Cain, Kenneth L.

This article examines the human rights atrocities that took place during the Liberian civil war from 1990 to 1997. The article includes a section about systematic rape of women as a means of instilling terror in civilian populations. In addition to detailing human rights abuses, the author also examines the international attention that the situation attracted, how this compared with similar situations occurring in Yugoslavia, and how international institutions reacted to this tragedy.