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7 U. C. Davis J. Int'l L. & Pol'y 197 (2001)
Forced Marriage: Rwanda's Secret Revealed

handle is hein.journals/ucdl7 and id is 201 raw text is: FORCED MARRIAGE: RWANDA'S SECRET REVEALED Monika Satya Kalra* TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .............................................. 198 I. FORCED MARRIAGE ...................................... 198 A. Sexual Violence During the 1994 Genocide .................. 198 B. The Specific Nature of Forced Marriage ..................... 201 C. Lasting Effects of Forced Marriage ......................... 202 II. WHY THE ICTR MUST INVESTIGATE AND CHARGE CRIMES OF FORCED MARRIAGE .................................. 203 A. The Role of the Office of the Prosecutor ..................... 204 III. LEGAL ANALYSIS ........................................ 205 A. Article 2: Genocide ..................................... 206 1. Legal Requirements ................................. 207 2. Application of Article 2 to Forced Marriages .............. 209 B. Article 3: Crimes Against Humanity ........................ 211 1. Legal Requirements .................................. 211 2. Application of Article 3 to Forced Marriages .............. 214 C. Article 4: Violations of Common Article 3 and Additional Protocol ! to the 1949 Geneva Conventions .................. 216 1. Legal Requirements ................................. 214 2. Application of Article 4 to Forced Marriages .............. 218 IV. RECOMMENDATIONS .................................... 220 CONCLUSION ............................................... 221 Associate Legal Officer, UN International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia. The author would like to thank Professor Diane Amann for her support and encouragement during the writing and publishing of this article. Thanks also to Dr. Kelly Askin and Erin Webster Main. The views expressed are solely those of the author and are not attributable to the UN, the ICTY or the Office of the Prosecutor.

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