Ukrainian Women are Raped, Men are Killed: The Russian Federation Violates International Law
Journal: Mezinárodní a srovnávací právní revue/International and Comparative Law Review
Year: 2023

Summary The large-scale use of rape against women and the murder of men by the Russian armed forces has been widely documented since it first invaded Ukraine in February 2022. Consequently, many Ukrainian families have been affected both physically and mentally by the use of sexual and gender-based violence as a method of war. This paper presents a detailed analysis of these ‘classical’ sexual and gender-based violence cases from the perspective of grave breaches of international humanitarian la