Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

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    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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