Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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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
Human Rights Center Berkeley - Bearing Witness at the International Criminal Court
- Year
- 2014
- Issues
- Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Reference link
- https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3230513
- Full reference
- Human Rights Center Berkeley, Bearing Witness at the International Criminal Court: An Interview Survey of 109 Witnesses, June 2014.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Human Rights Center Berkeley
- 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
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
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
De Brouwer, Anne-Marie - Gacaca Courts in Rwanda...
- Year
- 2012
- Issues
- Sentencing and Reparations
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Accountability Traumatization Reconciliation Testimony Survivor
- Reference link
- http://www.intlawgrrls.com/2012/04/gacaca-courts-in-rwanda-18-years-after.html
- Full reference
- De Brouwer, Anne-Marie and Sandra Ka Hon Chu, "Gacaca Courts in Rwanda: 18 Years After the Genocide, Is There Justice and Reconciliation for Survivors of Sexual Violence?’" IntLawGrrls, available at http://www.intlawgrrls.com/2012/04/gacaca-courts-in-rwanda-18-years-after.html, last accessed at 04 February 2019.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- De Brouwer, Anne-Marie and Chu, Sandra K.H.
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court, Domestic court
- Name of mechanism
- Gacaca Court
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Literature
ICC Forum - Mass Rape Question
- Year
- 2012
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Reference link
- https://iccforum.com/background/massrape
- Full reference
- ICC Forum, "Background Materials-Mass Rape Question", available at https://iccforum.com/background/massrape, last accessed at 04 February 2019.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- ICC Forum
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Court
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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
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
Horn, Rebecca et al. - Testifying in the Special Court for Sierra Leone...
- Year
- 2010
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Country
- Sierra Leone
- Keywords
- Rape Testimony Victims Support for Crimes Involving Sexual or Gender Violence Victims Support, including Physical and Psychological Rehabilitation Witness Protection
- Reference link
- https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/10683160903292279
- Full reference
- Horn, Rebecca, Saleem Vahidy and Simon Charters, "Testifying in the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Witness Perceptions of Safety and Emotional Welfare", in Psychology, Crime & Law, 2010, vol. 17, no. 5, pp. 1-21.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
- Author
- Horn, Rebecca; Vahidy, Saleem and Charters, Simon
- Type of mechanism
- Hybrid court
- Name of mechanism
- Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
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