Our website is made possible by displaying online advertisements to our visitors.
Please consider supporting us by disabling your ad blocker.
International framework of sexual violence
| Part of a series on |
| Violence against women |
|---|
| Murder |
| Sexual assault and rape |
| Disfigurement |
| Other issues |
|
| International legal framework |
| Related topics |
The term international framework of sexual violence refers to the collection of international legal instruments – such as treaties, conventions, protocols, case law, declarations, resolutions and recommendations – developed in the 20th and 21st century to address the problem of sexual violence. The framework seeks to establish and recognise the right all human beings (especially but not only women) to not experience sexual violence, to prevent sexual violence from being committed wherever possible, to punish perpetrators of sexual violence, and to provide care for victims of sexual violence. The standards set by this framework are intended to be adopted and implemented by governments around the world in order to protect their citizens against sexual violence.
Even though international humanitarian law (IHL) strongly prohibits sexual violence in all armed conflicts and international human rights law (IHRL) and international customary law strongly prohibit it at all times, enforcement mechanisms are fragile or do not exist in many parts of the world.[1][2][3][4] Acts of sexual violence can be charged as a crime against humanity, genocide, war crime, or grave breach of the Geneva Conventions.[5]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Lindsey2001was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Cite error: The named reference
icrcwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Physicians for Human Rights (2002). War-related sexual violence in Sierra Leone : a population-based assessment : a report. Boston, MA: Physicians for Human Rights. ISBN 1-879707-37-3.
- ^ United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (2007). The shame of war: sexual violence against women and girls in conflict. OCHA/IRIN Publication.
- ^ Bassiouni, M. Cherif (1996). The Commission of Experts established pursuant to Security Council resolution 780 : Investigating violations of international humanitarian law in the former Yugoslavia. Chicago, IL: International Human Rights Law Institute, DePaul University. p. 31. ISBN 1-889001-01-5.
Previous Page Next Page
