Jan Ruff-O'Herne
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Jeanne Alida "Jan" Ruff-O'Herne was a Dutch Australian of Irish ancestry and human rights activist known for campaigning internationally against war rape. During World War II, Ruff-O'Herne was forced
Portrait taken in March 1942, shortly before the Japanese invasion of Indonesia
Wartime sexual violence
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Wartime sexual violence is rape or other forms of sexual violence committed by combatants during an armed conflict, war, or military occupation. This type of violence is often committed as spoils of w
Jan Ruff-O'Herne
…18 January 1923 – 19 August 2019) was a Dutch Australian of Irish ancestry and human rights activist known for campaigning internationally against war rape. During World War II, Ruff-O'Herne was forced into sexual slavery by the Imperial Japanese Army. After remaining silent for fifty years, Ruff-O'Herne…
Monument to the Condottiero Giovanni dalle Bande Nere depicting a man kidnapping a woman (Piazza San Lorenzo, Florence)
De jure belli ac pacis, title page from the first edition of 1625.
Some of the delegates to the Global Summit to End Sexual Violence in Conflict held in 2014
Christians before Saladin: many civilian inhabitants of Jerusalem were sold into sexual slavery after the Siege of Jerusalem (1187).