Wartime Sexual Violence - From Silence to Condemnation of a Weapon of War

Klappentext Conflict-related sexual violence has transitioned from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security concern on the agendas of powerful states and the UN Security Council. Through interviews and primary-source evidence! Crawford investigates the reasons for this change and the implications of the securitization of sexual violence. Zusammenfassung Conflict-related sexual violence has transitioned from a neglected human rights issue to an unambiguous security concern on the agendas of powerful states and the UN Security Council. Through interviews and primary-source evidence! Crawford investigates the reasons for this change and the implications of the securitization of sexual violence.

Product details

• Authors: Kerry F. Crawford
• Publisher: Georgetown University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2017
• EAN: 9781626164659
• ISBN: 978-1-62616-465-9
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political system; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Security (National & International), POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Women's Studies, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes, Defence strategy, planning & research, War Crimes, Gender studies: women, Warfare and defence, Gender studies: women and girls, Human rights, civil rights, Genocide & ethnic cleansing, Political oppression & persecution