Author: Laura Guercio
Publisher: Armando Editore
ISBN:
Category : Social Science
Languages : it
Pages :

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Author: Marina Fernandez Arroyo
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 366840724X
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 37

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Master's Thesis from the year 2016 in the subject Politics - Topic: Public International Law and Human Rights, grade: 4.5/6, , language: English, abstract: According to the Former Deputy Force Commander of the UN mission to the DRC “It is more dangerous to be a woman than to be a soldier in modern conflict”. Indeed, sexual violence is the silent crime happening massively during all armed conflicts. The question of the extension of the problem has been tackled several times by several international organizations, researchers, UN bodies, and by the states affected. However, nobody really knows which is the real impact of these crimes. Women and girls are usually disproportionally affected, and crimes such as these have devastating, long-term effects on the lives of survivors. Noting that this is a crime that affects particularly women and girls, special mention on this issue must be made on girls. Among the categorized six grave violations against children in armed conflicts, sexual violence has, as previously underlined, a specific gender dimension making girl children especially vulnerable, and main target of those practices. This paper tries to show that sexual violence occurring during armed conflict follows common patterns, that is to say, that regardless of the country where it happens, surprisingly it feels like the practice follows the same template of perpetration. It will also prove that girl children are the main victims, so that it would make sense for them to be the ones more protected by legislation against sexual violence during armed conflict. However, this paper will finish showing that the lack of law enforcement leads to impunity due to different reasons, which happens to be a constant repetition of similar motives every time, and everywhere.

Author: Janie L. Leatherman
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
ISBN: 0745658350
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 178

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Every year, hundreds of thousands of women become victims of sexual violence in conflict zones around the world; in the Democratic Republic of Congo alone, approximately 1,100 rapes are reported each month. This book offers a comprehensive analysis of the causes, consequences and responses to sexual violence in contemporary armed conflict. It explores the function and effect of wartime sexual violence and examines the conditions that make women and girls most vulnerable to these acts both before, during and after conflict. To understand the motivations of the men (and occasionally women) who perpetrate this violence, the book analyzes the role played by systemic and situational factors such as patriarchy and militarized masculinity. Difficult questions of accountability are tackled; in particular, the case of child soldiers, who often suffer a double victimization when forced to commit sexual atrocities. The book concludes by looking at strategies of prevention and protection as well as new programs being set up on the ground to support the rehabilitation of survivors and their communities. Sexual violence in war has long been a taboo subject but, as this book shows, new and courageous steps are at last being taken Ð at both local and international level - to end what has been called the “greatest silence in history”.

Author: Joanne Csete
Publisher: Human Rights Watch
ISBN: 9781564322760
Category : Girls
Languages : en
Pages : 124

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To the United Nations

Author: Jamille Bigio
Publisher: Council on Foreign Relations
ISBN: 087609728X
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 55

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Sexual violence in conflict is not simply a gross violation of human rights—it is also a security challenge.

Author: Sharon Frederick
Publisher: World Scientific
ISBN: 9814350958
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 144

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This book is a well-researched and moving account of how sexual assault on women has become a potent weapon in virtually all armed conflicts. Chapters giving historical and geographic perspectives describe how rape has been used throughout the ages and around the world. Case histories reveal the individual tragedies within the broad picture.

Author: Megan Bastick
Publisher: Dcaf
ISBN: 9789292220594
Category : Crimes against humanity
Languages : en
Pages : 214

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"In it's first part, the Global Overview, the report profiles documented conflict-related sexual violence in 51 countries - in Africa, the Americas, Asia, Europe and the Middle East - that have experienced armed conflict over the past twenty years. The second part of the report, entitled Implications for the Security Sector, explores strategies for security and justice actors to prevent and respond to sexual violence in armed conflict and post-conflict situations"--P. 4 of cover.

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Publisher: United Nations Publications
ISBN: 9789211320251
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 134

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This reference book and photo essay examines the scope and nature of the sexual violence women suffer when men go to war and looks at the different ways the international community is addressing it. The book's primary focus is on sexual crimes in war, their impact on women's lives, and includes personal testimonies from raped and abused women who have had the courage to speak out about their experiences.--Publisher's description.

Author: Elina Almila
Publisher:
ISBN: 9789515185549
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 0

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Author: Jessica Siebert
Publisher: GRIN Verlag
ISBN: 3346440575
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 20

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Seminar paper from the year 2018 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Topic: Peace and Conflict Studies, Security, grade: 1,3, http://www.uni-jena.de/ (Institut für Politikwissenschaft), language: English, abstract: For the last few decades, wars all over the world have not been the same as they used to be. Their appearance has changed fundamentally, and thus it seems inaccurate to call them just the same as wars as we know them. ‘Old Wars’ until the beginning of the 20th century were what we would perceive as the ‘classic’ type of war, with two states fighting against each other on a military level. They are, what Clausewitz called „a continuation of political commerce, a carrying out of the same by other means“. Those disputes usually ended after a huge, final battle, which ultimately led to a political decision of some sort. Today, this type of warfare is almost non-existent anymore when it comes to conflicts all over the world. So, what do we call these wars? Kaldor and later Münkler both suggested the term ‘New Wars’ as the most fitting for what we see on a global scale today. But what are these ‘New Wars’, what makes them so significantly different? This question will be answered in this essay, with a specific focus on sexual and gender-based violence (SGBV) and especially on violence against women as one of the most important and shocking factors of those new types of conflicts. It will be highlighted on the example of the African state Liberia, which has recently found its way out of conflict, but is still struggling with the consequences and results of the civil war that has eroded the country with all its institutions and even more importantly, its society. Can this conflict be classified as a ‘New War’ when considering the dimension of SGBV? And how far has the state come in terms of gender equality and the fight against SGBV since the end of the 15-year period of civil war that has impacted the country on so many levels?