UGANDA: Forced Marriage within the Lord's Resistance Army

Submitted by crinadmin on Fri, 20/06/2008 - 06:25

Summary: This report is based on in-depth interviews with over 100 formerly abducted girls and women who served as forced wives to LRA commanders and fighters. It also examines the role of customary, national and international law in addressing the crime of forced marriage, arguing that forced marriage is a crime of equal gravity to rape and torture, amounting to a crime against humanity.Owner: Feinstein International Center, Tufts Universitypdf: http://fic.tufts.edu/?pid=80

Organisation:

Feinstein International Center, Tufts University

Articles:

Article 38: Armed conflicts

Attachment Link:

http://fic.tufts.edu/?pid=80

Web:

http://fic.tufts.edu

Countries

Uganda

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