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In The Spotlight
International Law
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“We’ll Kill You If You Cry:”
Sexual Violence in the Sierra Leone
Conflict, presents evidence of horrific abuses against women and girls
in every
region of the country by the rebel Revolutionary United Front (RUF), as
well as other rebel, government and international peacekeeping
forces.--
Human Rights Watch
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victims of sexual abuse and assault requires no corroboration of the
victims testimony; consent is not a defense if the victim has been
subjected to or threatened with violence, duress, detention or
psychological oppression or if the
victim reasonably believed another would be so subjected if she did not
submit. - Patricia M. Wald, Dealing with Witnesses in War Crime
Trials:
Lessons from the Yugoslav Tribunal, Vol 5, p. 222 |
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The United
Nations reported that as many as 5,000 women and girls worldwide were
killed last year by family members, "many of them for the 'dishonor' of
having been raped."
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'Honor Killing' Follows Families to Cities
Molly Moore, Washington Post, Foreign
Service, 8.8.2001; Page A01
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