Sexual Violence In Domestic War

The end of the twentieth century brought with it a close to the era of mass human atrocities and a new understanding of how conflict worked. With the end of World War II and the solidification of state lines, no longer was conflict confined to border disputes. Increasingly so, conflicts occurred internally within the state’s own borders taking a greater toll on civilians and often escalating into violent wars. From Cambodia to Rwanda and Argentina to Bosnia, the second half of the twentieth century was riddled with genocide and the motto of “never again” continued to happen again. The twenty first century ushered in a new ideology to prevent and stop mass atrocities. With the realization that the doctrine of humanitarian intervention

Rape is one of, if not the most, wretched acts of domination. It is an expression of violence and power that exceeds all others in its blasphemy. Unfortunately, those in battles have historically utilized rape as a strategic weapon of war for centuries. As Major General Cammaert states, “Any armed group that is using rape as a weapon and a tactic of war is destroying the community. The women are booted out of the community . . .

Situations of sexual encounters take place with pimps, other homeless people, strangers, sex traffickers, and partners or sometimes in exchange for a good. Studies show that rates of victimization towards female sexual violence has decreased; the rate of sexual violence within the homeless has remained the same. The consequences that the females who endured these situations face trauma, emotional and physical depression. Woman who have been victimized reported mental health problems like suicide, depression, alcohol and drug abuse and post-traumatic stress disorderm(Browne & Bassuk, 1997; see also Bassuk, Buckner, Weinreb, Browne, Bassuk, Dawson, & Perloff, 1997) They may suffer with these challenges for quite some time because of lack of help, and mental support. (No Safe Place: Sexual Assault in the Lives of Homeless Women. (2014.). Children out on the streets experience more sexual violence than ones who are sheltered (Rice, E. , Barman-Adhikari, A. , Rhoades, H. , Winetrobe, H. , Fulginiti, A. , et al. (2013). New laws have come out to help prevent sexual abuse “Yes means yes and no means no” but we are never taught how to protect ourselves from sexual violence if it

It focuses on examining how violence impacts members of a specific gender, but most often focuses on its unique impacts on women. Authors such as Moon focus on how prostitution (including cases of forced prostitution in Japan) impact women specifically, as well as Moon and MacKinnon pointing to rape as a specific and horrific example of sexual and gender based violence (SGBV). However, as Jones notes, gendering genocide has specific implications for men as well. We find that men of “military” age are proportionally more often the victims of direct violence, particularly as it pertains to our two cases in Serbia and

One of the biggest challenges facing the military is that sexual violence has been a problem for decades and it will continue to exist at high rates unless the policies change. Military personnel continues to engage in sexual violence without any punishments. The policies must change and appropriate punishments must be made in order to create a

The purpose of finding the appropriate definition of domestic violence is to clearly distinguish domestic violence from physical violence in general. Due to its nature, cases of domestic violence require specific treatment and perspective as it can be identified in many concealed forms and would not leave behind physical wounds. Therefore to know the types and forms of violence the victims have to face is crucial to develop a legal response.

Sexual violence within the military is 100 percent preventable; however, strategic leaders across the Army have perpetuated a complacent attitude toward sexual violence. This has fostered an environment within the military that permits a number of Soldiers every year to continue to violate the trust and safety of their fellow Service members. The number of incidents of sexual assaults continues to increase throughout my organization as a result of leaders failing to take responsibility of violations of the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention (SHARP) values, a lack of awareness and consequence, and an ungrounded SHARP training program that has led to countless preventable incidents of sexual misconduct year after year. In an annual Department of Defense report on sexual assault in the military, “Reporting of sexual assault among active duty Service members increased by nearly 10 percent in FY 2017.”

Russell Wilson once said, “The more that we choose not to talk about domestic violence, the more

The film Sleeping with the Enemy is an example of intimate partner violence. Valenti provides many important information about this type of violence in her work Full Frontal Feminism. According to Valenti, women are more likely to be victims of intimate partner violence, but men can also be a victim as well. Valenti gave three signs of a potentially abusive partner, which include isolation, jealousy, and control. We can see in the film that Laura’s husband, Martin, definitely carry these characteristics. Martin and Laura live in a very isolated house house by the beach, which isolate Laura from the people. Martin became jealous with their neighbor because he thinks that Laura is flirting with him. Lastly, Martin controls whatever Laura does

If not blamed on ‘male nature’, the fault is on commanders and managers that did not efficiently implemented UNSCR 1325. But the persistence of SEA cannot be blamed on isolated cases, and underlying patriarchal values seems to be a valuable alternative explanation to the dominant discourse. The UN discourse in these peacekeeping missions clearly embodies characteristics of rape culture including biological explanation, women objectification, victim blaming and lack of accountability. This is associated with a general unwillingness to implement reforms, or cultural resistance. The UN has a tendency to blame its failure on states and individuals. But as shown previously, the UN has the ability to held UN civilians accountable and fails to do so. By ignoring the roots of the problem, namely its internal patriarchal culture, the UN only perpetuates the mechanisms that cause SEA; and allows SEA by peacekeeping personnel to some extent. Until the reforms aims at ‘ the dismantling of violence-producing masculinities’ (Enloe, 2005: 283) the problem of SEA will persist, undermining the organisation legitimacy and authority as an actor in women’s

The reading of Sudan, Darfur Rape as a Weapon of War; Sexual violence and its consequences, was interesting in reading about the stories of rape victims. Is tragedy how this tool is used to humiliate entry population by raping their women and girls. The ethnic cleansing in Sudan is greatest humanitarian crisis, I don’t know why the world isn’t doing anything (Sudan, Darfur Rape reading), The report talked about how they have the evidence of massive Human Rights violations and they know the government is behind this, however, the world is not doing anything about. The report stated they have talked to the victims of rape but the world has turned their blind eye about the problem. Rape as a weapon of war for so long in many countries around the

Sexual violence in the military is a alarmingly common and has been widely covered by the media. Sexual violence is defined as a sexual act committed against someone without that person’s freely given consent. Sexual violence against soldiers and civilians have been a dark part of the U.S military’s history. The United States military created the Sexual Harassment/Assault Response and Prevention program also known as S.H.A.R.P for victims of military sexual violence to report these heinous crimes. S.H.A.R.P is a safe place for victims to report sexual crimes and be on their way to receive justice, but not all victims report the crimes committed against them.

Peacekeepers have committed various sexual crimes against local populations whilst under the purview of the United Nations, yet few of these peacekeepers have ever been prosecuted for their crimes. The international community became aware of the damaging deficiencies of peacekeeping during the decade leading up to the twenty-first century (Wills 2013, 49; Odello and Burke 2016, 839). Additionally, despite being aware of the sexual crimes being committed by peacekeepers, very little has been accomplished to rectify the situation or to

On the other hand, he acknowledged the practice of spouse abuse in many developing countries. He stated a statistics that the World Health organization reported in 2013 that more than a third of all women are victims of physical and sexual violence and the vast majority are attacked or abused by their husband and boyfriends (143). His another concern about women is honor killings, which is terrible custom weather legal or not prosecuted in some countries. Next most serious and least understood example of abuse of women is the genital mutilation. It is unacceptable abuse and it can cause in lifelong health issues, including chronic infection, severe pain, and psychological

However, accountability can be separated into two distinct areas by regarding whether or not the issue concerns operations involving UN peace-keeping. The second topic of the committee, “Strengthening Compliance and Accountability in Field Missions with Special Regard to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse Cases,” focuses on PKO’s and relates directly to the already explored issues and events concerning Topic 1. A specific challenge that impedes PKO reform is the UN’s secondary status with regard to peacekeeper authority. In cases of PKO misconduct, perpetrators look towards their particular Member-State in order to defer allegations. In many instances, cases of Sexual Exploitation & Abuse (SEA) during PKO’s that have been referred to the perpetrator’s home country result in a lack of prosecution and a disappearance of the matter altogether—such as when Sri Lanka decided not to prosecute its peacekeepers involved in a three-year child sex ring in Haiti. Similar circumstances were present in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where refugees have been raped even within a UN peacekeeper protected camps. In itself, by allowing such corruption, the UN has harmed those who they had wished to aid in the first place.