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Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Interdisciplinary Approaches

Book | 1st edition 2013 | World | Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Charlotte Ku, Renée Römkens, Larissa Van Den Herik
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This edited volume focuses on developments in recognizing, investigating, and prosecuting cases of sexual violence in (post-)conflict situations from an interdisciplinary angle. The investigation and prosecution of these cases raises new and challenging questions as to how to build evidence, but also how to address victims’ concerns in that process. It addresses innovations and challenges of empirical and other new kinds of social scientific, archival and medical data collection techniques; the development of evidence in relation to charges ranging from sexual violence as a war crime, crime against humanity to genocide; evidentiary and procedural achievements and challenges involved in prosecuting sexual victimization in international courts; and how to create awareness of sexual violence crimes in order to recognize such crimes and to prevent them in the future.

Contributors: Lynn Lawry, Kirsten Johnson, Jana Asher, Maxine Marcus, John Hagan, Richard Brooks, Todd Haugh, Chen Reis, Kelly Askin, Valerie Oosterveld, Sandesh Sivakumaran, Patricia Viseur Sellers, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, Linda Bianchi, Michelle Jarvis, Elena Martin Salgado, Sara Sharratt, Brigid Inder, Rachel Irwin, Teresa Doherty, Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Charlotte Ku, Renée Römkens, Larissa van den Herik, and Silke Studzinsky.


About this book
‘Sexual Violence as an International Crime: Interdisciplinary Approaches is a comprehensive, valuable and – above all, stimulating – contribution to the literature on sexual violence and international criminal law. [T]he wide range of perspectives on the prosecution of crimes of sexual violence in international law […] with all the relevant international criminal courts and tribunals being addressed, combined with the clarity and insightfulness of the analysis, make this collection stand out from other publications in the field. […]The appealing feature of this collection is its interdisciplinary nature. […] Sexual Violence as an International Crime makes a strong contribution to literature on sexual violence and international criminal law and is a most useful resource, not merely for those with research interests in international criminal justice and gender crimes. Finally, while the journey towards achieving justice for gender crimes is not yet complete, this edited collection reminds readers of the major achievements of international criminal law in prosecuting sexual violence.’
Olga Jurasz in Journal of Int’l Criminal Justice (2014) 398

‘In addition to discussing the changes in the law and in the courts, the book’s greatest contribution is as a testament to the seismic change that has occurred around the globe during the last twenty years regarding the social construct and understanding of gender-based violence as an act of war or a violation of human rights. […]Reaching back into the past while providing lessons for the future, this timely book is a worthwhile read for anyone interested about the handling of sexual violence cases in post-conflict regimes.’
Margareth Etienne in JOTWELL (2013)

‘This volume will serve as an aperçu for law students, human rights defenders, academics, practitioners and judges; representing a great effort of bringing together international experiences in prosecuting sexual violence as an international crime and ways forward to effectively achieve this.’
Cecilia Toledo Escobar in German Yearbook of International Law (2014) 629

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Type of product Book
Format Hardback
EAN / ISSN 9781780680026 / 9781839700699
Series name Series on Transitional Justice
Weight 799 g
Status Available
Number of pages xxiv + 400 p.
Access to exercice No
Publisher Intersentia
Language English
Publication Date Jan 2, 2013
Available on Jurisquare No
Available on Strada Belgique No
Available on Strada Europe No
Available on Strada Luxembourg No
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  • Table of Contents
  • INTRODUCTION
  • Chapter 1. Interdisciplinary Approaches to Recognizing, Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence as an International Crime
    Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Charlotte Ku, Renée Römkens, Larissa Van Den Herik
  • PART 1. OVERVIEW OF SEVERAL MILESTONES AND CHALLENGES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE A HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE, THE WAY FORWARD AND MILESTONES LONG OVERLOOKED
  • Chapter 2. Treatment of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts: A Historical Perspective and the Way Forward
    Kelly Askin
  • Chapter 3. Prosecuting Gender-Based Persecution as an International Crime
    Valerie Oosterveld
  • Chapter 4. Prosecuting Sexual Violence against Men and Boys
    Sandesh Sivakumaran
  • PART 1. OVERVIEW OF SEVERAL MILESTONES AND CHALLENGES CONCERNING INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL PROSECUTION OF SEXUAL VIOLENCE THE INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS AND COURTS
  • Chapter 5. Future Challenges to Prosecuting Sexual Violence Under International Law: Insights from ICTY Practice
    Michelle Jarvis, Elena Martin Salgado
  • Chapter 6. The Prosecution of Rape and Sexual Violence: Lessons from Prosecutions at the ICTR
    Linda Bianchi
  • Chapter 7. The Place of Sexual Violence in the Strategy of the ICC Prosecutor
    Luis Moreno Ocampo
  • Chapter 8. Jurisprudential Developments Relating to Sexual Violence: The Legacy of the Special Court for Sierra Leone
    Teresa Doherty
  • Chapter 9. Victims of Sexual and Gender-Based Crimes Before the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Challenges of Rights to Participation and Protection
    Silke Studzinsky
  • PART 2. SOCIAL, ARCHIVAL AND MEDICAL DATA COLLECTION AND ITS USE FOR THE CRIMINAL LAW PROCESS: METHODOLOGY ISSUES
  • Chapter 10. Ethical, Safety and Methodological Issues Related to Collection and Use of Data on Sexual Violence in Conflict
    Chen Reis
  • Chapter 11. Investigation of Crimes of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Under International Criminal Law
    Maxine Marcus
  • Chapter 12. Evidence-Based Documentation of Gender-Based Violence
    Lynn Lawry, Kirsten Johnson, Jana Asher
  • Chapter 13. “Reasonable Grounds” Evidence Involving Sexual Violence in Darfur
    John Hagan, Richard Brooks, Todd J. Haugh
  • PART 3. SURVIVING SEXUAL VIOLENCE, STORY TELLING AND CREATING AWARENESS
  • Chapter 14. Partners for Gender Justice
    Brigid Inder
  • Chapter 15. “How Can You Meet Your Rapist and Shake His Hand?”: The Role of Documentarians in Creating Awareness about Sexual Violence – An Interview with Filmmakers Ilse and Femke van Velzen
    Rachel Irwin
  • Chapter 16. Voices of Court Members: A Phenomenological Journey – The Prosecution of Rape and Sexual Violence at the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Bosnian War Crimes Court (BIH)
    Sara Sharratt
  • CONCLUDING REMARKS
  • Chapter 17. How to Move Forward? Interdisciplinary Approaches to Recognizing, Investigating and Prosecuting Sexual Violence as an International Crime
    Anne-Marie de Brouwer, Charlotte Ku, Renée Römkens, Larissa Van Den Herik
  • About the Contributors