ST. JOHN'S JOURNAL OF LEGAL COMMENTARY

This article discusses the longstanding practice of wartime rape. In particular, this article discusses the practice in relation to the work of the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The article describes the way rape was used as a weapon in the Bosnian Civil War and outlines the United Nations response to this problem. The string of UN Security Council Resolutions beginning in 1992 eventually led to the establishment of the Tribunal in 1993.