Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Literature
Viseur-Sellers, Patricia - Wartime Female Slavery: Enslavement?
- Year
- 2011
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, Japan
- Keywords
- Comfort Women Forced Conjugal Partners Forced Marriage Inhuman Treatment
- Reference link
- https://www.lawschool.cornell.edu/research/ILJ/upload/Sellers-final-4.pdf
- Full reference
- Viseur Sellers, Patricia, "Wartime Female Slavery: Enslavement?", in Cornell International Law Journal, 2011, vol. 44, no. 1, pp. 115-145.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Viseur-Sellers, Patricia
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court, Hybrid court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), International Military Tribunal For The Far East (IMTFE)
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Literature
Stover, Eric - The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice...
- Year
- 2005
- Issues
- Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Killings Forced Expulsion Inhuman Treatment Imprisonment
- Reference link
- https://www.degruyter.com/viewbooktoc/product/454112
- Full reference
- Stover, Eric, The Witnesses: War Crimes and the Promise of Justice in The Hague, University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 2005.
- Type of literature
- Book
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Stover, Eric
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Literature
Oosterveld, Valerie - Sexual Violence Directed against Men and Boys...
- Year
- 2014
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Reference link
- https://ir.lib.uwo.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1109&context=lawpub
- Full reference
- Oosterveld, Valerie, "Sexual Violence Directed against Men and Boys in Armed Conflict or Mass Atrocity: Addressing a Gendered Harm in International Criminal Tribunals", in Journal of international Law & International Relations, 2014, vol. 10, pp. 107-128.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Oosterveld, Valerie
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Literature
Oosterveld, Valerie - Forced Marriage and the Special Court for Sierra Leone
- Year
- 2011
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Keywords
- Forced Marriage Inhuman Treatment Enslavement Crimes Against Humanity International Criminal Law
- Reference link
- https://brill.com/abstract/journals/ihls/2/1/article-p127_4.xml
- Full reference
- Oosterveld, Valerie, "Forced Marriage and the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Legal Advances and Conceptual Difficulties", in International Humanitarian Legal Studies, 2011, vol. 2, no. 1, pp. 127-158.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- 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)
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Literature
Merope, Sienna - Recharacterizing the Lubanga Case...
- Year
- 2011
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- Keywords
- Sexual Slavery Inhuman Treatment Prosecution Recharacterization
- Reference link
- https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10609-011-9143-3
- Full reference
- Merope, Sienna, "Recharacterizing the Lubanga Case: Regulation 55 and the Consequences for Gender Justice at the ICC", in Criminal Law Forum, 2011, vol. 22, pp.311-346.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Merope, Sienna
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Court
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Literature
Meron, Theodor - Rape as a Crime under International Humanitarian Law
- Year
- 1993
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia, Germany
- Keywords
- Inhuman Treatment Humanitarian Law
- Reference link
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/2203650?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- Full reference
- Meron, Theodor, "Rape as a Crime under International Humanitarian Law", in American Journal of International Law , 1993, vol. 87, no. 3, pp. 424-428.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Meron, Theodor
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), Nuremberg Trials
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Literature
Jain, Neha - Marriage as a Crime against Humanity...
- Year
- 2008
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Sierra Leone, Cambodia, Rwanda, Uganda
- Keywords
- Forced Marriage Inhuman Treatment Sexual Slavery Crimes Against Humanity Armed Conflict
- Reference link
- https://academic.oup.com/jicj/article-abstract/6/5/1013/835363?redirectedFrom=fulltext
- Full reference
- Jain, Neha, "Forced marriage as a Crime against Humanity: Problems of Definition and Prosecution", in J Int Criminal Justice, 2008, vol. 5, no. 5, pp. 1013-1032.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Jain, Neha
- Type of mechanism
- Hybrid court
- Name of mechanism
- Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
IMTFE Judgment
- Year
- 1948
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Japan
- Keywords
- Inhuman Treatment Ill Treatment Family Honor Rape of Nanking Comfort Women
- Reference link
- http://werle.rewi.hu-berlin.de/tokio.pdf
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Military Tribunal For The Far East (IMTFE)
- Name of accused
- General Iwane Matsui, Commander Shunroku Hata and Foreign Minister Hirota
- Charges
- - Rape as a war crime committed by persons under the accused persons' authority (command responsibility).
- Trial chamber verdict
- General Iwane Matsui, Commander Shunroku Hata and Foreign Minister Hirota were convicted for crimes, including rape as a war crime.
- sentencing
- Matsui and Hirota were sentenced to death and imprisonment for life (Hata) in November 1948.
- Status
- 2715
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Stevan Todorovic (“Bosanski Šamac”)
- Year
- 2001
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Rape Rape/Sexual Violence in Prison Forced Oral Sex Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Inhuman Treatment
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/790/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Stevan Todorovic
- Charges
- - Persecution as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1) (ordering) for ordering six men to perform fellatio on each other at the police station in Bosanski Šamac on three different occasions in May and June 1992.- Rape as a crime against humanity, humiliating and degrading treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and torture or inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime under Article 7(1) for forcing or ordering prisoners to perform acts of fellatio upon each other, sometimes in the presence of several other prisoners and guards, on various occasions.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Todorovic entered a guilty plea on 13 December 2000 and was found guilty by the Trial Chamber on 19 January 2001 of: - Persecution as a crime against humanity As Todorovic entered a guilty plea to persecution as a crime against humanity only, the other sexual violence charges were withdrawn. Todorovic was therefore found not guilty of: - Rape as a crime against humanity, humiliating and degrading treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and torture or inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime
- sentencing
- Todorovic received a prison sentence of 10 years by the Trial Chamber on 31 July 2001.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-95-9/1
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Mladen Naletilic (“Naletilic & Martinovic” Tuta and Stela)
- Year
- 2006
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Genitalia Inhuman Treatment
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/752/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Mladen Naletilic
- Charges
- - Wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime under Article 7(1) (committing) for beating a young man named Zilic on the genitals with his hand at the Tobacco Institute in Mostar on 10 May 1993.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Naletilic was found guilty by the Trial Chamber on 31 March 2003 of: - Wilfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime
- sentencing
- Naletilic was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment on 3 May 2006.
- Appeals chamber verdict
- The Appeals Chamber affirmed the conviction of the Trial Chamber on 3 May 2006.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-98-34
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