International Law and Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts

Chile Eboe-Osuji, LLD, is a barrister in Nigeria and Canada. He has an extensive record of experience and scholarship in applied international criminal law and international human rights law. This book was finalised during his successive positions as the Head of Chambers at the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (Arusha, 2010) and as the Legal Advisor to the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights (Geneva, 2011).

"Chile Eboe-Osuji’s book is a welcome effort in the field of international law. Indeed, Chile Eboe-Osuji’s book aims at guiding international lawyers in presenting their cases to the courts to secure a conviction through an effective interpretation of the current rules. For this reason, Chile Eboe-Osuji’s should be seen as a major academic contribution in the fight against sexual violence during armed conflicts."Vincent Roobaert, Assistant Legal Adviser, NCI Agency2, NATO legal Gazette, issue 31, pp. 55-58."Eboe-Osuji skillfully illuminates many of the weaknesses in the present jurisprudence surrounding sexual violence, while also recognizing the significant advances made by international criminal tribunals in this area since the 1990s. The book will likely be of significant use not only to prosecutors, judges, and defense counsel who practice in the trenches of international criminal law, but also to scholars who stand to benefit from an insider's account of the various procedural, evidentiary, and doctrinal challenges that tribunals face in enforcing laws against sexual violence during armed conflict"American Journal of International Law, July 2013

• Acknowledgments; Foreword; Prologue; IntroductionChapter 1 Aetiology of Evil in Armed ConflictsChapter 2 Superior Responsibility for the Rape of Women during Armed ConflictsChapter 3 Defining Rape in International Criminal Law: An Unsettled Tug of War? Chapter 4 Rape as Genocide and Some Questions ArisingChapter 5 Armed Conflicts, Sexual Violence and the Mens Rea of the War Crime of TerrorismChapter 6 Internal Armed Conflicts, Sexual Violence and ‘Grave Breaches’ Chapter 7 Forced Marriage—an International Crime?Chapter 8 Prosecution of Sexual Violence against Women in Post-Conflict SocietiesChapter 9 Reparation for Female Victims of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflicts Epilogue; Summary of the Study; A Note of Optimism; Bibliography; Index.