Journal Citation:
35 VANDERBILT JOURNAL OF TRANSNATIONAL LAW (2002) 1269-1311.
This articles situates the prosecution of rape and sexual enslavement as crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) as part of a larger, emerging picture of international legal jurisprudence. The author notes that the ICTY built upon its own decisions and the decisions of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), broadened international protections of civilians in conflict, and codified women as legally equal to men. The author concludes that the ICTY established the foundation for the prosecution of crimes against humanity by other courts. [Descriptors: Armed Conflict, International]