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Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL)
Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011.
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| spelling | oai:repository.up.ac.za:2263/26283 Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) Botha, C.J. (Christo J.) emilynyiva@yahoo.co.uk Kinama, Emily Nyiva International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Sierra leone Rwanda Yugoslavia Wars Conflicts Gender-based violence (GBV) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda UCTD Dissertation (LLM)--University of Pretoria, 2011. Gender-based violence (GBV) has been used as a tool of instilling fear, hatred and persecution during conflict situations. It is a fact that GBV takes place pre-conflict situations. Moreover, conflicts and wars only accelerate the rate at which GBV is committed. In the 1990s and early 2000s, there was conflict in the Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone. These conflicts went down in history as conflicts where horrendous crimes were committed. As a result of the atrocities committed and the magnitude of victims, the international community with the assistance of the United Nations formed the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY), the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone. These international tribunals were given the task of prosecuting the perpetrators of these crimes. Prior to the formation of these tribunals, the international community had experienced other wars whereby international tribunals were also formed to deal with the atrocities committed. However, this research only aims at comparatively analysing the ICTY, TCTR and the SCSL because these new tribunals were the first in experiencing the development of the prosecution of GBV. The former international tribunals did not effectively deal with gendered crimes therefore there was no precedent set in international law regarding the prosecutions of these crimes. The conflicts that occurred in the Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda and Sierra Leone also saw the introduction of more brutal forms of GBV. These forms of GBV that developed forced the tribunals to change the way they prosecuted gender-based crimes because the nature and the magnitude at which the crimes were committed was massive. Forms of GBV that were earlier recognised such as rape and sexual violence were now being used as a means through which the perpetrators committed war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The comparative analysis between the ICTR, the ICTY and the SCSL also aims at showing how the different challenges and hurdles that these courts faced when prosecuting these crimes. The pitfalls that the tribunals experienced at the pre-trial phase are also investigated and critically analysed with the aim of drawing lessons about mistakes that should not be repeated in newer international tribunals. A comparative analysis will also be done on the different precedents that were set by the cases that were heard in these tribunals with the aim of showing how these tribunals have indeed contributed to the development of the prosecution of these types of crimes. Finally, recommendations will be made regarding how future international tribunals better deal with these crimes. The research paper also aims at creating awareness that these types of crimes must be treated differently and with caution because the effects that the victims suffer from last way after the conflicts and trials are over. Lessons must be carried from past prosecutions in order to correct and better improve the way in which the prosecutions are carried out and also the way in which the different victims are treated even after the prosecutions have been completed. Public Law unrestricted 2013-09-07T04:21:28Z 2011-07-27 2013-09-07T04:21:28Z 2011-04-11 2011-07-27 2011-07-14 Dissertation Kinama, EN 2010, Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL), LLM dissertation, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, viewed yymmdd < http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26283 > E11/361/gm http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26283 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07142011-162105/ © 2010, University of Pretoria. All rights reserved. The copyright in this work vests in the University of Pretoria. No part of this work may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the University of Pretoria. application/pdf University of Pretoria |
| spellingShingle | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Sierra leone Rwanda Yugoslavia Wars Conflicts Gender-based violence (GBV) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda UCTD Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) |
| title | Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) |
| title_full | Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) |
| title_fullStr | Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) |
| title_short | Post conflict prosecution of gender-based violence : a comparative analysis of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) and the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) |
| title_sort | post conflict prosecution of gender based violence a comparative analysis of the international criminal tribunal for rwanda ictr the international criminal tribunal for the former yugoslavia icty and the special court for sierra leone scsl |
| topic | International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia (ICTY) Sierra leone Rwanda Yugoslavia Wars Conflicts Gender-based violence (GBV) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda UCTD |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/2263/26283 http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-07142011-162105/ |