Description
All too often in situations of armed conflicts, rape and other acts of sexual violence are used as military tactics. The use of sexual violence as a strategy of war is distinctively destructive and not only leaves victims with significant psychological scars but also tears apart the fabric of families and affected communities.
Sexual Violence and Effective Redress for Victims in Post-Conflict Situations: Emerging Research and Opportunities is a collection of innovative research that analyzes these crimes and their implications for the needs of victims in post-conflict justice processes and how these needs can be effectively addressed in order to support the affected community. To conduct this analysis, it explores the distinct aspects of these crimes to understand the nature and extent of the social challenges and damage facing the victim, and examines the challenges and limitations of international criminal justice in dealing with a wide range of victim needs. While highlighting topics including judicial accountability, victims’ rights, and criminal justice, this book is ideally designed for psychologists, therapists, government officials, academicians, policymakers, and researchers.
Author's/Editor's Biography
Jean de Dieu Sikulibo
Jean de Dieu Sikulibo holds a PhD in International Law from the University of Strathclyde, in the United Kingdom, an LL.M in International Law from the University of Cape Town, South Africa and an LL. B in Law from the National University of Rwanda. Dr Sikulibo’s teaching and research interests are in international law, including all aspects of immunities, international criminal law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law, the law of international organisations, and international dispute settlement. He has worked at the United Nations, the Supreme Court of Rwanda and the Lawyers without Borders in Rwanda as well as at the Diakonia’s International Humanitarian Law Resource Centre. In addition to teaching, Dr Sikulibo has written and spoken widely on a wide range of international legal issues primarily relating to the recent developments in international criminal justice.