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Conflict-Related Sexual Violence : International Law, Local Responses.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextPublisher: Boulder, CO : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2012Copyright date: ©2012Edition: 1st edDescription: 1 online resource (220 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781565495050
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Conflict-Related Sexual ViolenceDDC classification:
  • 341.6/7
LOC classification:
  • KZ7162.C67 2012
Online resources:
Contents:
Intro -- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence International Law, Local Responses -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part One Rhetoric and Discourses -- 2 International Versus Transnational? The Politics of Prefixes in Feminist International Relations -- 3 Creating Second-Class Citizens at Home and Targets Abroad A Feminist Analysis of Protection in the Use of Force -- Part Two International Criminal Justice -- 4 Improvements in the Legal Treatment of Systematic Mass Rape in Wartime Where Do We Go From Here? -- 5 International Criminal Justice: Advancing the Cause of Women's Rights? The Example of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- 6 Combating Postconflict Violence Against Women An Analysis of the Liberian and Sierra Leonean Governments' Efforts to Address the Problem -- 7 Gender-Based Violence, Help-Seeking, and Criminal Justice Recourse in Haiti -- Part Three Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Its Aftermath -- 8 The Afghan State and the Issue of Sexual Violence Against Women -- 9 The Experiences of Male Intimate Partners of Female Rape Victims From Cape Town, South Africa Their Journeys From Secondary Victimsto Secondary Survivors of Rape -- 10 Which Conflict?Which Body? Which Nation? Prostitution, Gender, and Violence in the Colombian Postconflict Context -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Also available from Kumarian Press.
Summary: The authors of this groundbreaking book explore the gap between policy and practice in international responses to conflict-related sexual violence. Drawing on their research in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, they offer fresh perspectives on, and practical approaches to, achieving justice for women who have survived wartime sexual assault.
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Intro -- Conflict-Related Sexual Violence International Law, Local Responses -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 Introduction -- Part One Rhetoric and Discourses -- 2 International Versus Transnational? The Politics of Prefixes in Feminist International Relations -- 3 Creating Second-Class Citizens at Home and Targets Abroad A Feminist Analysis of Protection in the Use of Force -- Part Two International Criminal Justice -- 4 Improvements in the Legal Treatment of Systematic Mass Rape in Wartime Where Do We Go From Here? -- 5 International Criminal Justice: Advancing the Cause of Women's Rights? The Example of the Special Court for Sierra Leone -- 6 Combating Postconflict Violence Against Women An Analysis of the Liberian and Sierra Leonean Governments' Efforts to Address the Problem -- 7 Gender-Based Violence, Help-Seeking, and Criminal Justice Recourse in Haiti -- Part Three Conflict-Related Sexual Violence and Its Aftermath -- 8 The Afghan State and the Issue of Sexual Violence Against Women -- 9 The Experiences of Male Intimate Partners of Female Rape Victims From Cape Town, South Africa Their Journeys From Secondary Victimsto Secondary Survivors of Rape -- 10 Which Conflict?Which Body? Which Nation? Prostitution, Gender, and Violence in the Colombian Postconflict Context -- References -- Contributors -- Index -- Also available from Kumarian Press.

The authors of this groundbreaking book explore the gap between policy and practice in international responses to conflict-related sexual violence. Drawing on their research in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean, Europe, and Latin America, they offer fresh perspectives on, and practical approaches to, achieving justice for women who have survived wartime sexual assault.

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