Defining Rape: Emerging Obligations for States Under International Law?

Defining Rape: Emerging Obligations for States Under International Law? PDF Author: Maria Eriksson
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
ISBN: 9004202633
Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 625

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Book Description
The crime of rape has been prevalent in all contexts, whether committed during armed conflict or in peacetime, and has largely been characterised by a culture of impunity. International law, through its branches of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international criminal law, has increasingly condemned such violence and is progressively obliging states to prevent rape, whether committed by a state agent or a private actor.