'Women, peace and security': Addressing accountability for wartime sexual violence

International Feminist Journal of Politics

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 576-593

  Aroussi, Sahla ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ANTWERP   (Belgium)

Author keywords

amnesty; justice and accountability; peace agreements; rape as a weapon of war; UN Security Council Resolutions 1325 and 1820

Indexed keywords

EID: 84857847042     PISSN: 14616742     EISSN: 14684470     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14616742.2011.611663     Document Type: Review

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