Jurisprudence of International Criminal Courts on the Crime of Rape

Initially, rape was not considered a crime against humanity in the legal instruments of international criminal tribunals. The gravity of this act was not yet fully understood, and its legal treatment was primarily domestic. In other words, the possibility of this crime being committed with state acq...

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Autor: Silva Portero, Carolina
Tipo de documento: artigo
Estado:Versão publicada
Data de publicação:2017
País:Ecuador
Idioma:espanhol
OAI Identifier:oai:revistas.uasb.edu.ec:article/335
Acesso em linha:https://revistas.uasb.edu.ec/index.php/foro/article/view/335
Access Level:Acceso aberto
Palavra-chave:TRIBUNALES INTERNACIONALES
VIOLACIÓN
JURISPRUDENCIA
INTERNATIONAL COURTS
RAPE
JURISPRUDENCE
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Resumo:Initially, rape was not considered a crime against humanity in the legal instruments of international criminal tribunals. The gravity of this act was not yet fully understood, and its legal treatment was primarily domestic. In other words, the possibility of this crime being committed with state acquiescence and directed against individuals because of their membership in a specific group—be it religious, ethnic, racial, political, or gender-based—was not yet analyzed. Recent history and the atrocious events of the present day have compelled international criminal tribunals to vigorously revise their concepts. In this article, I will briefly analyze this evolution, as well as its causes.