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Should Forced Marriages be Categorised as 'Sexual Slavery' or 'Other Inhumane Acts' in International Criminal Law?
2020
Utrecht Journal of International and European Law
Gender-based crimes occur to this day in armed conflicts across the globe. Forced marriages were rife in Sierra Leone, Cambodia, and Uganda, and a debate has emerged as to how they should be categorised in international criminal law (ICL). The main question this paper examines is: should forced marriages be categorised as 'sexual slavery' or 'other inhumane acts' in ICL? The principle of 'nullum crimen sine lege' (the NCSL principle), is used as a tool by which judgments from international
doi:10.5334/ujiel.473
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