Search results for "Forced marriage"

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2019

Using the method of third-person elicitation and 171 interviews in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, I examine one form of forced marriage, ‘marriage on the mat’ (ndoa ya mkeka). In it, girls’ parents use t...

ArcheologybiologyPoverty05 social sciences0507 social and economic geographyTransactional sexUrban poorbiology.organism_classification050701 cultural studies03 medical and health sciences0302 clinical medicineTanzania5. Gender equalityArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Dar es salaamAnthropologyPolitical scienceAgency (sociology)030212 general & internal medicineSocioeconomicsForced marriageEthnos
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The Rise and fall of a New Type of Crime against Humanity: the Crime against Humanity of Forced Marriage

2015

The practice of forced marriage rose as a new crime against humanity in the case law of the Special Court for Sierra Leone, but it has had a short and contentious life, being abandoned after a few years by other international criminal tribunals. This paper is devoted to the study of the international case law established by the international criminal tribunals -Special Court for Sierra Leone, and International Criminal Court- that have heard cases where allegations of force marriage have been raised up.

Crims contra la humanitatTribunals internacionalsDret internacionalSpecial courtPolitical scienceCommon lawLawHumanityCriminologyDret penalForced marriageSierra leoneJournal of Law and Criminal Justice
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