This article discusses forced marriage in
the context of recent conflicts in Sierra
Leone, Cambodia, Uganda, and the
Democratic Republic of Congo. It discusses
the Charles Taylor judgement at the
Special Court for Sierra Leone and other
international case law on forced marriage.
It examines various legal definitions of
enslavement from various international
criminal tribunals and the 1926 Slavery
Convention. The article analyses and
upholds the recent classification of
forced marriage as a crime of sexual
enslavement and suggests how this