Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Literature
African Rights - Rwanda – Not So Innocent: When Women Become Killers
- Year
- 1995
- Issues
- Female Perpetrators of Sexual Violence
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Genocide Genocidal Rape Sexual Violence as Genocide
- Reference link
- https://www.scribd.com/document/21263653/Rwanda-Not-so-Innocent-When-Womens-Became-Killers-Africa-Rights-August-1995
- Full reference
- African Rights, Rwanda – Not So Innocent: When Women Become Killers, African Rights, London, 1995.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Perpetrators and Prevention
- Author
- African Rights
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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Literature
Amick, Emily - Trying International Crimes on Local Lawns...
- Year
- 2011
- Issues
- Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Genocide Gacaca Proceedings History
- Reference link
- https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/coljgl20&div=14&id=&page=
- Full reference
- Amick, Emily, "Trying International Crimes on Local Lawns: The Adjudication of Genocide Sexual Violence Crimes in Rwanda’s Gacaca Courts", in Columbia Journal of Gender and Law, 2011, vol. 20. no. 2, pp. 1-97.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Amick, Emily
- Type of mechanism
- Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- Gacaca Court
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Literature
Askin, Kelly D. - Gender Crimes Jurisprudence in the ICTR...
- Year
- 2005
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Gender-Based Crimes Genocide Akayesu Prosecution
- Reference link
- https://academic.oup.com/jicj/article-abstract/3/4/1007/2883162
- Full reference
- Askin, Kelly, "Gender Crimes Jurisprudence in the ICTR: Positive Developments", in J. Int’l Crim. Just., 2005, vol. 3, no. 4, pp. 1007-1018.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Askin, Kelly D.
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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Literature
Aydelott, Danise - Mass Rape During War...
- Year
- 1993
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Keywords
- Rape as a Weapon of War Mass Rape Genocide International Criminal Law War Crimes
- Reference link
- https://heinonline.org/HOL/LandingPage?handle=hein.journals/emint7&div=24&id=&page=
- Full reference
- Aydelott, Danise, "Mass Rape During War: Prosecuting Bosnian Rapists Under International Law", in Emory International Law Review, 1993, vol. 7, pp. 585-631.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Aydelott, Danise
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Literature
Buss, Doris E. - Rethinking 'Rape as a Weapon of War'
- Year
- 2009
- Issues
- Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
- Country
- Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Feminist Approach Crimes Against Humanity Genocide
- Reference link
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs10691-009-9118-5
- Full reference
- Buss, Doris E., "Rape as a Weapon of War", in Feminist Legal Studies, 2009, vol. 17, no. 2, pp. 145-163.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
- Author
- Buss, Doris E.
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Conseil de Guerre de la République Rwandaise (Military Tribunal), Chambre Spécialisée, Kigali - Anaclet Rwahama
- Reference link
- http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/1181/Anaclet/
- Type of mechanism
- Military Tribunal
- Name of mechanism
- Conseil de Guerre de la République Rwandaise (Military Tribunal), Chambre Spécialisée, Kigali
- Name of accused
- Anaclet Rwahama
- Charges
- Rwahama was accused of participating in and leading attacks by Interahamwe militias at Kicukiro in Kigali that killed minority Tutsi and moderate Hutu and for raping several Tutsi women, including a 13-year-old girl.The sexual violence conviction seems to be based on the Rwandan Criminal Code and the Organic Law of 1996, which prohibited international crimes, including sexual torture (“Avoir commis des actes de torture sexuelle et violé des femmes Tutsi, infractions prévues et réprimées par l’article 360, 2ème et 3ème du Code pénal rwandais et par la Loi Organique du 30/08/96 en son article 2a et 14a”).
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 24 November 1998 he was found guilty of genocide, rape, breaking into homes and non-assistance to people in danger in Kicukiro, Kigali, between April and July 1994.
- sentencing
- Rwahama was sentenced to death.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- 18
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Literature
De Brouwer, Anne-Marie and Hon Chu, Sandra K. - The Men Who Killed Me...
- Year
- 2009
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Rape Sexual Slavery Survivor HIV Genocide
- Reference link
- http://www.douglas-mcintyre.com/book/the-men-who-killed-me
- Full reference
- De Brouwer, Anne-Marie and Sandra Ka Hon Chu, The Men Who Killed Me: Rwandan Survivors of Sexual Violence, Douglas & McIntyre, 2009.
- Type of literature
- Book
- Research focus
- Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
- Author
- De Brouwer, Anne-Marie and Hon Chu, Sandra K.
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Literature
Gartner, Rosemary and McCarthy, Bill - The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex and Crime
- Year
- 2019
- Reference link
- http://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-oxford-handbook-of-gender-sex-and-crime-9780190947354?prevSortField=9&sortField=8&start=0&resultsPerPage=20&q=sexual%20violence%20against%20women&prevNumResPerPage=20&lang=en&cc=de
- Full reference
- Rosemary Gartner and Bill McCarthy (eds.), The Oxford Handbook of Gender, Sex and Crime, Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2019.
- Type of literature
- Book
-
Literature
Goldstein, Anne T. - Recognizing Forced Impregnation as a War Crime...
- Year
- 1993
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Reference link
- https://www.worldcat.org/title/recognizing-forced-impregnation-as-a-war-crime-under-international-law-a-special-report-of-the-international-program/oclc/32804993?referer=di&ht=edition
- Full reference
- Goldstein, Anne T., Recognizing Forced Impregnation as a War Crime Under International Law, The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 1993.
- Type of literature
- Book
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Goldstein, Anne T.
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Literature
Green, Llezlie L. - Gender Hate Propaganda and Sexual Violence...
- Year
- 2002
- Issues
- Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Media Racist Propaganda Genocide
- Reference link
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2272193
- Full reference
- Green, Llezlie L., "Gender Hate Propaganda and Sexual Violence in the Rwandan Genocide: An Argument for Intersectionality in International Law", in Columbia Human Rights Law Review, 2002, vol. 33, no. 733, pp. 733-776.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
- Author
- Green, Llezlie L.
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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