Fisher, Siobhan K.

Occupation of the Womb: Forced Impregnation as Genocide

This article addresses the allegations of widespread forced impregnation in the conflict in the former Yugoslavia. Part I asserts that forced impregnation is a crime that falls under international humanitarian law as a war crime and a crime against humanity, discussing how war crimes and crimes against humanity differ from the crime of genocide. Part II addresses the evidence of widespread rape in the former Yugoslavia and how the nature of those acts indicates a policy of forced impregnation.