Contemporary Forms of Slavery: Systematic rape, Sexual slavery and Slavery-like practices during Armed Conflict, Final Report submitted to the UN General Assembly

This report by the UN Special Rapporteur on Systemic Rape, Sexual Slavery and Slave-like Practices During Armed Conflict focuses primarily on the development of international criminal law as a fruitful area for effective action at the national and international levels to end the cycle of impunity for slavery, including sexual slavery, and for sexual violence, including rape. This report also advances policy and practical recommendations that may guide the investigation, prosecution and prevention of sexual slavery and sexual violence in armed conflicts. Included in this report are sections on the definitions of crimes, the legal framework for prosecuting sexual slavery and sexual violence under international law, holding individuals responsible, the right to an effective remedy and the duty to compensate, prosecutions at the national level, and also an appendix on the legal liability of the Government of Japan for "comfort women stations" during World War II.