Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database
A collection of relevant literature and case law
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Literature
Bedont, Barbara and Hall-Martinez, Katherine - Ending Impunity for Gender Crimes...
- Year
- 1999
- Issues
- Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions
- Reference link
- http://www.peacewomen.org/sites/default/files/hrinst-vaw_endingimpunity_bedont_1999_0.pdf
- Full reference
- Bedont, Barbara and Katherine Hall Martinez, "Ending Impunity for Gender Crimes Under the International Criminal Court", in Brown Journal of World Affairs, 1999,vol. 6, no. 1, 65-85.
- Type of literature
- Journal Article
- Research focus
- Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
- Author
- Bedont, Barbara and Hall-Martinez, Katherine
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Court
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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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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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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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Jurisprudence judicial mechanism
Military Court in Bukavu - Bedi Mobuli Engangela
- Year
- 2014
- Country
- Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
- Keywords
- Witness Protection Gang Rape Militia
- Reference link
- https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=15436&LangID=E
- Type of mechanism
- Military Tribunal
- Name of mechanism
- Military Court in Bukavu
- Name of accused
- Bedi Mobuli Engangela
- Charges
- Engangela was charged with crimes against humanity, including rape and sexual slavery for crimes committed in eastern DRC between 2005 and 2007 during which period he had deserted to lead a militia that attacked several villages.
- Trial chamber verdict
- On 15 December 2014, the military court found Engangela guilty of crimes against humanity, including (gang) rape and sexual slavery. A total of 80 victims testified in this trial, of which 31 were victims of sexual violence.
- sentencing
- Engangela was sentenced to life imprisonment (for murder, he received life imprisonment; for rape 20 years’ imprisonment; for sexual slavery and other inhuman actions 15 years’ imprisonment).
- Status
- 2715
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Literature
Nordås, Ragnhild - Preventing Conflict-related Sexual Violence
- Year
- 2013
- Issues
- Modes of Liability Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution
- Reference link
- https://www.prio.org/utility/DownloadFile.ashx?id=147&type=publicationfile
- Full reference
- Nordas, Ragnhild, Preventing Conflict-related Sexual Violence, PRIO Policy Brief, 02, 2013.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Perpetrators and Prevention
- Author
- Nordas, Ragnhild
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Literature
Nowrojee, Binaifer - Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence...
- Year
- 1996
- Issues
- Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
- Country
- Rwanda
- Keywords
- Shame Stigmatization Witness Protection Prosecution Rejection
- Reference link
- https://www.hrw.org/reports/1996/Rwanda.htm
- Full reference
- Binaifer Nowrojee, Shattered Lives: Sexual Violence during the Rwandan Genocide and its Aftermath, Human Rights Watch, 1996.
- Type of literature
- Grey Literature
- Research focus
- Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes
- Author
- Nowrojee, Binaifer
- Type of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal/Court
- Name of mechanism
- International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)
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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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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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