Prosecuting conflict-related sexual violence at the ICTY / edited by Serge Brammertz and Michelle Jarvis
Imprint
Oxford : Oxford University Press, 2016
Descript
xl, 494 pages ; 26 cm
CONTENT
Overview: The challenge of accountability for conflict-related sexual violence crimes -- International concern regarding conflict-related sexual violence in the lead-up to the ICTY's establishment -- Challenges to successful outcomes in sexual violence cases -- Policies and institutional strategies for successful sexual violence prosecutions -- Proving crimes of sexual violence -- Contextualizing sexual violence: selection of crimes -- Contextualizing sexual violence and linking it to senior officials: modes of liability -- Sentencing for sexual violence crimes -- Picture of sexual violence in the former Yugoslavia conflicts as reflected in ICTY judgments -- Using the OTP's experience with sexual violence prosecutions as a springboard for building national capacity -- Situating the OTP's experience in a broader global context
SUBJECT
Sex crimes -- Law and legislation -- Yugoslavia
Violent crimes -- Law and legislation -- Yugoslavia