Короткий опис(реферат):
Розкрито поняття сексуального насильства в умовах воєнного конфлікту як зброї для
контролю, покарання, послаблення морального духу противника та створення стримування.
Доведено, що під час військових конфліктів посилюється гендерна поляризація, у результаті чого
жінки особливо гостро відчувають наслідки конфлікту з огляду на гендерно зумовлені ролі.
Наголошено на викраденнях малолітніх дітей під час збройних конфліктів, що відбуваються з
метою використання їх у бойових силах та експлуатації. Зазначено, що акти сексуального
насильства визнаються окремою категорією воєнних злочинів (серйозних порушень міжнародного
гуманітарного права) у контексті міжнародних і неміжнародних збройних конфліктів. The article reveals the concept of sexual violence in armed conflict as a weapon for control,
punishment, weakening the morale of opponents and creating deterrence. Sexual violence during conflict
is an act of domination, grounded in a complex web of cultural precon – ceptions, in particular as regards
gender roles. It is used to torture and humiliate people, and to punish or humiliate an enemy group or
community. Sexual violence may be encouraged or tolerated within armed groups. In some conflicts, it
has been used strategically to advance military objectives, such as the clearing of a civilian population
from an area. It has been proven that during military conflicts, gender polarization increases, as a result of
which women feel the consequences of the conflict especially acutely due to gender-based roles.
Police reform should consider how police services can better prevent and investigate crimes of
sexual violence, provide support to the victims, and put in place effective measures to prevent and punish
such abuses committed by police personnel. Human rights violations were committed by all parties to the
conflict, which was characterised by a pattern of brutal massacres of large numbers of civilians, mostly in
rural areas. Forms of sexual violence included rape, abduction for sexual slavery, forced marriage of
women and girls to combatants, forced stripping, and the insertion of foreign objects into victims’
cavities. Although predominantly directed against women and girls, men and boys were also subjected to
sexual violence.
The attention is focused on the abduction of minors during armed conflicts, which take place
for the purpose of using them in combat forces and exploitation. It is noted that acts of sexual violence are
recognized as a separate category of war crimes (serious violations of international humanitarian law) in
the context of international and non-international armed conflicts.
