Journal Citation:
25 MICHIGAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW, 605-651, (2004).
This article discusses the process by which the crime of sexual slavery was included in the Statute of the International Criminal Court (ICC) through the inclusion of the crime in the Court's "Elements of Crime" document. The author begins in Part I by discussing the ICC negotiation process and the crime of sexual slavery, contrasting this to the treatment of sexual slavery by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. In Part II the author addresses the negotiation process of the ICC's Elements of Crimes and offers a critique. Finally, in Part III the author turns the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia's (ICTY) approach to sexual slavery and compares this to the approach of the ICC. The author concludes by arguing for the advancement of international law through recognition of individual autonomy and agency, a process that has been set in motion through the recognition of the crime of sexual slavery by the ICC and Special Court for Sierra Leone. [Descriptors: Armed Conflict, International]