Sexual Crimes in Conflict Database

A collection of relevant literature and case law

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  • Literature

    Human Rights Watch - They Told Me to Keep Quiet

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions

    Reference link
    http://www.hrw.org/report/2018/09/05/they-told-me-keep-quiet/obstacles-justice-and-remedy-sexual-assault-survivors
    Full reference
    Human Rights Watch, “They Told Me to Keep Quiet-Obstacles to Justice and Remedy for Sexual Assault Survivors in Mauritania”, available at www.hrw.org/report/2018/09/05/they-told-me-keep-quiet/obstacles-justice-and-remedy-sexual-assault-survivors, last accessed at 07 March 2019.
    Type of literature
    Grey Literature
    Research focus
    Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence, 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
    Author
    Human Rights Watch

  • Literature

    Human Rights Watch - You Cry at Night but Don’t Know Why

    Year
    2018
    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution Sentencing and Reparations Socio-cultural Context of Sexual Violence

    Reference link
    http://www.hrw.org/report/2018/11/01/you-cry-night-dont-know-why/sexual-violence-against-women-north-korea
    Full reference
    Human Rights Watch, “You Cry at Night but Don’t Know Why-Sexual Violence against Women in North Korea”, available at www.hrw.org/report/2018/11/01/you-cry-night-dont-know-why/sexual-violence-against-women-north-korea, last accessed at 07 March 2019.
    Type of literature
    Grey Literature
    Research focus
    Obstacles to Establish Accountability for Sexual Violence Crimes, Sexual Violence Data Collection
    Author
    Human Rights Watch

  • Literature

    Josse, Evelyne - "They Came with Two Guns": The Consequences of Sexual Violence for the Mental Health of Women in Armed Conflicts

    Year
    2010
    Issues
    Victims of Sexual Violence

    Reference link
    http://www.icrc.org/en/international-review/article/they-came-two-guns-consequences-sexual-violence-mental-health-women
    Full reference
    Evelyne Josse, “’They Came with Two Guns’: The Consequences of Sexual Violence for the Mental Health of Women in Armed Conflicts”, in International Review of the Red Cross, 2010, vol. 92, no. 877, pp. 177-195.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Women and the Armed Conflict

  • Literature

    Lito, Melina - The Obstacles of Aligning Women Peace and Security and the Responsibility to Protect in UN Practice

    Year
    2013
    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution

    Reference link
    http://brill.com/view/book/edcoll/9789004257696/B9789004257696_010.xml
    Full reference
    Lito, Melina, “The Obstacles of Aligning Women Peace and Security and the Responsibility to Protect in UN Practice”, in Sara E. Davies, Zim Nwokora, Eli Stamnes and Sarah Teitt (eds.), Responsibility to Protect and Women, Peace and Security, Brill Nijhoff, Leiden, 2013, pp. 181-195.
    Type of literature
    Chapter in Book
    Research focus
    Women and the Armed Conflict

  • 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

  • Literature

    Oguli-Oumo, Margaret et al. - Promoting an Integrated Approach to Combat Gender Based Violence: A Training Manual

    Year
    2002
    Issues
    Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution Procedural Rules Advancing Sexual Violence Prosecutions Evidentiary Rules Regarding Sexual Violence Prosecutions
    Country
    United Kingdom
    Keywords
    Manual Guideline Women Rights

    Reference link
    http://books.thecommonwealth.org/promoting-integrated-approach-combat-gender-based-violence-paperback
    Full reference
    Margaret Oguli-Oumo, Imelda M. Molokomme, Valencia K.D. Mogegeh, Monde M. Gwaba, Lucia Kiwala, Promoting an Integrated Approach to Combat Gender Based Violence: A Training Manual, The Commonwealth Secretariat, London, 2002.
    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

    Olwine, Brittany A. - Why Gacaca in Rwanda is Jeopardizing the Good Effect of Akayesu on Women’s Rights

    Year
    2011
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes
    Country
    Rwanda
    Keywords
    Akayesu Humanitarian Law Patriarchy Rape as a Weapon of War Soldiers Women Rights Gacaca Proceedings

    Reference link
    https://scholarship.law.wm.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?referer=http://scholar.google.de/&httpsredir=1&article=1320&context=wmjowl
    Full reference
    Olwine, Brittany A., "One Step Forward, But Two Steps Back: Why Gacaca in Rwanda is Jeopardizing the Good Effect of Akayesu on Women’s Rights", in Wm. & Mary J. Women & L., 2011, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 639-663.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Gaps in the Jurisprudence and Legislation on Conflict-related Sexual Violence crimes
    Author
    Olwine, Brittany A.
    Type of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal/Court
    Name of mechanism
    International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR)

  • Literature

    Skinnider, Eileen et al. – The Trial of Rape

    Year
    2017
    Issues
    Definitions/Elements of Sexual Violence Crimes Achievements and Challenges of Sexual Violence Prosecution

    Reference link
    http://www2.unwomen.org/-/media/field%20office%20eseasia/docs/publications/2017/10/trial-of-rape_yc_27-sept-2017s.pdf?la=en&vs=2346
    Full reference
    Eileen Skinnider, Ruth Montgomery and Stephanie Garrett, The Trial of Rape: Understanding the Criminal Justice System Response to Sexual Violence in Thailand and Viet Nam, UN Women, New York, 2017.
    Type of literature
    Grey Literature
    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

    Tambiah, Yasmin - Sexuality and Women's Rights in Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka

    Year
    2004
    Issues
    Victims of Sexual Violence
    Country
    Sri Lanka
    Keywords
    Women Rights Sexual Violence Gender-Based Violence Human Rights Commercial Sex Workers Reproductive Rights Post-conflict

    Reference link
    http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/pdf/10.1016/S0968-8080%2804%2923121-4?needAccess=true
    Full reference
    Yasmin Tambiah, “Sexuality and Women's Rights in Armed Conflict in Sri Lanka”, in Reproductive Health Matters, 2004, vol. 12, no. 23, pp. 78-87.
    Type of literature
    Journal Article
    Research focus
    Causality, Functionality and Logic of Conflict-related Sexual Violence

  • Jurisprudence judicial mechanism

    The Women's International War Crimes Tribunal for the Trial of Japan's Military Sexual Slavery, Japan – Comfort Women Case

    Country
    Japan
    Keywords
    Comfort Women Sexual Slavery Forced Prostitution Rape Sexual Violence against Girls Women Rights World War II

    Reference link
    http://www.asser.nl/upload/documents/DomCLIC/Docs/NLP/Japan/Comfort_Women_Judgement_04-12-2001_part_1.pdf
    Type of mechanism
    Military Tribunal
    Name of mechanism
    Women’s International Tribunal on Japanese Military Sexual Slavery
    Name of accused
    Emperor Hirohito Showa, Ando Rikichi, Hata Shunroku, Itagaki Seishiro, Kobayashi Seizo, Matsui Iwane, Umezu Yoshijiro, Terauchi Hisaichi, Tojo Hideki, Yamashita Tomoyuki, The Government of Japan
    Charges
    Participating, aiding and abetting of the Japanese army’s so called “comfort system”. This allegedly state-sanctioned system included mass sexual slavery and sexual violence/torture of hundreds of thousands of women and girls captured in occupied territories.
    Trial chamber verdict
    The Tribunal found that due to its widespread and organised structure, the “comfort system” was facilitating rape and sexual slavery of tens of thousands of girls and women and essentially qualified as state-sanctioned system of rape and enslavement. The Trial furthermore concluded that all elements of a crime against humanity had been fulfilled.The Tribunal found all nine high-ranking military and government officials, as well as Emperor Hirohito, guilty of rape and sexual slavery as crimes against humanity. Emperor Hirohito was also found guilty by way of his superior responsibility for mass rape committed at a Filipino village. The Tribunal furthermore found the Japanese government responsible for the harm inflicted by the “comfort system”.
    sentencing
    All accused were already dead by the time the trial was held.
    Status
    2715
    Case number
    PT-2000-1-T
    Reparations / awards
    The Tribunal emphasised that while it has no power to enforce its judgment and consequently reparations and compensations, it does have moral authority, which should be enough to ensure enforcement by the national governments and the international community (paras. 1086-1088).

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