War Crimes Against Women

Prosecution in International War Crimes Tribunals
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-90-411-0486-1
Verlag: Wolters Kluwer

Buch, Englisch, 476 Seiten, GB, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 246 mm, Gewicht: 889 g

This book examines laws and customs of war prohibiting rape crimes dating back thousands of years, even though gender-specific crimes, particularly sex crimes, have been prevalent in wartime for centuries. It surveys the historical treatment of women in wartime, and argues that all the various forms of gender-specific crimes must be prosecuted and punished.

The Nuremberg and Tokyo War Crimes Tribunals are reviewed from a gendered perspective, and the question of how crimes against women could have been prosecuted in these tribunals is discussed. The book addresses the status of women in domestic and international law during the past one hundred years, including the years preceding World War II and in the aftermath of this war, and in the years immediately preceding the Yugoslav conflict. The evolution of the status and participation of women in international human rights and international humanitarian law is analyzed, including the impact domestic law and practice has had on international law and practice.

Finally, this book reviews gender-specific crimes in the Yugoslav conflict, and presents arguments as to how various gender-specific crimes (including rape, forced prostitution, 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., as grave breaches of the Geneva Conventions, torture, violations of the laws of war, violations of the customs of war, genocide, and crimes against humanity).

The author, a human rights attorney, academic, and activist, spent three years researching both the treatment of women during periods of armed conflict and humanitarian laws protecting women from war crimes.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Askin, Kelly Dawn

Askin, Kelly

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Kultur Menschenrechte, Bürgerrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationale Menschen- und Minderheitenrechte, Kinderrechte
• Rechtswissenschaften Internationales Recht und Europarecht Internationales Recht Internationales Kriegsrecht, Territorialrecht, Humanitäres Recht

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction - Development of The Law of War Crimes.
I. Humanitarian Law Prior to World War II.
II. Gender Specific War Crimes Committed in Europe and Asia During World War II.
III. Events Leading to the Nuremburg Trials.
IV. The Nuremberg War Crimes Trial.
V. The Tokyo War Crimes Trial.
VI. The Evolution of the Status of Women in Domestic and International Law and Practice.
VII. Gender Specific War Crimes in the Yugoslav Conflict.
VIII. The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia. Conclusion of War Crimes Against Women.
Appendix A.
Select Bibliography.
Index.