Toy-Cronin, Bridgette A.

What is Forced Marriage? Towards a Definition of Forced Marriage as a Crime against Humanity

The article analyzes the crime of forced marriage through studying the events in Democratic Kampuchea, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Rwanda, and Uganda. The article also looks at the 2005 Special Court for Sierra Leone (SC-SL), which separated forced marriage as an inhumane act from other crimes against humanity such as sexual slavery.