Journal Citation:
93 AMERICAN JOURNAL OF INTERNATIONAL LAW 97-123 (1999).
This article is concerned with issues involving women and gender that are brought before the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR). A large part of the article is devoted to analyzing several ICTY and ICTR trials and two Rule 61 decisions significant in the development of the prosecution of gender-based crimes. It also discusses several ICTY and ICTR indictments involving gender-based crimes in cases that have not yet been decided. Although progress has been made, the author of this article concludes by arguing that much work remains to be done with regard to deterring gender-based violence and ensuring that such crimes are properly tried and punished.