Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Literature
Dolan, Chris - Addressing Sexual Violence against Men and Boys in Conflict
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Syria, Libya, Central African Republic (CAR), Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- Keywords
- Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Rape NGO Prevention Survivor
- Reference link
- https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/Into_The_Mainstream-Addressing_Sexual_Violence_against_Men_and_Boys_in_Conflict.pdf
- Full reference
- Dolan, Chris, "Into the mainstream: Addressing sexual violence against men and boys in conflict", A briefing paper prepared for the workshop held at the Overseas Development Institute, London, 14 May 2014
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Dolan, Chris
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Literature
Fein, Helen - Genocide and Gender: The Uses of Women...
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Reference link
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/14623529908413934
- Full reference
- Fein, Helen, "Genocide and Gender: The Uses of Women and Group Destiny", in Journal of Genocide Research, 1999, vol. 1, no. 1, pp. 43-63.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Fein, Helen
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTR - Simeon Nchamihigo
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Acquittal Castration Inhuman Treatment Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Genitalia
- Reference link
- http://unictr.unmict.org/en/cases/ictr-01-63
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- Name of accused
- Simeon Nchamihigo
- Charges
- Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity under Article 6(1) (direct responsibility) (ordering or instigating) for ordering or instigating Interahamwe to remove the genitals of a Tutsi man called Jean-Fidele Murekezi before killing him near Cyangugu prison on or about 16 April 1994.
- Trial chamber verdict
- No evidence was led on the charge (on the removal of body parts or organs) against Nchamihigo. Nchamihigo was therefore found not guilty by the Trial Chamber (on 12 November 2008) of other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity (and the matter was not part of the Appeal Judgment).
- sentencing
- Nchamihigo was sentenced to 40 years’ imprisonment on 18 March 2010.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- ICTR-01-63
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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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Literature
Askin, Kelly D. - A Decade of the Development of Gender Crimes...
- Year
- 2004
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- NGO Torture Enslavement Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Rape with Foreign Objects
- Reference link
- https://digitalcommons.wcl.american.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=http://scholar.google.de/&httpsredir=1&article=1370&context=hrbrief
- Full reference
- Askin, Kelly D, "A Decade of the Development of Gender Crimes in International Courts and Tribunals: 1993 to 2003", in Human Rights Brief, 2004, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 16-19.
- 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), International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTR - Eliézer Niyitegeka
- Year
- 2004
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Rape with Foreign Objects Demasculinization/Castration Instigating
- Reference link
- http://www.unictr.org/en/cases/ictr-96-14
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
- Name of accused
- Eliézer Niyitegeka
- Charges
- - Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity under Article 6(1) for the castration of a man and hanging his genitals on a spike after he had been killed (aiding and abetting) and for ordering Interahamwe to insert a sharp piece of wood into a Tutsi woman’s vagina after she had been killed (ordering). - Rape as a crime against humanity under Article 6(1) (direct responsibility) (committing) and Article 6(3) (command responsibility). - Violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being of persons as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime and outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, rape and indecent assault as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime under Article 6(1) (direct responsibility) (committing) and Article 6(3) (command responsibility).
- Trial chamber verdict
- Niyitegeka was found guilty by the Trial Chamber (on 16 May 2003) of: - Other inhumane acts as crimes against humanity Niyitegeka was found not guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Rape as a crime against humanity because there was insufficient evidence that Niyitegeka raped a young girl on 20 May 1994 near the Gisovu-Kibuye road. - Violence to life, health and physical or mental well-being of persons as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime and outrages upon personal dignity, in particular humiliating and degrading treatment, rape and indecent assault as a violation of Article 3 common to the Geneva Conventions and of Additional Protocol II as a war crime as these charges had already been withdrawn by the Prosecution in its final trial brief.
- sentencing
- Niyitegeka received a sentence of life imprisonment.
- Appeals chamber verdict
- The conviction was affirmed by the Appeals Chamber on 9 July 2004.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- ICTR-96-14
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
ICTY - Ranko Cesic (“Brcko”)
- Year
- 2004
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Forced Oral Sex Detention Centers Forced Rape of Family Members
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/678/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Ranko Cesic
- Charges
- - Humiliating and degrading treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and rape as a crime against humanity under Article 7(1) (committing) for forcing, at gunpoint, two Muslim brothers detained at Luka camp to perform fellatio on each other in the presence of others on about 11 May 1992.
- Trial chamber verdict
- Cesic entered a guilty plea to all counts in the indictment (on 8 October 2003). Cesic was found guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Humiliating and degrading treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime - Rape as a crime against humanity
- sentencing
- Cesic was sentenced to 18 years’ imprisonment on 11 March 2004.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-95-10/1
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Literature
Oosterfoff, Pauline et al. - Sexual Torture of Men in Croatia...
- Year
- 2004
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Country
- Croatia
- Keywords
- Electroshock Castration Sexual Violence against Men/Boys
- Reference link
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/S0968-8080%2804%2923115-9?needAccess=true
- Full reference
- Oosterhoff, Pauline, Prisca Zwanikken and Evert Ketting, "Sexual Torture of Men in Croatia and Other Conflict Situations: An Open Secret", Reproductive Health Matters, 2004, vol. 12, no. 23, pp. 68–77.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
- Author
- Oosterhoff, Pauline; Zwanikken, Prisca and Ketting, Evert
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Literature
Carpenter, R. Charli - Recognizing Gender-Based Violence against Civilian Men..
- Year
- 2006
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men
- Reference link
- http://static1.1.sqspcdn.com/static/f/929640/14195000/1316266922443/CARPENTER_RecognizingGenderBasedViolenceAgainstCivilianMenBoysConflict.pdf?token=HuxlbGwiVNKJzTAmLZJlHpyfeEk%3D
- Full reference
- Carpenter, R. Charli, "Recognizing Gender-Based Violence against Civilian Men and Boys in Conflict Situations", in Security Dialogue, 2006, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 83-103.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Carpenter, R. Charli
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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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