This article examines the shortcomings of
post-conflict accountability mechanisms
for sexual and sex-based violence against
women and the need to legally respond to
the different kinds of harms they
experience. The authors focus on the
subjective experiences of women in
conflict. They argue that sexual and sex-
based violence connects to a host of other
harms- socio-cultural, psychological, and
economic that legal systems are failing
to address. Consequently, international
criminal laws exclusive focus on sexual
violence does not amount to a
comprehensive system of legal
accountability for harms against women.
Attention must be paid to violations of
social and economic rights that
disproportionately affect women due to
their gendered role in many societies. If
these harms are ignored, post-conflict
reconstruction and distributive justice
will suffer. The authors also discuss the
development of sexual violence as a crime
under international law, its positive
aspects and continued gaps.
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