Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Literature
Henry, Nicola - The Impossibility of Bearing Witness...
- Year
- 2010
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Reference link
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nicola_Henry/publication/47566225_The_Impossibility_of_Bearing_Witness_Wartime_Rape_and_the_Promise_of_Justice/links/573912b508aea45ee83ec2d0/The-Impossibility-of-Bearing-Witness-Wartime-Rape-and-the-Promise-of-Justice.pdf
- Full reference
- Henry, Nicola, "The Impossibility of Bearing Witness: Wartime Rape and the Promise of Justice", in Violence Against Women, 2010, vol. 16, no. 10, pp. 1098-1119.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Henry, Nicola
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Literature
Wood, Elisabeth J. - Armed Groups and Sexual Violence...
- Year
- 2009
- Issues
- Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence Role of Non-state Actors in Perpetrating Violence
- Country
- Sri Lanka
- Keywords
- Rape Rape as a Weapon of War Gender-Based Violence Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) Sexual War Violence
- Reference link
- https://nobelwomensinitiative.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Wood_When_is_Wartime_Rape_Rare.pdf
- Full reference
- Wood, Elisabeth Jean, "Armed Groups and Sexual Violence: When is Wartime Rape Rare?", in Politics & Society, 2009, vol. 37, no. 1, pp. 131-161.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Perpetrators and Prevention
- Author
- Wood, Elisabeth J.
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Literature
Beltz, Amanda - Prosecuting Rape in International Criminal Tribunals...
- Year
- 2008
- Issues
- Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Country
- Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Gender Violence Testimony Protective Measures Sexual War Violence Investigation
- Reference link
- https://scholarship.law.stjohns.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1032&=&context=jcred&=&sei-redir=1&referer=https%253A%252F%252Fwww.bing.com%252Fsearch%253Fq%253DBeltz%252C%252BAmanda%252C%252BProsecuting%252BRape%252Bin%252BInternational%252BCriminal%252BTribunals%25253A%252BThe%252BNeed%252Bto%252BBalance%252BVictim%2525E2%252580%252599s%252BRights%252Bwith%252Bthe%252BDue%252BProcess%252BRights%252Bof%252Bthe%252BAccused%2526src%253DIE-TopResult%2526FORM%253DIETR02%2526conversationid%253D#search=%22Beltz%2C%20Amanda%2C%20Prosecuting%20Rape%20International%20Criminal%20Tribunals%3A%20Need%20Balance%20Victim%E2%80%99s%20Rights%20Due%20Process%20Rights%20Accused%22
- Full reference
- Beltz, Amanda, Prosecuting Rape in International Criminal Tribunals: The Need to Balance Victim’s Rights with the Due Process Rights of the Accused, in Journal of Civil Rights and Economic Development, vol. 23, no. 1, 2008, pp. 167-209.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence
- Author
- Beltz, Amanda
- 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
ICTY - Ivica Rajic (“Stupni Do”)
- Year
- 2006
- Issues
- Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Sexual Assault/Attack/Abuse Sexual War Violence Soldiers HVO Soldiers Characteristic of Perpetrator
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/cases/party/772/4
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
- Name of accused
- Ivica Rajic
- Charges
- - Inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime under Article 7(1) for the sexual assaults of Muslim women in Stupni Do on 23 October 1993 and Vareš town between 23 October 1993 and 3 November 1993.- Outrages upon personal dignity as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime under Article 7(1) and 7(3).
- Trial chamber verdict
- Rajic entered a guilty plea to several counts in the indictment (on 26 October 2005), which included one charge related to sexual violence. Rajic was therefore found guilty by the Trial Chamber of: - Inhuman treatment as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime Rajic was therefore found not guilty of (as these charges were withdrawn following the guilty plea): - Outrages upon personal dignity as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime and cruel treatment as a violation of the laws or customs of war as a war crime for the same sexual violence crimes as listed above.
- sentencing
- Rajic was sentenced to 12 years’ imprisonment on 8 May 2006.
- Status
- 2715
- Case number
- IT-95-12
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Literature
Engle, Karen - Feminism and Its (Dis)contents...
- Year
- 2005
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Keywords
- Gender-Based Violence Ethnicity Feminist Approach Criminalization Sexual War Violence
- Reference link
- https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/american-journal-of-international-law/article/feminism-and-its-discontents-criminalizing-wartime-rape-in-bosnia-and-herzegovina/DBFEA69624F09480AD41EC89BC879109
- Full reference
- Engle, Karen, "Feminism and Its (Dis)contents: Criminalizing Wartime Rape in Bosnia and Herzegovina", in The American Journal of International Law, 2005, vol. 99, no. 4, pp. 778-816.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes
- Author
- Engle, Karen
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Literature
Henry, Nicola et al. - A Multifactorial Model of Wartime Rape
- Year
- 2004
- Issues
- Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence
- Country
- Bosnia Herzegovina
- Keywords
- Sexual War Violence Mass Rape Peace Soldiers
- Reference link
- https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S135917890300048X
- Full reference
- Henry, Nicola, Tony Ward and Matt Hirshberg, "A Multifactorial Model of Wartime Rape", in Aggression and Violent Behavior, 2004, vol. 9, no. 5, pp. 535-562.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence
- Author
- Henry, Nicola; Ward, Tony and Hirshberg, Matt
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Literature
Mertus, Julie - Shouting from the Bottom of the Well...
- Year
- 2004
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Rape Testimony Sexual War Violence Women Rights Survivor
- Reference link
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/1461674032000165950
- Full reference
- Mertus, Julie, "Shouting from the Bottom of the Well: The Impact of International Trials for Wartime Rape on Women’s Agency", in International Feminist Journal of Politics, 2004, vol. 6, no. 1, 110-128.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Mertus, Julie
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Court
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Literature
Askin, Kelly D. - War Crimes Against Women...
- Year
- 1997
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Germany, Former Yugoslavia, Japan
- Keywords
- Prosecution Gender-Based Crimes Sexual War Violence
- Reference link
- https://brill.com/abstract/title/10427?rskey=CaUcpt&result=2
- Full reference
- Askin, Kelly D., War Crimes Against Women: Prosecution in International War Crimes Tribunals, Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, 1997.
- 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, Military Tribunal
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), International Military Tribunal For The Far East (IMTFE), Nuremberg Trials
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