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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 ...
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.
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.
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]
Frank Wuterich was a U.S. Marine who was convicted of negligent dereliction of duty for his involvement in the Haditha massacre, where 24 Iraqi civilians were killed by U.S. forces in 2005. The article details the events, investigation and trial of the incident, as well as the controversy and criticism it sparked.
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.
The Kashmir conflict has been beset by large scale usage of sexual violence by multiple belligerents since its inception.. Mass rapes were carried out by Dogra troops as well as Hindu and Sikh mobs during the 1947 Jammu massacres, [1] [2] and by Pakistani militia when the conflict broke out in 1947, including the Mirpur Massacre.