Defining rape
Subtitle: emerging obligations for states under international law?
By: by Maria Eriksson
Series: Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 38
Publisher: Martinus Nijhoff Publishers
Published: 2011
Place of publication: Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 613
ISBN-13: 9789004202634
Subjects: Rape as a weapon of war; Rape; International criminal law
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The definition of rape in an international perspective; title: The prohibition of rape in domestic criminal law : an historical overview; title: The harm of sexual violence; title: Elements of the crime of rape; title: Sexual violence in context; title: State obligations to prevent and punish rape; title: The recognition of rape as a violation of international human rights law; title: International humanitarian law; title: International criminal law; title: The interplay between international human rights law and international humanitarian law; title: Cultural relativism and obstacles to a uniform international definition of rape.