Protection of women in armed conflict

In: Human rights quarterly: a comparative and international journal of the social sciences, humanities, and law, Band 22, Heft 1, S. 148-166

Abstract

Considers ways women are affected and assesses adequacy of international humanitarian law in protecting them. Incidents of abuse by UN peacekeeping forces and others, compensation, state responsibility, proportionality and economic sanctions, and role of the Red Cross (ICRC).