Gender, Shame and Sexual Violence

The Voices of Witnesses and Court Members at War Crimes Tribunals

Sara Sharratt (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

196 Seiten

2011
Routledge (Verlag)
9781409419990 (ISBN)

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Drawing on interview material gathered amongst victims, witnesses, judges and NGOs, this book investigates the prosecution of rape and sexual violence in war crimes tribunals, with attention to The International Court for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and World Court in Sarajevo.

Drawing on extensive interview material gathered amongst victims, witnesses, judges and NGOs, this book investigates the prosecution of rape and sexual violence in war crimes tribunals, with special attention to The International Court for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and World Court in Sarajevo. It examines the testimonies of victims and witnesses and their reasons for testifying, their attitudes towards perpetrators, the consequences of testifying, their recommendations for other witnesses and conceptions of justice. In addition, it explores the attitudes of judges, prosecutors, psychologists and those in charge of protecting and offering services. Adopting a feminist approach, ’Gender, Shame and Sexual Violence’ challenges the assumption that the deterrent effect of making rape trials more visible would reduce the occurrence of sexual violence in conflict situations, contending instead that the manner in which cases are handled both increases the victims’ sense of shame and serves to propagate a representation of women's bodies that may actually serve to increase the use of sexual violence during war. A compelling analysis of the prosecution of rape as a war crime, this volume offers extensive new empirical material that will be of interest to scholars of sociology, gender studies, criminology, politics, international relations and law.

Sara Sharratt is Emerita Professor of Psychology from Sonoma State University in California and Professor of Gender and Peace Building at the University for Peace in Costa Rica

Introduction; Chapter 1 Historical Background; Chapter 2 Legal Background on International Criminal Tribunals; Chapter 3 Theoretical Perspectives; Chapter 4 Methods of Investigation; Chapter 5 Voices from the Court; Chapter 6 The Courts Surveyed; Chapter 7 Protective Measures; Chapter 8; Chapter 9 Discussion and Recommendations from the Court; Chapter 10 Recommendations;

Erscheint lt. Verlag	19.10.2011
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	156 x 234 mm
Gewicht	498 g
Themenwelt	Recht / Steuern ► Allgemeines / Lexika
	Recht / Steuern ► EU / Internationales Recht
	Recht / Steuern ► Strafrecht ► Kriminologie
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Politik / Verwaltung
	Sozialwissenschaften ► Soziologie ► Gender Studies
ISBN-13	9781409419990 / 9781409419990
Zustand	Neuware