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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.
In 2009, almost 40 years after the events of 1971, a report published by the War Crimes Fact Finding Committee of Bangladesh accused 1,597 people of war crimes, including rape. Since 2010, the International Crimes Tribunal (ICT) has indicted, tried, and sentenced several people to life imprisonment or death for their actions during the conflict.
Several of the testimonies of victims of sexual violence during the Holocaust were by Jewish men and women. [23] Previous war crimes trials had prosecuted for sex crimes, hence war rape could have been prosecuted under customary law and/or under the IMT (International Military Tribunals) Charter's Article 6(b): "abduction of the civilian ...
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]
The web page covers the sexual violence against Vietnamese women by American, South Korean and local soldiers during the Vietnam War. It mentions the term "phan thi mao" as a derogatory term for Vietnamese women who had children by South Korean fathers.
A war crime committed by five U.S. Army soldiers in Iraq in 2006, involving the gang-rape and murder of a 14-year-old girl and her family. The article details the background, the incident, the investigation, and the legal consequences of the perpetrators.
War Crimes Against Women: Prosecution in International War Crimes Tribunals. Martinus Nijhoff Publishers. ISBN 978-90-411-0486-1. Bisaz, Corsin (2012). The Concept of Group Rights in International Law: Groups as Contested Right-Holders, Subjects and Legal Persons. Martinus Nijhoff. ISBN 978-9004228702. Brownmiller, Susan (1975).
The article documents the atrocities committed by the Russian military and authorities against civilians and prisoners of war in Ukraine since 2022. It also covers the international investigations and sanctions related to the war crimes.