against Children Sexual Violence against Men
    Country
    Uganda
    Keywords
    Forced Marriage Sexual Violence against Boys Child Soldiers LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) Conflict-related Sexual Violence

    Reference link
    http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3315671
    Full reference
    Omer Aijazi, Evelyn Amony and Erin Baines, “‘We Were Controlled, We Were Not Allowed to Express Our Sexuality, Our Intimacy Was Suppressed’: Sexual Violence Experienced by Boys”, in Mark A. Drumbl and Jastine C. Barrett (eds.), Research Handbook on Child Soldiers, Edward Elgar Publishing Forthcoming; Washington & Lee Legal Studies Paper, 2019, No. 2019-01.
    Type of literature
    Chapter in Book
    Research focus
    Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence

  • Literature

    Ahram, Ariel I. - Sexual Violence, Competitive State Building, and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War Role of Non-state Actors in Perpetrating Violence
    Country
    Iraq, Syria
    Keywords
    ISIS Civil War State Building Forced Marriage Sexual Violence Rape

    Reference link
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/17502977.2018.1541577
    Full reference
    Ariel I. Ahram, “Sexual Violence, Competitive State Building, and Islamic State in Iraq and Syria”, in Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 2018, pp. 1-17.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
    Author
    Ahram, Ariel I.

  • Literature

    Baumeister, Hannah - Sexualised Crimes, Armed Conflict and the Law

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution

    Reference link
    http://www.routledge.com/product/isbn/9781138085121?source=igodigital
    Full reference
    Hannah Baumeister, Sexualised Crimes, Armed Conflict and the Law: The International Criminal Court and the Definitions of Rape and Forced Marriage, Routledge, New York, 2018.
    Type of literature
    Book
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence

  • Literature

    Bennoune, Karima - "That's Not my Daughter": The Paradoxes of Documenting Jihadist Mass Rape in 1990's Algeria and Beyond

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Role of Non-state Actors in Perpetrating Violence Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
    Country
    Algeria
    Keywords
    Taboo Violence against Women Forced Marriage Data Collection Sexual Violence

    Reference link
    http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199300983.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199300983-e-39
    Full reference
    Karima Bennoune, “ ‘That's Not my Daughter’: The Paradoxes of Documenting Jihadist Mass Rape in 1990's Algeria and Beyond”, in Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Naomi Cahn, Dina Francesca Haynes and Nahla Valji (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 497-507.
    Type of literature
    Chapter in Book
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence, Women and the Armed Conflict
    Author
    Bennoune, Karima

  • Literature

    Bunting, Annie - Gender Politics and Geopolitics of International Criminal Law in Uganda

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Uganda
    Keywords
    International Criminal Law International Criminal Court Crimes Against Humanity Transitional Justice Forced Marriage Gender Violence

    Reference link
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/23269995.2018.1520010
    Full reference
    Annie Bunting, “Gender politics and geopolitics of international criminal law in Uganda”, in Global Discourse, 2018, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 422-437.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence
    Author
    Bunting, Annie

  • Literature

    Bunting, Annie and Ikhimiukor, Izevbuwa - The Expressive Nature of Law: What We Learn from Conjugal Slavery to Forced Marriage in International Criminal Law

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Sierra Leone
    Keywords
    International Criminal Court Forced Marriage Conjugal Slavery Expressivism Sexual Slavery

    Reference link
    http://brill.com/abstract/journals/icla/18/2/article-p331_331.xml
    Full reference
    Annie Bunting and Izevbuwa Ikhimiukor, “The Expressive Nature of Law: What We Learn from Conjugal Slavery to Forced Marriage in International Criminal Law”, in International Criminal Law Review, 2018, Vol. 18, no. 2, pp. 331-353.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes, Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes

  • Literature

    Oosterveld, Valerie - Forced Marriage During Conflict and Mass Atrocity

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
    Country
    Sierra Leone, Cambodia
    Keywords
    Forced Marriage International Criminal Law

    Reference link
    http://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/abstract/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199300983.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199300983-e-19?rskey=ylTliS&result=1
    Full reference
    Valerie Oosterveld, “Forced Marriage During Conflict and Mass Atrocity”, in Fionnuala Ní Aoláin, Naomi Cahn, Dina Francesca Haynes, and Nahla Valji (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Gender and Conflict, Oxford University Press, 2018, pp. 240-252.
    Type of literature
    Chapter in Book
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
    Author
    Oosterveld, Valerie
    Type of mechanism
    Hybrid court
    Name of mechanism
    Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)

  • Literature

    Aijazi, Omer and Baines, Erin - Relationality, Culpability and Consent in Wartime: Men’s Experiences of Forced Marriage

    Year
    2017
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence
    Country
    Uganda
    Keywords
    Forced Marriage Men Coercion Consent Culpability LRA (Lord’s Resistance Army) Uganda

    Reference link
    https://academic.oup.com/ijtj/article-abstract/11/3/463/4103679
    Full reference
    Omer Aijazi, Erin Baines, “Relationality, Culpability and Consent in Wartime: Men’s Experiences of Forced Marriage”, in International Journal of Transitional Justice, 2017, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 463-483.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
    Author
    Aijazi, Omer and Baines, Erin

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    ICC - Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui

    Year
    2015
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
    Keywords
    Acquittal Insufficient Evidence Forced Marriage Forced Nudity Severance of Charges Withdrawal of Charges

    Reference link
    https://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/situations%20and%20cases/situations/situation%20icc%200104/related%20cases/ICC-01-04-02-12/Pages/default.aspx
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Court
    Name of accused
    Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui
    Charges
    Initially, Chui was charged (together with Katanga) with crimes against humanity and war crimes, including sexual slavery, committed on 24 February 2003 during the attack on the village of Bogoro, in the Ituri district of the DRC. Although subsequent events resulted in withdrawal of the sexual slavery counts as evidence from two victims/witnesses of sexual violence substantiating these counts was excluded by the Court because of security concerns, a change in their security situation made it possible for the Prosecutor to reinstate the sexual slavery as a crime against humanity and a war crime counts and add charges of rape as a crime against humanity and a war crime as well as outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime on 12 June 2008 (Prosecution’s Submission, 12 June 2008). According to the amended document containing the charges, in its section elaborating on ‘sexual offences’ (Prosecution's Amended Document, 12 June 2008, para. 89): “women, who were captured at Bogoro and spared because they hid their ethnicity, were raped, sexually enslaved or humiliated. Threatened with death by the combatants, one woman was stripped and forced to parade half naked in front of them. Others were raped and forcibly taken to military camps. Once there, they were sometimes given as a ‘wife’ to their captors or kept in the camp’s prison, which was a hole dug in the ground. The women detained in these prisons were repeatedly raped by soldiers and commanders alike and also by soldiers who were punished and sent to prison. The fate reserved to captured women was widely known. Shortly after the Bogoro attack, KATANGA saw one of the imprisoned women detained in such conditions in one of the FRPI camps.” On 30 September 2008, the Chamber confirmed the charges against Chui (and Katanga) for rape and sexual slavery as crimes against humanity and war crimes under Article 25(3)(a), but declined to confirm the charge of outrages upon personal dignity as a war crime as, the Chamber held, the link to the suspect was lacking (Decision on the Confirmation of Charges, 30 September 2008). On 21 November 2012, the Court severed the charges against Katanga and Chui.
    Trial chamber verdict
    On 18 December 2012, Trial Chamber II acquitted Chui of the charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. It was found not proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Chui was the commander of the Lendu combatants during the attack on Bogoro in Ituri, Eastern DRC on 24 February 2003, as charged by the ICC. Rather, the evidence supported the finding that he held the role of a commander in March 2003, after the February attack on Bogoro.
    Appeals chamber verdict
    On 21 December 2012, Chui was released from custody. On 27 February 2015, the Appeals Chamber confirmed, by majority, Trial Chamber II’s decision of 18 December 2012 acquitting Chui.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    ICC-01/04-02/12

  • Literature

    Jalloh, Charles C. - The Sierra Leone Special Court and its Legacy

    Year
    2015
    Issues
    Modes of Liability Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Sierra Leone
    Keywords
    Special Court for Sierra Leone Forced Marriage International Criminal Law Sexual Violence

    Reference link
    http://www.cambridge.org/de/academic/subjects/law/humanitarian-law/sierra-leone-special-court-and-its-legacy-impact-africa-and-international-criminal-law?format=PB
    Full reference
    Charles C. Jalloh (ed.), The Sierra Leone Special Court and its Legacy- The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2015.
    Type of literature
    Book
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence, Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes, Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes

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