The Construction of Gender in Child Soldiering in the Special Court for Sierra Leone
In: Research Handbook on Child Soldiers (Mark A. Drumbl & Jastine C. Barrett eds., Edward Elgar 2019)
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In: Research Handbook on Child Soldiers (Mark A. Drumbl & Jastine C. Barrett eds., Edward Elgar 2019)
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In: International feminist journal of politics, Band 16, Heft 4, S. 563-580
ISSN: 1468-4470
In: 19(1) William and Mary Journal of Women and the Law (Fall 2012) 7-33.
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In: Morten Bergsmo (ed.), Thematic Prosecution of International Sex Crimes, Torkel Opsahl Academic EPublisher, April 2012, 189-206
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In: Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights, Band 9, Heft 3, S. 239-266
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In: Journal of international humanitarian legal studies, Band 2, Heft 1, S. 127-158
ISSN: 1878-1527
AbstractForced marriage was endemic during the Sierra Leonean conflict. Girls and women forced to serve as 'wives' to rebel soldiers were usually expected to submit to ongoing rape and to provide domestic labour to their 'husbands'. Many of these 'wives' suffer from continuing stigmatization. The Prosecutor of the Special Court for Sierra Leone brought forced marriage charges as a crime against humanity through the category of inhumane acts against Brima, Kamara and Kanu, affiliated with the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), and Sesay, Kallon and Gbao, affiliated with the Revolutionary United Front (RUF). This article considers two benefits stemming from the resulting jurisprudence: the naming of forced marriage as an inhumane act and the acknowledgement of forced marriage as a violation not captured by other legal terms. However, conceptual difficulties remain: how should forced marriage be defined so as to fulfil the principle of nullum crimen sine lege? Is forced marriage more accurately labelled as enslavement? And, is conjugality accurately captured as a defining feature of forced marriage? If forced marriage is to be successfully prosecuted in other contexts – for example, in the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia – then more attention must be paid to resolving these questions.
In: Journal of International Humanitarian Legal Studies 2(1) (November 2011) 127-158
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In: American journal of international law: AJIL, Band 104, Heft 1, S. 73-81
ISSN: 2161-7953
In: Cornell International Law Journal, Band 44, Heft 1, S. 49-74
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In: Proceedings of the annual meeting / American Society of International Law, Band 104, S. 37-41
ISSN: 2169-1118
In: Loyola University Chicago International Law Review, Band 8, Heft 1, S. 13-31
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In: American journal of international law, Band 104, Heft 1, S. 73-81
ISSN: 0002-9300
In: The Canadian yearbook of international law: Annuaire canadien de droit international, Band 46, S. 742-746
ISSN: 1925-0169
In: Human rights review: HRR, Band 10, Heft 1, S. 73-98
ISSN: 1874-6306
Serious gender-based crimes were committed against women and girls during Sierra Leone's decade-long armed conflict. This article examines how the Special Court for Sierra Leone has approached these crimes in its first four judgments. The June 20, 2007 trial judgment in the Armed Forces Revolutionary Council case assists international criminal law's limited understanding of the crime against humanity of forced marriage, but also collapses evidence of that crime into the war crime of outrages upon personal dignity. The February 22, 2008 appeals judgment attempts to correct this misstep. In contrast, the August 2, 2007 trial judgment in the Civil Defence Forces case is virtually silent on crimes committed against women and girls, although the May 28, 2008 appeals judgment attempts to partially redress this silence. This article concludes that the four judgments, considered together, raise the specter that the Special Court could potentially fail to make a significant progressive contribution to gender-sensitive transitional justice. Adapted from the source document.
In: American journal of international law, Band 103, Heft 1, S. 103-109
ISSN: 0002-9300