CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE
CONFLICT-RELATED SEXUAL VIOLENCE
Author(s): Delila HasanbegovićContributor(s): Marijana Kandić (Translator)
Subject(s): Gender Studies, Criminal Law, International Law, Military history, Studies in violence and power, Victimology, Transformation Period (1990 - 2010), Peace and Conflict Studies
Published by: Sarajevo Open Centre
Keywords: Sexual violence; Conflict; war in Bosnia and Herzegovina; crimes against humanity;
Summary/Abstract: Conflict-related sexual violence refers to sexual violence against women, men, girls and boys which occurs in armed conflicts and includes: rape, forced pregnancy, forced sterilisation, forced abortion, forced prostitution, sexual slavery, forced nakedness and any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity. This form of violence differs from sexual violence committed outside of the context of war, among other things, in regard to the context in which it occurs, number of persons involved and the degree of organisation of the crime, features of the perpetrator who, in armed conflicts, often acts as a representative of military and police structures which demands specific obligations from the state in the context of providing compensation for the damage caused.
Journal: NARANDŽASTI IZVJEŠTAJ
- Issue Year: 2019
- Issue No: 5
- Page Range: 93-104
- Page Count: 12
- Language: English