Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
v. t. e. Wartime sexual violence is rape or other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during an armed conflict, war, or military occupation often as spoils of war, but sometimes, particularly in ethnic conflict, the phenomenon has broader sociological motives. Wartime sexual violence may also include gang rape and rape with objects.
During the 2023–24 Israel–Hamas war, Palestinian women and girls have reportedly faced wartime sexual violence from the Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) soldiers. Two Palestinian women reported being raped by male Israeli soldiers while in prison. [1] The IDF has been accused of committing acts of gender-based violence, war crimes and crimes ...
Hamas was accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity through the usage of gender-based violence as a weapon of war. [10] [17] Hamas has issued a blanket denial. [18] Testimonies emerged and videos reached the army containing testimonies that, in addition to the murders, Hamas employed methods of severe torture that included ...
The chair of a U.N. commission of inquiry investigating war crimes in the Israel-Hamas war has said it will focus on sexual violence by Hamas in the Oct. 7 attacks and will pass along any evidence ...
Reem Alsalem, the UN special rapporteur on violence against women and girls, criticized the underreporting of sexual violence against Palestinians, stating, "Rape and other forms of sexual violence can constitute war crimes, crimes against humanity or a constitutive act with respect to genocide! It must stop!"
The Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force Afghanistan Inquiry Report, commonly known as the Brereton Report (after the investigation head), is a report into war crimes committed by the Australian Defence Force (ADF) during the War in Afghanistan between 2005 and 2016. [1] The investigation was led by Paul Brereton, who is both a New ...
The crimes by the Yugoslav military, paramilitary and police amounted to crimes against humanity and a war crime of torture. [33] Although numbers are difficult to determine, following the conflict, there were cases of women committing suicide, aborting their pregnancies, giving birth to children and later raising them or placing them up for ...
May 29, 2024 at 6:02 AM. By Maya Gebeily. BEIRUT (Reuters) -Lebanon has reversed a move to authorise the International Criminal Court to investigate alleged war crimes on its soil, prompting a ...