Sexual violence against women during non-international armed conflicts
by C. Fowmina; C. Rabbiraj
International Journal of Public Law and Policy (IJPLAP), Vol. 9, No. 2, 2023

Abstract: Sexual violence against women has long been recognised as a crime in armed situations, but human rights discourse and international humanitarian law (IHL) have ignored this (Kutlu, 2014). Women have been referred to as 'spoils of war'. Although women's violence is not new, the nature and scale of sexual violence against women have increased in recent years. Women are used as military weapons, and rape is considered a dreadful by-product (Buchowska, 2016). Women have always been considered sex slaves, with their bodies serving as 'comfort zones' (de Sousa Santos et al., 2010). In today's scenario, where the conflicts are between states or within state armed groups (Paulus and Vashakmadze, 2009). Until World War II, disputes were global (between two countries), but now we have conflicts within territory or governments and internal rebels. This study has been broken into three sections. and violence against them. The first section of this study examines whether international humanitarian law sufficiently defines sexual violence (IHL). This section examines how armed conflicts are classed and defined. The third segment examines violence against women in armed conflicts, particularly non-international wars, in light of IHL and women's legal obligations.

Online publication date: Tue, 04-Apr-2023

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