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32 Colum. Hum. Rts. L. Rev. 625 (2000-2001)
Rape and Forced Pregnancy under the ICC Statute: Human Dignity, Autonomy, and Consent

handle is hein.journals/colhr32 and id is 633 raw text is: RAPE AND FORCED PREGNANCY UNDER THE ICC STATUTE: HUMAN DIGNITY, AUTONOMY, AND CONSENT by Kristen Boon* I. INTRODU CTION .............................................................................. 626 II. SEXUAL ATROCITIES AS INTERNATIONAL CRIMES ......................... 631 A. Special Characteristics of Assaults in Conflict Situations .631 B. Rape and Forced Pregnancy as Crimes Under the ICC S tatu te ................................................................................... 634 III. WHEREIN LIES THE HARM? CULTURAL CONTROVERSIES AND THE LAW MAKING PROCESS ....................... 637 A. The Influence of Municipal Criminal Laws ......................... 637 B . The Legal H arm s ................................................................... 641 IV . R APE ............................................................................................ 644 A. The Genesis of the ICC Elements of Rape ........................... 644 V. FORCE AND NON-CONSENT ......................................................... 650 A. Standards Applicable in Conflict Situations ....................... 650 B. The Legal Relevance of Consent .......................................... 654 VI. FORCED PREGNANCY ................................................................... 655 A. Background to the Criminalization of Forced Pregnancy ..656 B. The Negotiations on the Forced Pregnancy Provision ........ 658 B.A. (Hon.), McGill University (1994); M.A, McGill University (1996); J.D., New York University School of Law (2000); currently a Litigation Associate at De- bevoise & Plimpton in New York City. I would like to thank Kelly Dawn Askin, Hilary Charlesworth, Valerie Oosterveld, Philippe Sands, and Ned Morgan for their com- ments on earlier drafts of this Article. I would also like to acknowledge the generous support of the American Association for University Women for this research in the form of an International Fellowship.

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