Counting the countless: Rape victimization during the rwandan genocide

International Criminal Justice Review

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 208-224

  Bijleveld, Catrien ^a   Morssinkhof, Aafke ^a   Smeulers, Alette ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Qenocide; Rape; Rwanda; Victimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 66049123057     PISSN: 10575677     EISSN: 15563855     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/1057567709335391     Document Type: Article

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