Regulating the protection of women during armed conflict against sexual violence and torture / Norhalijah Yusoff … [et al.]

Yusoff, Norhalijah and Razlan, Safwah and Ahmad, Ummu Naqibah and Ahmad Shaharuddin, Siti Nuradiba (2013) Regulating the protection of women during armed conflict against sexual violence and torture / Norhalijah Yusoff … [et al.]. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

Throughout time no matter where the location, rape, torture and other acts of sexual violence towards women have always been a part of war. Regardless of, rape warfare has become an acceptable by-product for what men do even though the Geneva Conventions, the legal framework outlining the rules of war, prohibits it. Rape, torture and sexual violence went beyond from being a by-product of war to instead become a tool of war itself: a strategic military plan for genocide. Hence, this research paper will be dealing with the topic of international law by focusing on the protection of women during armed conflict against sexual violence and torture. There is inadequate protection for women during armed conflict by the international conventions, which is unable and insufficient to protect the women who became victims of sexual violence and torture. This paper will identify, analyze and compare the laws regarding sexual violence and torture during armed conflict with other international convention and treaties. Next , we will propose and recommend the amendment of the Penal Code to include a provision to protect women during armed conflict and post conflict in Malaysia by imposing tougher punishment to prosecute those accountable for committing sexual atrocities and torture and in doing so send a strong message that acts of violence towards women will not be tolerated.

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Item Type: Student Project
Creators:
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Email / ID Num.
Yusoff, Norhalijah
2010154601
Razlan, Safwah
2010321615
Ahmad, Ummu Naqibah
2010988149
Ahmad Shaharuddin, Siti Nuradiba
2010161163
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Thesis advisor
Mohd Shah, Rohani
UNSPECIFIED
Subjects: K Law > K Law in general. Comparative and uniform law. Jurisprudence > Comparative law. International uniform Law > Public safety
Divisions: Universiti Teknologi MARA, Shah Alam > Faculty of Law
Programme: Bachelor in Legal Studies (Hons)
Keywords: Sexual violence, Torture, Penal Code
Date: 2013
URI: https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/31516
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