Predlog prakticne politike: Procesuiranje zlocina seksualnog nasilja tokom oružanih sukoba pred sudovima u Republici Srbiji
Policy Paper: Prosecution of crimes of sexual violence during armed conflicts before courts in the Republic of Serbia

Author(s): Ivana Žanić
Subject(s): Criminal Law, Criminology, Wars in Jugoslavia
Published by: Fond za humanitarno pravo
Keywords: sexual violence; armed conflicts; Serbia
Summary/Abstract: The establishment of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) marked a turning point in the history of international law in relation to sexual violence committed during armed conflicts. The Statute of the ICTY contains one of the first concrete formulations of rape as a crime against humanity and is a reflection of the effort to raise awareness of one of the topics that has been the most silent throughout history - sexual violence in conflicts. Together with the International Criminal Court for Rwanda and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, since its establishment, the ICTY has taken responsibility for the establishment of practice for sexual and gender-motivated crimes committed in conflicts, as well as for the introduction of significant changes in the rules on the treatment of victims of these crimes during the court proceedings.

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