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Defining rape : emerging obligations for states under international law? /
The crime of rape has been prevalent in all contexts, whether committed during armed conflict or in peacetime, and has largely been characterised by a culture of impunity. International law, through its branches of international human rights law, international humanitarian law and international crim...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Martinus Nijhoff Publishers,
2011.
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| Colección: | Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ;
v. 38. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The definition of rape in an international perspective
- The prohibition of rape in domestic criminal law : an historical overview
- The harm of sexual violence
- Elements of the crime of rape
- Sexual violence in context
- State obligations to prevent and punish rape
- The recognition of rape as a violation of international human rights law
- International humanitarian law
- International criminal law
- The interplay between international human rights law and international humanitarian law
- Cultural relativism and obstacles to a uniform international definition of rape.