Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • Literature

    Goldstein, Anne T. - Recognizing Forced Impregnation as a War Crime...

    Year
    1993
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes

    Reference link
    https://www.worldcat.org/title/recognizing-forced-impregnation-as-a-war-crime-under-international-law-a-special-report-of-the-international-program/oclc/32804993?referer=di&ht=edition
    Full reference
    Goldstein, Anne T., Recognizing Forced Impregnation as a War Crime Under International Law, The Center for Reproductive Law and Policy, 1993.
    Type of literature
    Book
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
    Author
    Goldstein, Anne T.

  • Literature

    Aafjes, Astrid and Goldstein, Anne T. – Gender Violence: The Hidden War Crime

    Year
    1998
    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution

    Reference link
    http://genderandsecurity.org/projects-resources/research/gender-violence-hidden-war-crime
    Full reference
    Astrid Aafjes, Anne T. Goldstein, Gender Violence: The Hidden War Crime, Women, Law & Development International, Washington, 1998.
    Type of literature
    Book
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence, Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes, Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes

  • Literature

    Moshan, Brook S. - Women, War, and Words...

    Year
    1998
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes

    Reference link
    https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/b222/525366f03084fb524513e54a5194b6ea81f0.pdf
    Full reference
    Moshan, Brook Sari, "Women, War, and Words: The Gender Component in the Permanent International Criminal Court’s Definition of Crimes Against Humanity", in Fordham International Law Journal, 1998, vol. 22, no.1, pp. 154-183.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
    Author
    Moshan, Brook S.
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Court

  • Literature

    Russel-Brown, Sherrie L. - Rape as an Act of Genocide

    Year
    2003
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Genocidal Rape Akayesu War Crimes

    Reference link
    https://scholarship.law.berkeley.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=&httpsredir=1&article=1241&context=bjil
    Full reference
    Russell-Brown, Sherrie L., "Rape as an Act of Genocide", in Berkeley Journal of International Law, 2003, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 350-374.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
    Author
    Russell-Brown, Sherrie L.
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

  • Literature

    Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte and Haslam, Emily - Silencing Hearings? Victim-Witnesses...

    Year
    2004
    Issues
    Sentencing and Reparations
    Country
    Former Yugoslavia
    Keywords
    Prosecution Testimony Denial Silence War Crimes

    Reference link
    http://www.ejil.org/pdfs/15/1/336.pdf
    Full reference
    Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte and Emily Haslam, "Silencing Hearings? Victim-Witnesses at War Crimes Trials", in EJIL, 2004, vol. 15, no. 1, pp. 151-177.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Impacts of Sexual Violence Crimes Prosecutions
    Author
    Dembour, Marie-Bénédicte and Haslam, Emily
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

  • Literature

    Horn, Rebecca et al. - Testifying in an International War Crimes Tribunal...

    Year
    2009
    Issues
    Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
    Country
    Sierra Leone
    Keywords
    Testimony Cross-examination Witness War Crimes Psychosocial Support

    Reference link
    https://s3.amazonaws.com/academia.edu.documents/43380105/Testifying_in_an_International_War_Crime20160304-5871-1n791dg.pdf?AWSAccessKeyId=AKIAIWOWYYGZ2Y53UL3A&Expires=1549296326&Signature=NQw01Ufu7Hjp0OVtEQQpoCaDR%2F8%3D&response-content-disposition=inline%3B%20filename%3DTestifying_in_an_International_War_Crime.pdf
    Full reference
    Horn, Rebecca, Simon Charters and Saleem Vahidy, "Testifying in an International War Crimes Tribunal: The Experience of Witnesses in the Special Court for Sierra Leone", in The International Journal of Transnational Justice, 2009, vol. 3, pp. 135-149.
    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)

  • Literature

    Sharratt, Sara – Gender, Shame and Sexual Violence: The Voices of Witnesses and Court Members at War Crimes Tribunals

    Year
    2011
    Issues
    Victims of Sexual Violence

    Reference link
    http://www.routledge.com/Gender-Shame-and-Sexual-Violence-The-Voices-of-Witnesses-and-Court-Members/Sharratt/p/book/9781409419990
    Full reference
    Sara Sharratt, Gender, Shame and Sexual Violence: The Voices of Witnesses and Court Members at War Crimes Tribunals, Ashgate, Surrey, 2011.
    Type of literature
    Book
    Research focus
    Investigation, Prosecution and Prevention of Conflict related Sexual Violence, Sexual Violence Data Collection

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    USA Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit - Steven D. Green (“Al-Mahmudiyah massacre”)

    Year
    2011
    Issues
    Sexual Violence against Children
    Country
    United States of America
    Keywords
    Rape War Crimes Child Sex Abuse/Molestation Children under 15 Children in Armed Conflict Civilian Gang Rape

    Reference link
    http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/1197
    Type of mechanism
    Domestic court
    Name of mechanism
    USA Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
    Name of accused
    Steven D. Green
    Charges
    Green was charged with several crimes of murder and aggravated sexual abuse (of a child) under the Military Extraterritorial Jurisdiction Act (MEJA).
    Trial chamber verdict
    On 7 May 2009, the jury found him guilty of rape and murder.
    sentencing
    Green received a life sentence without parole on 4 September 2009. he persuambly committed suicide and was found dead in his prison on 18 February 2014. [Of the four other soldiers involved in the crimes, three pleaded guilty in court-martial proceedings: Spc. James P. Barker and Sgt. Paul E. Cortez were sentenced to 90 and 100 years respectively, while Pfc. Bryan L. Howard, who had prior knowledge of the plans, was sentenced to 27 months in jail. The fourth, Pfc. Jesse V. Spielman, was convicted by a military jury and sentenced to 110 years.]
    Appeals chamber verdict
    The US Court of Appeals upheld his conviction on 16 August 2011.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    09-6108/6123

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber) - Zrinko Pincic

    Year
    2013
    Issues
    Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
    Country
    Bosnia Herzegovina
    Keywords
    Coercion HVO Soldiers International Convention Rape Rape as a Weapon of War Serb Civilians War Crimes

    Reference link
    http://www.internationalcrimesdatabase.org/Case/934
    Type of mechanism
    Domestic court
    Name of mechanism
    Court of Bosnia-Herzegovina (War Crimes Chamber)
    Name of accused
    Zrinko Pincic
    Charges
    Pincic was charged on 26 June 2008 (confirmation indictment) with war crimes against civilians, including rape pursuant to Article 173(1)(e) (“coercing another by force or by threat of immediate attack upon his life or limb, or the life or limb of a person close to him, to sexual intercourse or an equivalent sexual act (rape)”), under Article 180(1) (individual criminal responsibility) of the Criminal Code of Bosnia and Herzegovina. In the village of Donje Selo, Konjic Municipality, Pincic used to come armed, at night time, to a house where Serb civilians were detained. Pincic allegedly repeatedly took one female person from the room where other civilians were detained, and forced her to sexual intercourse, holding his rifle by the bed and threatening her that he would bring 15 soldiers and that she would then see what would then happen to all of them.
    Trial chamber verdict
    On 28 November 2008 the Court pronounced the first-instance verdict finding Pincic guilty of war crimes against civilians, including rape.
    sentencing
    Pincic was sentenced to 9 years’ imprisonment in addition to 6 years' imprisonment following the Appellate Panel's new decision.
    Appeals chamber verdict
    The Appellate Panel upheld the trial verdict on 16 April 2010. On 27 December 2013 the Appellate Panel found Pincic guilty for the criminal offence of war crimes against civilians, including rape, under Article 142(1) of the Criminal Code of SFRY (another prohibition)and Pincic was sentenced to 6 years’ imprisonment (this new decision had to do with the established violation of the applicant’s right under Article 7(1) of the European Convention; retroactive application of the Criminal Code of BiH).
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    X-KRŽ-08/502

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    ICTY - Jadranko Prlic (“Prlic et al.”)

    Year
    2013
    Issues
    Sexual Violence as a Weapon of War
    Country
    Former Yugoslavia
    Keywords
    Sexual Violence Inhuman Treatment War Crimes Rape as Crime Against Humanity

    Reference link
    http://www.icty.org/cases/party/766/4
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)
    Name of accused
    Jadranko Prlic
    Charges
    - Persecution as a crime against humanity, rape as a crime against humanity and inhuman treatment (sexual assault) as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime under Article 7(1) (JCE) for various sexual violence crimes [add factual incidents for this case and co-accused].
    Trial chamber verdict
    Prlic was found guilty by the Trial Chamber on 29 May 2013 of: - Persecution as a crime against humanity, rape as a crime against humanity and inhuman treatment (sexual assault) as a grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of 1949 as a war crime.
    sentencing
    Prlic was sentenced to 25 years’ imprisonment on 29 May 2013.
    Appeals chamber verdict
    The Appeals Chamber on 29 November 2017 confirmed the convictions and charges by the Trial Chamber.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    IT-04-74

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