Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

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    Batavia Military Tribunal - Case of 35 Dutch 'comfort women'

    Year
    1948
    Issues
    Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
    Country
    Indonesia
    Keywords
    World War II Semarang Comfort Women Incident Muntilan Comfort Women Incident Sexual Slavery

    Reference link
    http://www.awf.or.jp/pdf/0205.pdf
    Type of mechanism
    Military Tribunal
    Name of mechanism
    Batavia Military Tribunal
    Name of accused
    Army Major Okada (and 12 others)
    Charges
    Forcible seizure for rape and enforced prostitution.
    Trial chamber verdict
    The Judges convicted the Japanese officers on trial for ‘forced prostitution’ as a war crime. Prosecutors did not succeed in convicting anybody in relation to the Muntilan Comfort Women Incident, which ended in acquittal.
    sentencing
    Of the 13 individuals accused in relation to the Semarang Comfort Women Incident, the Batavia Military Tribunal on 14 February 1948, sentenced Army Major Okada to death. Eleven others were sentenced to prison terms ranging from two to twenty years.

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