Rape Camps as a Means of Ethnic Cleansing: Religious, Cultural, and Ethical Responses to Rape Victims in the Former Yugoslavia

The Serbs' systematic use of rape camps with the specific intent of impregnating their victims is investigated, along with the cultural, political and religious foundations that support this usurpation of the female body. The "secondary victimization" of these women is analyzed. The g...

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Published in:Human rights quarterly 1998-05, Vol.20 (2), p.348-378
Main Author: Salzman, Todd A.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Atrocities
Bosnia-Herzegovina
Child molestation
Civil war
Crimes against
Crimes against humanity
Culture
Ethics
Ethnic cleansing
Ethnicity
Genocide
Human rights
Interethnic conflict
Islam
Muslims
Politics
Pregnancy
Rape
Refugee camps
Religion
Sexual assault
Slavic culture
Social conditions
Victimization
Victims
Violence against women
War
War crimes
War rape
Women
Yugoslavia
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Summary:The Serbs' systematic use of rape camps with the specific intent of impregnating their victims is investigated, along with the cultural, political and religious foundations that support this usurpation of the female body. The "secondary victimization" of these women is analyzed. The greatest number of assaults were committed by the Serbs against Muslim women.
ISSN:0275-0392
1085-794X
1085-794X
DOI:10.1353/hrq.1998.0019