War Crimes Against Women, Prosecution in International War Crimes

War Crimes Against Women, Prosecution in International War Crimes Book Description

This book examines laws and customs of war prohibiting rape crimes dating back thousands of years, even though gender-specific crimes, particularlysex crimes, have been prevalent in wartime for centuries. It surveys thehistorical treatment of women in wartime, and argues that all the variousforms of gender-specific crimes must be prosecuted and punished. Itreviews the Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Tribunals from a genderedperspective, and discusses how crimes against women could have beenprosecuted in these tribunals and suggests explanations as to why they were neglected. It addresses the status of women in domestic and internationallaw during the past one hundred years, including the years preceding WorldWar II and in the aftermath of this war, and in the years immediatelypreceding the Yugoslav conflict. The evolution of the status andparticipation of women in international human rights and internationalhumanitarian law is analyzed, including the impact domestic law andpractice has had on international law and practice. Finally, this bookreviews gender-specific crimes in the Yugoslav conflict, and presents arguments as to how various gender-specific crimes (including rape, forcedprostitution, forced impregnation, forced maternity, forced sterilization, genocidal rape, and sexual mutilation) can be, and why they must be, prosecuted under Articles 2-5 of the Yugoslav Statute (i.e., asgrave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, torture, violations of the laws of war, violations of the customs of war, genocide, and crimes againsthumanity).
The author, a human rights attorney, academic, and activist, spent threeyears researching both the treatment of women during periods of armed conflictand humanitarian laws protecting women from war crimes.

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