Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • 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

    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

    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

  • 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 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

    Bunting, Annie - 'Forced Marriage' in Conflict Situations...

    Year
    2012
    Country
    Sierra Leone, Rwanda, Uganda, Liberia, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
    Keywords
    Forced Marriage Enslavement International Criminal Law Civilian

    Reference link
    http://preventgbvafrica.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/04/Bunting-Forced-Marriage-in-Conflict-Situations_Canadian-Journal-of-Human-Rights.pdf
    Full reference
    Bunting, Annie, "‘Forced Marriage’ in Conflict Situations: Researching and Prosecuting Old Harms and New Crimes", in Can. J. Hum. Rts., 2012, vol.1, no. 1, pp. 165-185.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
    Author
    Bunting, Annie
    Type of mechanism
    Hybrid court
    Name of mechanism
    Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)

  • 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

    Doherty, Teresa - Jurisprudential Developments Relating to Sexual Violence...

    Year
    2013
    Country
    Sierra Leone
    Keywords
    Sexual Slavery Forced Marriage Rape Crimes Against Humanity

    Reference link
    https://intersentia.com/en/sexual-violence-as-an-international-crime-interdisciplinary-approaches.html
    Full reference
    Doherty, Teresa, "Jurisprudential Developments Relating to Sexual Violence: The Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone", in Anne-Marie de Brouwer et al. (eds.), Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Interdisciplinary Approaches, Intersentia, Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland, 2013, pp. 157-172.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
    Author
    Doherty, Teresa
    Type of mechanism
    Hybrid court
    Name of mechanism
    Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    ECCC - Ao An

    Country
    Cambodia
    Keywords
    Forced Marriage Rape

    Reference link
    http://www.eccc.gov.kh/en/case/topic/1691
    Type of mechanism
    Hybrid court
    Name of mechanism
    Extraordinary Chambers of the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC)
    Name of accused
    Ao An
    Charges
    In the indictment of 14 March 2016, Ao An was charged with: (1) Genocide of the Cham.(2) Crimes against Humanity, namely murder; extermination; enslavement; imprisonment; torture; persecution against the so-called “17 April people”, former Lon Nol soldiers, Central (Old North) Zone cadres, their families and subordinates, people from the East Zone, and other “bad elements” and “internal enemies”; persecution against Cham and Vietnamese people; and other inhumane acts including forced marriage, rape, enforced disappearances, physical abuse, forced labour, and inhumane conditions of detention. (3) Violations of the 1956 Cambodian Penal Code, namely premeditated homicide.
    Status
    2778
    Case number
    004/02

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