Sexual Violence in History: A Bibliography

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Start: Topical Index: Types: Wartime Sexual Violence: 20^th Century and 21^st Century:

Types: Wartime Sexual Violence:
SIERRA LEONE CIVIL WAR

»The Sierra Leone Civil War (1991–2002), or the Sierra Leonean Civil War, was a civil war in Sierra Leone that began on 23 March 1991 when the Revolutionary United Front (RUF), with support from the special forces of Liberian dictator Charles Taylor's National Patriotic Front of Liberia (NPFL), intervened in Sierra Leone in an attempt to overthrow the Joseph Momoh government. The resulting civil war lasted 11 years, enveloping the country. It left over 50,000 dead.« -- More information: Wikipedia

»During the Sierra Leone Civil War gender specific violence was widespread. Rape, sexual slavery and forced marriages were commonplace during the conflict.[1] It has been estimated by Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) that up to 257,000 women were victims of gender related violence during the war. The majority of assaults were carried out by the Revolutionary United Front (RUF).[2] The Armed Forces Revolutionary Council (AFRC), The Civil Defence Forces (CDF), and the Sierra Leone Army (SLA) have also been implicated in sexual violence.« -- More information: Wikipedia

[Info] Allain, Jean, et al. The Law and Children Born of War: Rape, Slavery and Consent across Enemy Lines. Interdisciplinary perspectives on Children Born of War from World War II to current conflict settings. Hannover 2015.

[Info] Aptel, Cecile. Unpunished Crimes: The Special Court for Sierra Leone and Children. The Sierra Leone Special Court and its Legacy: The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law. Edited by Charles C. Jalloh. Cambridge 2014: 340-360.

[Info] Baldi, Giulia, et al. Silent Identities: Children Born of War in Sierra Leone. Born of War: Protecting Children of Sexual Violence Survivors in Conflict Zones. Edited by R. Charli Carpenter. Bloomfield 2007: 78-93.

[Info] Cohen, Dara. The Role of Female Combatants in Armed Groups: Women and Wartime Rape in Sierra Leone (1991-2002). 50^th Annual Convention of the International Studies Association. New York 2009.

[Info] Cohen, Dara K. The Role of Female Combatants in Armed Groups: Women and Wartime Rape in Sierra Leone (1991-2002). Les viols en temps de guerre: une histoire crire. Paris 2009.

[Info] Cohen, Dara K. Explaining Rape during Civil War: Cross-National Evidence (1980 2009). American Political Science Review 107 (2013): 461-477.

[Info] Cohen, Dara K. Female Combatants and the Perpetration of Violence: Wartime Rape in the Sierra Leone Civil War. World Politics 65 (2013): 383-415.

[Info] Cohen, Dara K. Rape during Civil War. Ithaca 2016.

[Info] Conaway, Matthew B. When 'Boys Will Not Be Boys': Variations of Wartime Sexual Violence by Armed Opposition Groups in Sri Lanka, Sierra Leone, and Nepal. M.A. Thesis, Wright State University, 2012.

[Info] Coulter, Chris. Being a Bush Wife: Women's Lives Through War and Peace in Northern Sierra Leone. Ph.D. Thesis, Uppsala University, 2006.

[Info] Coulter, Chris. Bush Wives and Girl Soldiers: Women's Lives through War and Peace in Sierra Leone. Ithaca 2009.

[Info] Coulter, Chris. Female Fighters in Sierra Leone. Against Our Will Forty Years After: Exploring the Field of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict. Hamburg 2015.

[Info] Duriesmith, David. 'The other half on gender' in Sierra Leone's civil conflict: A critical response to John Idriss Lahai's "fused in combat". Australasian Review of African Studies 33 (2012): 56-68.

[Info] Ferme, Mariane C. "Archetypes of Humanitarian Discourse": Child Soldiers, Forced Marriage, and the Framing of Communities in Post-Conflict Sierra Leone. Humanity 4 (2013): 49-71.

[Info] Hansen-Young, Thekla. Defining Rape: A Means to Achieve Justice in the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Chicago Journal of International Law 6 (2005): 479-494.

[Info] Ibrahim, Aisha F. War's Other Voices: Testimonies by Sierra Leonean Women. Ph.D. Thesis, Illinois State University, 2006.

[Info] Jalloh, Charles C., ed. The Sierra Leone Special Court and its Legacy: The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law. Cambridge 2014.

[Info] Keith, Kirsten M.F. Deconstructing Terrorism as a War Crime: The Charles Taylor Case. Journal of International Criminal Justice 11 (2013): 813-833.

[Info] Maciejczak, Justyna. Shame and Violence Nexus in the Sierra Leone Civil War. e-International Relations (September 4, 2013).

[Info] MacKenzie, Megan H. Female Soldiers in Sierra Leone: Sex, Security, and Post-Conflict Development. New York 2012.

[Info] Marks, Zoe. Sexual Violence Inside Rebellion: Policies and Perspectives of the Revolutionary United Front of Sierra Leone. Civil Wars 15 (2013): 359-379.

[Info] Marks, Zoe. Sexual Violence in Sierra Leone's Civil War: Virgination , Rape, and Marriage. African Affairs 113 (2014): 67-87.

[Info] Mibenge, Chiseche. Witnesses of Sexual Violence in Rwanda and Sierra Leone and International Law. Against Our Will Forty Years After: Exploring the Field of Sexual Violence in Armed Conflict. Hamburg 2015.

[Info] Nelaeva, Galina A. The Politics of Wartime Rape Prosecutions in Sierra Leone Special Court. Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences 6 (2013): 1443-1449.

[Info] Oosterveld, Valerie. Gender and the Charles Taylor Case at the Special Court for Sierra Leone. William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law 19 (2012): 7-33.

[Info] Oosterveld, Valerie. Evaluating the Special Court for Sierra Leone's Gendre Jurisprudence. The Sierra Leone Special Court and its Legacy: The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law. Edited by Charles C. Jalloh. Cambridge 2014: 234-259.

[Info] Oosterveld, Valerie. The Representation of Rape by the Special Court for Sierra Leone. Sexual Violence in Conflict and Post-Conflict Societies: International Agendas and African Contexts. Edited by Doris Buss et al. New York 2014: 145-157.

[Info] Palmer, Amy. An Evolutionary Analysis of Gender-Based War Crimes and the Continued Tolerance of "Forced Marriage". Northwestern Journal of International Human Rights 7 (2009): 133-159.

[Info] Scharf, Michael P. Forced Marriage as a Separate Crime against Humanity. The Sierra Leone Special Court and its Legacy: The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law. Edited by Charles C. Jalloh. Cambridge 2014: 193-214.

[Info] ten Bensel, Tusty. »Framing in the Making: The Evolution of Sex Offender Motivation in Sierra Leone.« International Criminal Justice Review 24 (2014): 59-81.

[Info] ten Bensel, Tusty. Collective Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Sierra Leone: A Comparative Case Study Analysis. Harvard Kennedy School. Cambridge 2014.

[Info] ten Bensel, Tusty, et al. Collective Sexual Violence in Bosnia and Sierra Leone: A Comparative Case Study Analysis. International Journal of Offender Therapy and Comparative Criminology 61 (2017): 1075-1098.

[Info] Thompson, Sidney. Forced Marriage at the Special Court for Sierra Leone: Questions of Jurisdiction, Legality, Specificity, and Consistency. The Sierra Leone Special Court and its Legacy: The Impact for Africa and International Criminal Law. Edited by Charles C. Jalloh. Cambridge 2014: 215-233.

[Info] Zohra, Tusty. The Collective Nature of Sexual Violence: A Comparative Case Study Analysis of the Former Yugoslavia, Rwanda, and Sierra Leone. 68^th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Criminology. Chicago 2012.