Prosecuting Mass Rape: Prosecutor v Dragoljub Kunarac, Radomir Kovac and Zoran Vukovic

This comment addresses the landmark decision of Prosecutor v Kunarac, Kovac and Vokovic issued by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and which established that the rape of Muslim women during the conflict in Bosnia-Herzegovina amounted to a crime against humanity under international law. The article provides an overview of the decision and explores the rationale behind including rape in the category of crimes against humanity. [Descriptors: Armed Conflict, International]