Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina - Ivan Hrkac
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Keywords
- Accused at large Sexual Violence, Torture Prisoners of War Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Forced Sexual Intercourse
- Reference link
- http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/989/Hrka%C4%8D/
- Type of mechanism
- Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina (Preliminary Hearing Judge)
- Name of accused
- Ivan Hrkac
- Charges
- The Indictment (of 27 December 2007) alleges that, from May 1993 to July 1993, as a member of the HVO Convicts Battalion, Hrkac inflicted severe physical and mental pain on prisoners of war, members of the Army of RBiH. According to the Indictment, Hrkac treated the detained Bosniak civilians in an inhumane manner, tortured them and forced them to sexual intercourse. Hrkac is charged in the indictment with the following crimes: - War Crimes against Civilians pursuant to Article 173(1) of the Criminal Code of BiH (CC BiH) in conjunction with the following items: c) Killings, intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon a person (torture), inhuman treatment, and e) Unlawful bringing in concentration camps and other illegal arrests and detention. - War Crimes against Prisoners of War pursuant to Article 175(1) of the CC BiH in conjunction with the following item: a) depriving other persons of their life (murders), intentional infliction of severe physical or mental pain or suffering upon persons (tortures), inhuman treatment. All in conjunction with Article 29 (Accomplices) and Article 180(1) of the CC BiH (individual criminal responsibility).Although it is not entirely clear under which charges the sexual violence is brought, this is likely under torture and/or inhuman treatment as war crimes.The indictment was confirmed on 9 January 2008.
- Status
- 2778
- Case number
- S1 1 K 002907 07 KRO (X-KR-06/170)
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICC - Iraq/UK
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Iraq, United Kingdom
- Keywords
- Forced Masturbation Genitalia Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Preliminary Investigation
- Reference link
- https://www.icc-cpi.int/iraq
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Court
- Status
- 2778
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ECHR - Aydin v. Turkey
- Year
- 1997
- Issues
- Sentencing and Reparations Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Country
- Turkey
- Keywords
- Forced Nudity Medical Forensic Exam/Rape Kit Vulnerability Psychological Impact Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Right to an Effective Remedy
- Reference link
- http://hudoc.echr.coe.int/eng?i=002-6215#{%22itemid%22:[%22002-6215%22]}
- Type of mechanism
- Regional court
- Name of mechanism
- European Court of Human Rights
- Name of accused
- Aydin v. Turkey
- sentencing
- In view of the extremely serious violation of the Convention and the consequent enduring psychological harm suffered by the applicant on account of the rape the Court awarded the applicant £25,000.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- 23178/94
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Anto Furundžija (“Lašva Valley”)
- Year
- 2000
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Akayesu Penetration Coercion Forced Nudity Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Aiding and Abetting Co-perpetration
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/684/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Anto Furundžija
- Charges
- - Torture as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime under Article 7(1) (co-perpetration) - Outrages upon personal dignity (including rape) as a violation of the laws or customs of war under Article 7(1) (aiding and abetting) for interrogating Witness A, who was naked, while Accused B rubbed his knife on Witness A’s inner thighs and threatened to cut out her private parts if she did not tell the truth in answer to the interrogation by Furundžija. Accused B then repeatedly raped Witness A in front of an audience of soldiers.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Furundžija was found guilty by the Trial Chamber on 10 December 1998 of: - Torture as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime - Outrages upon personal dignity (including rape) as a violation of the laws or customs of war. Although Furundžija did not rape Witness A himself, the Trial Chamber found that his presence and continued interrogation of Witness A aided and abetted the crimes committed by Accused B.
- Appeals chamber verdict
- The Appeals Chamber on 21 July 2000 affirmed the convictions made by the Trial Chamber.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-95-17/1
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Dusko Tadic (“Prijedor”)
- Year
- 2000
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Forced Oral Sex Mutilation Insufficient Evidence Gang Rape Aiding and Abetting Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/787/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Dusko Tadic
- Charges
- - Cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and inhumane acts as crimes against humanity under Article 7(1) (individual responsibility) (aiding and abetting) for forcing two prisoners to commit oral sexual acts and for forcing one prisoner to sexually mutilate another prisoner.- Persecution as a crime against humanity as far as the sexual violence crimes were concerned.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Tadic was found guilty by the Trial Chamber on 7 May 1997 of:- Cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and inhumane acts as crimes against humanity Tadic was found not guilty by the Trial Chamber of:- Persecution as a crime against humanity as far as the sexual violence crimes were concerned. According to the Trial Chamber there was insufficient evidence regarding Tadic’s participation in sexual assault and torture inflicted through gang-rapes.
- sentencing
- Tadic was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment on 26 January 2000.
- Appeals chamber verdict
- The Appeals Chamber found Tadic on 15 July 1999 additionally guilty of: - Inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime and willfully 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) (individual responsibility) (aiding and abetting) for forcing two prisoners to commit oral sexual acts and for forcing one prisoner to sexually mutilate another prisoner as it was not established that the victims were protected persons. Thus, for the same acts as he was found guilty by the Trial Chamber.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-94-1
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Dusko Sikirica (Sikirica et al. "Keraterm Camp")
- Year
- 2001
- Issues
- Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Camp Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Aiding and Abetting Instigating Command Responsibility
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/775/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Dusko Sikirica
- Charges
- - Persecution as a crime against humanity under Article 7(3) (command responsibility) for sexual assault of Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Croats and other non-Serbs detained at the Keraterm camp.- Inhumane acts as crimes against humanity and outrages upon personal dignity as a violation of the laws or customs of war as war crimes under Articles 7(1) (instigating, committing or aiding and abetting) and 7(3) (command responsibility) for sexual assault of Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Croats and other non-Serbs detained at the Keraterm camp.- Causing serious bodily or mental harm as genocide and complicity in genocide under Articles 7(1) and 7(3) for subjecting Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat detainees at Keraterm camp to rapes and sexual assault.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Sikirica entered a guilty plea on 19 September 2001 and was found guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Persecution as a crime against humanity As Sikirica entered a guilty plea to persecution as a crime against humanity only, the other sexual violence charges were withdrawn. Sikirica was therefore found not guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Inhumane acts as crimes against humanity and outrages upon personal dignity as a violation of the laws or customs of war as war crimes - Causing serious bodily or mental harm as genocide and complicity in genocide
- sentencing
- Sikirica was sentenced to 15 years’ imprisonment by the Trial Chamber on 13 November 2001.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-95-8
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Biljana Plavsic (“Bosnia and Herzegovina”)
- Year
- 2003
- Issues
- Female Perpetrators of Sexual Violence
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Sexual Violence as Genocide
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/758/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Biljana Plavsic
- Charges
- - Persecution as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1) (JCE) of Bosnian Muslims, Bosnian Croats and other non-Serbs through various acts, including rapes and sexual violence. - Causing serious bodily or mental harm as genocide and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction as genocide and complicity in genocide under Articles 7(1) (JCE) and 7(3) for subjecting Bosnian Muslim and Bosnian Croat detainees at various detention facilities to sexual violence.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Plavsic entered a guilty plea on 2 October 2002 and was found guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Persecution as a crime against humanity . As Plavsic entered a guilty plea to persecution as a crime against humanity only, the other sexual violence charges were withdrawn. Plavsic was therefore found not guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Causing serious bodily or mental harm as genocide and deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about physical destruction as genocide and complicity in genocide.
- sentencing
- Plavsic received a sentence of 11 years’ imprisonment on 27 February 2003.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-00-39 & 40/1
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Hazim Delic (Mucic et al."Celebici Camp")
- Year
- 2003
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Akayesu Torture Superior Responsibility Camp Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/676/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Hazim Delic
- Charges
- - Torture as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime and torture as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime under Article 7(1) (committing) for the rape of Grozdana Cecez and for multiple rapes of Milojka Antic (Witness A). - Other sexual violence charges charged under Article 7(3)
- Trial chamber verdict
- Delic was found guilty by the Trial Chamber on 16 November 1998 of: - Torture as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime and torture as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime Delic was found not guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - All the other sexual violence charges for which he was charged under Article 7(3) as the Prosecution failed to prove that Delic had superior responsibility over Celebici prison-camp, i.e. for the multiple rapes of Grozdana Cecez and Milojka Antic (i.e. cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime); for placing a burning fuse cord around the genital areas of two detainees (i.e. willfully causing great suffering or serious injury to body or health as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime and cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime); and for forcing detainees to commit fellatio on each other (i.e. inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime and cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime).
- sentencing
- Delic was sentenced to 18 years of imprisonment on 8 April 2003.
- Appeals chamber verdict
- The Appeals Chamber on 20 February 2001 stated that “multiple criminal convictions entered under different statutory provisions but based on the same conduct are permissible only if each statutory provision involved has a materially distinct element not contained in the other.” For this reason, it reversed the Trial Chamber’s conviction for torture as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime, but upheld the torture as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime conviction for the rape of Grozdana Cecez and for multiple rapes of Milojka Antic (Witness A).
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-96-21
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Dragan Nikolic (“Susica Camp”)
- Year
- 2005
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Camp Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Detention Centers Terrorism Aiding and Abetting
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/754/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Dragan Nikolic
- Charges
- Persecution as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1) (committing) for the persecution of Muslim and non-Serb detainees at the Sušica camp by participating in sexual violence directed at women at the Sušica camp and by subjecting detainees to an atmosphere of terror, which included sexual violence.- Rape as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1) (aiding and abetting) for facilitating the removal of female detainees from the hangar, which he knew was for purposes of rapes committed by camp guards, special forces, local soldiers and other men and by encouraging these rapes.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Nikolic entered a guilty plea to all charges in the indictment on 4 September 2003. Nikolic was found guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Persecution as a crime against humanity - Rape as a crime against humanity
- sentencing
- Nikolic was sentenced by the Trial Chamber to 20 years’ imprisonment on 4 February 2005.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-94-2
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Iraqi High Tribunal - Abdullah Kadhim Ruwayid (“Saddam Hussein Al Majeed et al.”)
- Year
- 2006
- Issues
- Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence
- Country
- Iraq
- Keywords
- Aiding and Abetting Joint Criminal Enterprise (JCE) Detention Centers Rape/Sexual Violence in Detention Shame Use of Euphemistic Language
- Reference link
- http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/187
- Type of mechanism
- Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- Iraqi High Tribunal (IHT)
- Name of accused
- Abdullah Kadhim Ruwayid
- Charges
- Ruwayid was indicted on 31 July 2005 for different charges of crimes against humanity, including torture (based on the Rome Statute provision) by aiding and abetting the senior defendants’ (Hussein, Hassan and Ramadan) joint criminal enterprise, which seemed to include sexual violence as found in the factual findings in the Judgement.The indictment was based on the response of the President and his staff on the July 1982 event. In July 1982, a convoy carrying Saddam Hussein was fired upon by unknown individuals as it was visiting the town of Al Dujail. In response to what the President perceived as an assassination attempt but which did not injure anyone, a systematic attack was launched against the residents of Al Dujail as they were fired upon from aircraft and their property was destroyed. A Revolutionary Court sentenced 148 residents to death without trial for their alleged involvement in the assassination attempt. Of those that were hanged, the Tribunal identified a number of children. Countless others died in detention, as a result of torture at the hand of the Investigation Services, or from malnutrition, lack of access to medical care and poor hygienic conditions. Many rapes and other forms of sexual violence committed against women took place in detention.
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 5 November 2006, Ruwayid was convicted. The conviction included torture as a crime against humanity, which encompassed several instances of rape and other forms of sexual violence. [it is not entirely clear how the sexual violence was ultimately convicted, but it seems under ‘torture’ as a crime against humanity]
- sentencing
- Abdullah Ruwayid received a sentence of 15 years’ imprisonment.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- 1/E First/2005
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