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28 Penn St. Int'l L. Rev. 83 (2009-2010)
Rhetoric without Results: United Nations Security Council Resolutions concerning Rape during Armed Conflict

handle is hein.journals/psilr28 and id is 85 raw text is: I Comments I Rhetoric Without Results: United Nations Security Council Resolutions Concerning Rape During Armed Conflict Rachel Schreck* Table of Contents I. INTRODUCTION: ONE OF HISTORY'S GREAT SILENCES .......... 84 II. SEXUAL VIOLENCE DURING CONFLICT: A WAR WITHIN A W AR .................................................................................... 87 A. A Brief Historical Background of Rape During War ...... 87 B. Rape as a War Tactic ....................................................... 89 C. Effects of Rape ................................................................ 90 III. HOLDING SOME PERPETRATORS ACCOUNTABLE IN INTERNATIONAL COURTS AND TRIBUNALS ............................. 93 A. Prosecuting Rape and Sexual Violence Crimes ................ 95 B. Rape: An Act of Torture ................................................... 97 * J.D. Candidate, The Dickinson School of Law of the Pennsylvania State University, May 2010. Special thanks to Professor Gregory S. McNeal for all his assistance and support. This comment is dedicated to the many victims of sexual violence during armed conflict and to those who are advocating for an end to this violence.

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