Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Literature
Staggs Kelsall, Michelle and Stepakoff, Shanee - When We Wanted to Talk About Rape...
- Year
- 2007
- Issues
- Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Keywords
- Psychological Impact Psychosocial Trauma Testimony Witness Protection Silence
- Reference link
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Shanee_Stepakoff/publication/228144757_'When_We_Wanted_to_Talk_About_Rape'_Silencing_Sexual_Violence_at_the_Special_Court_for_Sierra_Leone/links/547ca0300cf27ed978622a77.pdf
- Full reference
- Kelsall, Michelle Staggs and Shanee Stepakoff, “'When We Wanted to Talk About Rape': Silencing Sexual Violence at the Special Court for Sierra Leone", in International Journal of Transitional Justice, 2007, vol. 1, no. 3, pp. 355-374.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Staggs Kelsall, Michelle and Stepakoff, Shanee
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
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Literature
Sharratt, Sara - Interview with Patricia Viseur-Sellers...
- Year
- 1999
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Protective Measures Testimony Victims Support for Crimes Involving Sexual or Gender Violence Shame Witness Protection
- Reference link
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1300/J015v22n01_05
- Full reference
- Sharratt, Sara, "Interview with Patricia Viseur Sellers, Legal Officer on Gender Issues", in Sara Sharratt and Ellyn Kaschak (eds.), Assault on the Soul: Women in the former Yugoslavia, The Haworth Press, New York/London/Oxford, 1999, p. 53-78.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Sharratt, Sara
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Military Court in Baraka - Mutware Daniel Kibibi et al.
- Year
- 2011
- Issues
- Sentencing and Reparations Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- Keywords
- Sentencing Testimony
- Reference link
- https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/mutware-daniel-kibibi/
- Type of mechanism
- Military Tribunal
- Name of mechanism
- Military Court in Baraka
- Name of accused
- Mutware Daniel Kibibi
- Charges
- Mutuare was charged with crimes against humanity, including rape, which was the core crime charged in this case, for sending his troops to rape, beat up and loot from the population of Fizi on New Year’s Day. Sixty-two women were raped.
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 21 February 2011, Mutuare was found guilty of crimes against humanity. Forty-nine women came to testify in the court in Baraka.
- sentencing
- Mutuare was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment.[Sitting in a mobile open air court in Baraka, the military judges also sentenced three officers serving under Lt. Col Mutuare to 20 years and five soldiers to between 10 and 15 years. One man was acquitted and another, a minor, will be tried in juvenile court].
- Status
- 2715
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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
Lawry, Lynn et al. - The Use of Population-based Surveys for Prosecutions...
- Year
- 2014
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- Keywords
- Testimony Identification of Perpetrator Population-based Surveys Mai Mai and Interahamwe
- Reference link
- https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Alette_Smeulers/publication/262688960_The_Use_of_Population-Based_Surveys_for_Prosecutions_at_the_International_Criminal_Court_A_Case_Study_of_Democratic_Republic_of_Congo/links/54c093790cf21674ce9fcfab/The-Use-of-Population-Based-Surveys-for-Prosecutions-at-the-International-Criminal-Court-A-Case-Study-of-Democratic-Republic-of-Congo.pdf?origin=publication_detail
- Full reference
- Lawry, Lynn, Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Alette Smeulers, Juan Carlos Rosa, Michael Kisielewski, Kirsten Johnson, Jennifer Scott & Jerzy Wieczorek, "The Use of Population-based Surveys for Prosecutions at the International Criminal Court: A Case Study of Democratic Republic of Congo", in International Criminal Justice Review, 2014, vol. 24, no. 1, pp. 5-21.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence
- Author
- Lawry, Lynn; De Brouwer, Anne-Marie; Smeulers, Alette; Rosa, Juan C.; Kisielewski, Michael; Johnson, Kirsten; Scott, Jennifer and Wieczorek, Jerzy
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Court
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Literature
Koomen, Janneke - Without These Women, the Tribunal Cannot Do Anything...
- Year
- 2013
- Issues
- Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Testimony Mass Rape Witness Isolation Media
- Reference link
- https://www.jstor.org/stable/10.1086/667200?seq=1#page_scan_tab_contents
- Full reference
- Koomen, Janneke, “Without These Women, the Tribunal Cannot Do Anything: The Politics of Witness Testimony on Sexual Violence at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda", in Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society, 2013, vol. 38, no. 2, pp. 253-277.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Koomen, Janneke
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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Literature
Kaitesi, Usta - Genocidal Gender and Sexual Violence...
- Year
- 2013
- Issues
- Sexual Violence against Men Female Perpetrators of Sexual Violence Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Forced Rape of Animals Testimony Traumatization Sexual Violence against Men/Boys Silence
- Reference link
- https://intersentia.com/en/genocidal-gender-and-sexual-violence.html
- Full reference
- Kaitesi, Usta, Genocidal Gender and Sexual Violence: The Legacy of the ICTR, Rwanda’s Ordinary Courts and Gacaca Courts, Intersentia, Cambridge/Antwerp/Portland, 2013.
- Type of literature
- Book
- Research focus
- Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes
- Author
- Kaitesi, Usta
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court, Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), Gacaca Court
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Literature
ICTY Office of the Prosecutor - Prosecuting Sexual Violence...
- Year
- 2015
- Issues
- Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Sentencing Testimony Prosecution Management
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/x/file/Outreach/sv_files/psv_legacy_project_is.pdf
- Full reference
- ICTY Office of the Prosecutor, Prosecuting Sexual Violence Legacy Project, Information Sheet, Office of the Prosecutor of the International criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, 2015.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence
- Author
- ICC Office of the Prosecutor
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Literature
ICTY - Reliving the Past
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Former Yugoslavia
- Keywords
- Testimony Traumatization Victims Support, including Physical and Psychological Rehabilitation Stigmatization Witness Protection
- Reference link
- http://www.icty.org/sid/10608
- Full reference
- ICTY, "Reliving the Past", available at http://www.icty.org/sid/10608, last accessed at 04 February 2019.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- ICTY
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
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Literature
ICTR - Best Practices Manual for the Investigation...
- Year
- 2008
- Issues
- Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Impunity Prosecution Testimony Investigation Management
- Reference link
- http://www.irmct.org/sites/unictr.org/files/legal-library/140130_prosecution_of_sexual_violence.pdf
- Full reference
- ICTR, Best Practices Manual for the Investigation and Prosecution of Sexual Violence Crimes in Situations of Armed Conflict: Lessons from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, Office of the Prosecutor of theInternational Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, 2008.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence
- Author
- ICTR
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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