TULSA JOURNAL OF COMPARATIVE AND INTERNATIONAL LAW

This author takes the stance that human rights of women can only flourish within a democratic society. This reasoning is used to explain how Egypt, which has ratified the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), has not made significant progress in terms of women's rights, while the United States, which has not ratified the Convention, has made progress in the area of women's rights. Because Egypt's laws are infused with Islamic Law (Sharia), the author argues, women cannot and will not receive equal treatment in Egypt despite the CEDAW.

This article addresses the judicial response to the gang-rape and sexual enslavement of Bosnian-Muslim women by Bosnian-Serb solidiers during the Yugoslav conflict. These crimes are identified by the author as being epitomized by the atrocities committed in the small Bosnia-Herzegovinan town of Foca. The article commences with a discussion of the development of international law regarding crimes against humanity (Part I) before turning to the 2001 decision of the International Criminal Tribunal for Yugoslavia (ICTY) "Prosecutor v. Kunarac" (Parts II-V).