Defining rape : emerging obligations for states under international law? /
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| Author / Creator: | Eriksson, Maria, 1969- |
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| Imprint: | Boston : Martinus Nijhoff Publishers, c2011. |
| Description: | x, 613 p. ; 25 cm. |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | The Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library, 1388-3208 ; v. 38 Raoul Wallenberg Institute human rights library ; v. 38. |
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| Format: | Print Book |
| URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/8558786 |
Table of Contents:
- The definition of rape in an international perspective
- The prohibition of rape in domestic criminal law : an historical overview
- The harm of sexual violence
- Elements of the crime of rape
- Sexual violence in context
- State obligations to prevent and punish rape
- The recognition of rape as a violation of international human rights law
- International humanitarian law
- International criminal law
- The interplay between international human rights law and international humanitarian law
- Cultural relativism and obstacles to a uniform international definition of rape.
