der Tterin. According to Halley, this modification originated from a Womens Caucus proposal, see Halley 2008, p 89. But Ongwen's trial was the first time the court considered the offences of forced pregnancy and marriage specifically as war crimes. Ntagandas case expanded the category of victims of sexual slavery to include child soldiers. See Boon 2000, p 661; Buehler 2002, p 163. 2001, above n 306, para 460: where such sexual penetration occurs without the consent of the victim. Vest and Sutter 2014, marginal no 556: Aneignung der Reproduktionsfhigkeit des Opfers zum Zweck der ethnischen Verschiebung. A/AC.249/1997/WG.1/CRP.8, Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Court (1997e) Proposal Submitted by the Holy See, UN Doc. Ongwen 2021, above n 1, paras 205208; Ongwen 2016, above n 1, paras 111115. See also Schwarz 2019, pp 254255. 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Since then, at least two other war criminals have been convicted of sexual and gender-based war crimes in The Hague: Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo in 2016, a conviction that recognized rape as a tactic of war, and Bosco Ntaganda in 2019, a conviction that expanded legal definitions of victims of sexual slavery. See this chapter, Sect. See Center for Reproductive Rights, The Worlds Abortion Laws, https://reproductiverights.org/worldabortionlaws (accessed 24 October 2020). Hastings Womens Law Journal 5:243266, Copelon R (2000) Gender Crimes as War Crimes: Integrating Crimes Against Women Into International Criminal Law. UNTAET/REG/2000/15, 6 June 2000 (Statute of the Special Panels), Section 5.1(g) (crimes against humanity), Section 6.1(b)(xxii) and (e)(vi) (war crimes). International Criminal Law Review 18:331353, Carpenter RC (2000a) Forced Maternity, Childrens Rights and the Genocide Convention: A Theoretical Analysis. For more information, please see our In: Rubio-Marn R (ed) The Gender of Reparations: Unsettling Sexual Hierarchies While Redressing Human Rights Violations. See Biehler 2015, p 229; Global Justice Center 2018, p 6; Hall et al. MacKinnon 1993, p 76. Forced birth is a war crime. Forced pregnancy is the practice of forcing a woman to become pregnant, often as part of a forced marriage, or as part of a programme of breeding slaves, or as part of a programme of genocide. Similarly Ambos 2013b, p 102. See Chappell 2016, p 96; Roach 2005, pp 148149. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 2017, p 11. The Womens Caucus had originally proposed a much broader definition of the crime and was apparently dissatisfied with the result. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg/New York, Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (1999a) Proposal Submitted by the United States of America: Draft Elements of Crimes, UN Doc. 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Many girls and women, especially preteen virgins, in these areas were abducted by the LRA during this time and enslaved as bush wives of the LRAs top commanders, Ongwen among them. T.M.C. Oxford University Press, Oxford, Gropengieer H, Kreicker H (2003) Grundlagen der Strafverfolgung vlkerrechtlicher Verbrechen: Deutschland. See Neenan 2018. Forced Pregnancy Law and Legal Definition Forced pregnancy is a war crime that is punishable by the International Criminal Court. Similarly, see Green et al. See Rckert and Witschel 2001, p 81. In: Lee RS (ed) The International Criminal Court, vol 2: Elements of Crimes and Rules of Procedure and Evidence. Forced pregnancy and forced marriage were a critical tactic within the military operation of the LRA, a rebel militia-cum-personality cult led by Joseph Kony that sought to establish a democratic theocracy in Uganda with Christianity's 10 Commandments enshrined as law. United Nations Human Rights Council 2016, para 43. 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The fact that rape can result in pregnancy is not only confirmed by scientists and by the lived experience of women, but it is well-known that rape and forced pregnancy are used as conscious and deliberate tools of war. Ongwens lawyers plan to appeal the decision on all the charges. Ongwen 2021, above n 1, para 2728; Ongwen 2016, above n 1, para 100. CCPR/C/DOM/CO/5, United Nations Human Rights Committee (2012b) Concluding Observations on the Philippines, UN Doc. Rape, sexual slavery, enforced prostitution, forced pregnancy, enforced sterilization, or any other form of sexual violence of comparable gravity; . See Glasius 2006, pp 8284; Grey 2019, pp 104105; Pace and Schense 2000, p 719. A/AC.249/1997/WG.1/DP.12, Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Court (1997f) War Crimes, UN Doc. 2016, marginal no 139. Routledge, London, Global Justice Center (2018) Submission to the International Law Commission: The Need to Integrate a Gender-Perspective Into the Draft Convention on Crimes Against Humanity. This approach was also put forward by the Ongwen Trial Chamber, see Ongwen 2021, above n 1, para 2724, footnote 7179. See generally Adamietz 2011, pp 2947: Transgender describes persons whose gender identity differs from the sex assigned at birth; intersex describes a variety of conditions in which a persons anatomy does not fit within the male/female binary. 1.3.1. See also Platform of Independent United Nations and Regional Expert Mechanisms on Violence Against Women and Womens Rights, Absence of Consent Must Become the Global Standard for Definition of Rape, 25 November 2019, https://www.ohchr.org/EN/NewsEvents/Pages/DisplayNews.aspx?NewsID=25340 (accessed 24 October 2020). 2016, marginal no 56; MacKinnon 2006; Schomburg and Peterson 2007, p 132; Schwarz 2019, pp 176181. 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See also Ambos 2013b, p 102; Koenig and Askin 2000, p 14, footnote 50. 2016, marginal no 139; Lobato 2016, p 26; Schwarz 2019, p 266. Reproductive Violence and International Criminal Law pp 187270Cite as, 4 https://www.icc-cpi.int/iccdocs/otp/20161115_OTP_ICC_Policy-on-Children_Eng.PDF. See also Schomburg and Peterson 2007, pp 138140. PCNICC/1999/WGEC/DP.36, Preparatory Commission for the International Criminal Court (1999h) Proposal Submitted by Bahrain, Iraq, Kuwait, Lebanon, the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya, Oman, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the Sudan, the Syrian Arab Republic and United Arab Emirates Concerning the Elements of Crimes Against Humanity, UN Doc. Today, the international human rights community has not only recognized rape as a form of torture, it has recognized rape and forced impregnation as war crimes and as crimes against humanity. See Ambos 2013b, p 89; Werle and Jeberger 2020, marginal no 1045. Accessed 24 October 2020, Odio-Benito E (2005) Sexual Violence as a War Crime. See also, though somewhat misleadingly and only in relation to the act of confinement as such, Boon 2000, p 660. Human Rights Quarterly 20:348378, Satzger H (2002) Das neue Vlkerstrafgesetzbuch Eine kritische Wrdigung. In: Lee RS (ed) The International Criminal Court, vol 1: The Making of the Rome Statute: Issues, Negotiations, Results. United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 2017b, para 29(c)(i). Martinus Nijhoff, Leiden, pp 163173, Oja L, Yamin AE (2016) Woman in the European Human Rights System: How is the Reproductive Rights Jurisprudence of the European Court of Human Rights Constructing Narratives of Womens Citizenship? 1; Article 8(2)(b)(xxii)-1, no. 1995, p 24. The crime has the following elements: The perpetrator confined one or more women who were forcibly made pregnant, with the intent of affecting ethnic composition of the population or otherwise violating international criminal law; deGuzman 2012; Drumbl 2007, pp 173179; Epik 2017, pp 149152; Werkmeister 2015, pp 272347. The United Nations defines "forced pregnancy" as a CRIME AGAINST HUMANITY. E/C.12/SLV/CO/3-5, United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (2016) General Comment no. When the 'teaser' for War Crimes came out, the part where his crimes was listed. endobj They were infected and impregnated by rape or forced sex with male prisoners. New Zealand Journal of Public and International Law 4:311337, Steains C (1999) Gender Issues. See Cottier and Mzee 2016, marginal no 727. Preparatory Committee on the Establishment of an International Court 1997d. On the subjective requirements regarding normative circumstantial elements, see generally Werle and Jeberger 2020, marginal no 552. Charges against him related to attacks on civilian populations in four camps for internally displaced people in northern Uganda between 2002 and 2005 during the vicious two-decade war between the LRA and the Ugandan army. See also Swiss Criminal Code, Article 264a(1)(g); Austrian Code of Crimes, Section 321a(3) no. The landmark war crimes case expands the worlds collective understanding of how sexual and gender-based violence is used as a tactic of war. See e.g. Large numbers of women and girls were abducted to serve. See also Grey 2017, p 927. See ICC Elements of Crimes, General Introduction para 7. 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However, see also Soh 2006, p 320, mistakenly requiring knowledge that the woman or women were forcibly made pregnant for the purpose of affecting the ethnic composition []. See Chap. (German) Code of Crimes Against International Law, Section 7(1) no. See also Vest and Sutter 2014, marginal no 453. Hundreds of women rescued from the Nigerian Islamist group are pregnant after . https://www.ejiltalk.org/what-lies-beneath-the-turn-to-values-in-international-criminal-legal-discourse/. Kunarac et al. American University Law Review 44:10171036, You can also search for this author in See also Eriksson 2000, p 480. Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights 2017, p 11; Parliamentary Assembly of the Council of Europe 2008; United Nations Committee on the Rights of Persons With Disabilities and United Nations Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women 2018; United Nations General Assembly 2019, para 81(q).
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