The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)

<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: "Garamond","serif";" lang="EN-GB">This article delivers insight into the purposes a...

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Main Author: Nicole Brigitte Maier
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Language:English
Published: Amsterdam Law Forum 2011-05-01
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Online Access:http://ojs.ubvu.vu.nl/alf/article/view/209
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description <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: "Garamond","serif";" lang="EN-GB">This article delivers insight into the purposes and intentions of committing rape within wartimes, its victims, its perpetrators, and, finally, under which circumstances the crime of rape is punishable as a crime against humanity. </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: "Garamond","serif";" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: "Garamond","serif";" lang="EN-GB">In the first part a definition on crime of rape is given, in this regard relevant literature and case law of both the Yugoslavia Tribunal and the Tribunal of Rwanda will be referred to. On the topics of victims, perpetrators and purposes related literature in the field of psychology, criminology and medical science will be taken into consideration. The discussion on the link between rape and the crime against humanity will focus on relevant cases, judgments and reports, largely of the ICC, the ICTY and the ICTR.</span></p>
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spelling doaj.art-02f1126a18c646f59ab666fd7a5e77e02022-12-21T17:17:54ZengAmsterdam Law ForumAmsterdam Law Forum1876-81562011-05-0132146159The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)Nicole Brigitte Maier<p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: "Garamond","serif";" lang="EN-GB">This article delivers insight into the purposes and intentions of committing rape within wartimes, its victims, its perpetrators, and, finally, under which circumstances the crime of rape is punishable as a crime against humanity. </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: "Garamond","serif";" lang="EN-GB"> </span></p> <p class="MsoBodyText" style="line-height: normal;"><span style="font-size: 13.0pt; font-family: "Garamond","serif";" lang="EN-GB">In the first part a definition on crime of rape is given, in this regard relevant literature and case law of both the Yugoslavia Tribunal and the Tribunal of Rwanda will be referred to. On the topics of victims, perpetrators and purposes related literature in the field of psychology, criminology and medical science will be taken into consideration. The discussion on the link between rape and the crime against humanity will focus on relevant cases, judgments and reports, largely of the ICC, the ICTY and the ICTR.</span></p>http://ojs.ubvu.vu.nl/alf/article/view/209rape, war crime, crime against humanity, ICTY, ICTR, ICC
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The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)
Amsterdam Law Forum
rape, war crime, crime against humanity, ICTY, ICTR, ICC
title The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)
title_full The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)
title_fullStr The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)
title_full_unstemmed The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)
title_short The Crime of Rape under the Rome Statute of the ICC (with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the Ad Hoc Criminal Tribunals)
title_sort crime of rape under the rome statute of the icc with a special emphasis on the jurisprudence of the ad hoc criminal tribunals
topic rape, war crime, crime against humanity, ICTY, ICTR, ICC
url http://ojs.ubvu.vu.nl/alf/article/view/209
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