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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.
The international crime of sexual slavery and the practice of «forced marriages»
2015
The crime of sexual slavery is the international crime of sexual nature that, both as a crime against humanity and as a war crime, most difficulties is causing for its determination by international tribunals. This paper is devoted to the study of the international jurisprudence established by the International Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia, the Special Court for Sierra Leone and the International Criminal Court on the crime of sexual slavery and, in particular, on the practice of the so-called «forced marriages».