Essays about: "SCSL"

Found 3 essays containing the word SCSL.

  1. 1. Forced Marriage – A “new” Crime Against Humanity?

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen; Lunds universitet/Juridiska fakulteten

    Author : Amelia Möller Andréewitch; [2020]
    Keywords : public international law; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Forced marriage is one of the newest crimes to be tried as a crime against humanity before an international court. During the Sierra Leone civil war, victims of sexual violence were often referred to as ‘bush wives’ or ‘rebel wives’. READ MORE

  3. 2. Adjudication of Gender Based Crimes against Women in International Criminal Courts and Tribunals

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Irma Hodzic; [2012]
    Keywords : gender based crimes; sexual violence; international criminal law; ICTY; ICTR; ICC; SCSL; rape; sexual slavery; enforced prostitution; forced pregnancy; enforced sterilization; any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity; forced marriage; crimes against humanity; war crimes; genocide; Akayesu; Kunarac; Furundzija; RUF; AFRC; Law and Political Science;

    Abstract : Sexual crimes against women have always been a part of war and have occurred in virtually every armed conflict throughout human history. For a very long time, and still today in some cultures, women were not seen as equal to men. Thus, gender based crimes against women were almost invisible to international criminal law. READ MORE

  4. 3. Girls and Boys at War : Child Soldiers in International Law

    University essay from Örebro universitet/Akademin för juridik, psykologi och socialt arbete

    Author : Elin Hedkvist; [2010]
    Keywords : Child Soldiers; Human Rights; International Criminal Court; Special Court for Sierra Leone;

    Abstract : The recruitment, enlistment and use of children younger than fifteen to participate actively in hostilities is prohibited in customary international law as well as in several international legal instruments. The use of child soldiers is, despite of the prohibition, a widespread phenomenon with 300 000 as the estimated number of child soldiers in national armies as well as in various rebel and insurgent groups in the world today. READ MORE