Rape and Sexual Violence as Torture and Genocide in the Decisions of International Tribunals: Transjudicial Networks and the Development of International Criminal Law

Marochkin, Sergey; Nelaeva, Galina A.

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“…While not explicitly listed among those crimes, rape is one of the most commonly implemented weapons of torture in the context of genocide (Alison, 2007; Schott, 2011). The International Criminal Tribunals of Rwanda and former Yugoslavia, respectively, and the Special Court for Sierra Leone, have each recognized mass rape as a crime against humanity and an act of genocide (Marochkin & Nelaeva, 2014; Schott, 2011).…”

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Children born of genocidal rape: What do we know about their experiences and needs?

Uwizeye

DeVon

McCreary

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Public Health Nursing

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Background An often under addressed and tragic legacy of genocide is the conception of children from rape. While the experience has been documented from their mothers' perspective, the perspectives and needs of individuals born of genocidal rape has been under‐studied. Methods We conducted an integrative review of all peer‐reviewed articles that reported on studies conducted among individuals born of genocidal rape published through 2020. We used an inductive process to identify and describe the themes from those studies. Results Twelve studies met the inclusion criteria. Ten articles reported on youth born of genocidal rape in Rwanda aged between 16 and 21 years, and two articles represented the perspective of adolescents in the former Yugoslavia aged 1416 years. Four themes were indentified: (1) birth origin stories associated with the crime of the father, (2) fractured sense of belonging to the victim‐mother, perpetrator‐father, their families, and the community at large, (3) intergenerational legacy of trauma and family identity, and (4) strategies to move forward including knowing the truth about one's origin, mental health, and peer support. Conclusion These findings suggest that understanding increased risk of adverse health outcomes of youth born of genocidal rape could inform the design of evidence‐based interventions for these and similar populations.

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Children born of genocidal rape: What do we know about their experiences and needs?

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DeVon

McCreary

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Public Health Nursing

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The Gory Details: Asylum, Sexual Assault, and Traumatic Memory

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For asylum seekers to be granted asylum, they must convince immigration officials that they have been persecuted or that they fear they will be persecuted if returned to their home country. This article discusses the reluctance of asylum seekers to be forthcoming about sexual assault as a form of persecution and the ways in which traumatic memory can affect narratives of persecution for rape survivors. Many asylum seekers, particularly those who have been sexually assaulted, show symptoms consistent with trauma survivors. Consequently, their narratives of persecution are often shaped by partial and incomplete memory recall. The result is that how asylum seekers who have been sexually assaulted tell their stories of persecution is the antithesis of the expectations of credibility. This article is based on qualitative research in Los Angeles, California, and New York City, New York, in the United States. It includes interviews with asylum seekers, immigration attorneys, immigrant service providers, asylum officers, and immigration judges; observations of immigration court hearings; and content analysis of asylum applications. I use these sources to argue that the harm of rape and its long-lasting effects evidenced by symptoms of traumatic memory impacts how asylum seekers articulate stories of persecution. How these stories are told can have devastating effects for asylum seekers that may jeopardize their ability to gain asylum if immigration officials do not view them as credible applicants.

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Rape and Sexual Violence as Torture and Genocide in the Decisions of International Tribunals: Transjudicial Networks and the Development of International Criminal Law

Cited by 4 publications

References 26 publications

Children born of genocidal rape: What do we know about their experiences and needs?

Children born of genocidal rape: What do we know about their experiences and needs?

New publications in humanitarian action and the law

The Gory Details: Asylum, Sexual Assault, and Traumatic Memory

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