Raising the costs or lowering the bar : international influences on conflict-related sexual violence / Karin Johansson.

Format:

Book

Thesis/Dissertation

Author/Creator:

Johansson, Karin, author.

Series:

Report (Uppsala universitet. Institutionen för freds- och konfliktforskning) ; no. 126.

Report / Department of Peace and Conflict Research, 0566-8808 ; no. 126

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Rape as a weapon of war.

Sex crimes.

War crimes.

Rape--Prevention.

Peacekeeping forces.

Genre:

Academic theses

Physical Description:

1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Uppsala, Sweden : Uppsala universitet, [2022]

Summary:

This dissertation contributes to the growing literature on conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV). More specifically, the four essays it contains advance our understanding of CRSV by shedding light on the intersection between international involvement and CRSV perpetrated by states and rebel groups engaged in civil war. Despite the increased attention to CRSV among international policy-makers, this intersection has been examined only sparsely within the scholarship on CRSV. Essays I, II, and III address the overarching question of how different types of international involvement influence the level of CRSV. Essay I offers a global study of the effect of third-party military involvement on levels of CRSV. It argues that shifts in the balance of power following external involvement tend to aggravate the situation with regard to CRSV, and it finds indicative support for this. Essay II examines the capacity of peacekeeping missions to mitigate CRSV. It finds that the effectiveness of peacekeeping hinges on the degree of internal control exercised by states and rebel groups. Essay III looks beyond military involvement and focuses on the political power of condemnation. Using newly collected data on condemnations of sexual violence issued by the United Nations (UN) human-rights body between 1987 and 2014, the study tests the extent to which governments that perpetrate CRSV can be influenced by international condemnation. In parallel, the study examines the power of domestic outrage expressed through protests. The findings have important policy implications: Domestic protests are associated with an escalation of CRSV by states. International condemnation correlates with declines in CRSV in recent years (2008-2014), but not historically. International involvement - whether multilateral or unilateral - only materialises if fellow states so decide. Essay IV thus focuses on the willingness of states to take action against CRSV perpetrated by other states.

Notes:

Compilation of two previously published articles and two articles in publication with new introduction.

Ph. D. Uppsala universitet 2022.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9789150629248

9150629247

OCLC:

1375494673