Journal Citation:
20 WISCONSIN WOMEN'S LAW JOURNAL 137-165 (2005).
This article deals with the prosecution of rape under international law. The author begins by offering an overview of motivations for the rape of women in armed conflict and then goes on to trace the treatment of mass rape as genocide in treaties and conventions such as the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, highlighting the use of this treatment in case law at international tribunals and the International Criminal Court (ICC). Finally, the author points to sexual violence against women in the Sudan and sets out a path to prosecute such crimes under international law through enforcing the existing provisions. [Descriptors: Armed Conflict, International - Africa, International]