“The Path Towards Justice for Victims of Sexual Violence”? International Responses to Wartime Rape in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY)

Abstract

If the Tribunal is to be successful and is to contribute to the maintenance of international peace and security, both generally and in the former Yugoslavia, more States-individually and through international organizations-must provide assistance, both that which is obligatory, and perhaps more critically, that which is necessary. For it is only through a genuine will • to ensure that the rule of law will prevail-on the part of the international community that the Tribunal can achieve its mandate. Without this support, the Tribunal's achievements, however meaningful, will not realize their potential: to found a more just international order in which right is accorded primacy over might.

Prosecution for Violations of International Humanitarian Law: Russia’s Position

“…This applies to sexual crimes since this type of crime is not recorded in Ihl. Nelaeva speaks of rule-making by way of "soft law" resulting from resolutions of international organizations and decisions of international courts and tribunals (Nelaeva, 2007(Nelaeva, , 2014. according to S.Yu.…”