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The web page documents the cases of rape, sexual assault, and other sexual violence committed by Russian armed forces and police in the Russian invasion of Ukraine. It also discusses the nature, extent, and effects of sexual violence as a weapon of war, and the challenges of investigation and prosecution.
Sexual violence against women in 21st-century warfare remains a major issue in various conflicts worldwide, including but not limited to the Syrian Civil War, conflicts in the Democratic Republic of Congo, [47] and the ongoing conflict in Yemen; [48] women continue to be subjected to rape, sexual slavery, and other forms of gender-based violence.
[5]: 11 Weaver stated that not only were documented crimes against Vietnamese women by United States military personnel ignored in the international legal discourse immediately after the war, but modern feminists and other anti-war rape campaigners, as well as historians, have continued to dismiss them. [5]: 5
By 2011, it had indicted 161 people from all ethnic backgrounds for war crimes, [78] and heard evidence from over 4,000 witnesses. [79] In 1993, the ICTY defined rape as a crime against humanity, and also defined rape, sexual slavery, and sexual violence as international crimes which constitute torture and genocide. [80]
For Pakistanis, the violence against Hindus was a strategic policy. [9] Muslim Pakistani men believed the sacrifice of Hindu women was needed to fix the national malaise. [10] Anecdotal evidence suggests that Imams and Mullahs supported the rapes by the Pakistani Army and issued fatwas declaring the women war booty.
Hamas has denied its militants committed sexual crimes against women. Two Israeli investigators cautioned against the use of precise numbers of rape victims at this stage.
The web page covers the mass rapes of women by Soviet troops in Germany during and after World War II. It estimates the number of victims, the motives and consequences of the rapes, and the Soviet and Allied responses.
The Iraq War began in March 2003 as an invasion of Ba'athist Iraq by a force led by the United States. [20] [21] The Ba'athist government led by Saddam Hussein was toppled within a month.