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
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).
Gang rape
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In scholarly literature and criminology, gang rape, also called serial gang rape, party rape, group rape, or multiple perpetrator rape, is the rape of a single victim by two or more violators. Gang ra
Wartime sexual violence
…phenomenon has broader sociological motivations. During periods of armed conflict, cases of sexual violence may encompass a range of behaviors, including gang rape and rape with the use of objects. It is distinct from sexual harassment and sexual assaults and rape committed amongst troops in military service…
19th century illustration by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi, illustrating a gang rape case on The Postal News (Sports Hochi today)
Public execution of Khomeyni Shahr gang rape case convicts (Iran)