The widespread perpetration of gender-Based violence (GBV) in societies, and particularly in conflicts, has sparked a particular attention to such problem during the end of the twentieth century. The main international response to the perpetration of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has been that of applying the theory of securitization to policies and peace operations concerned with CRSV. However, securitization has often been criticized as a theory, and the same critics have been posed to its application to such conflicts. Through the analysis of the reasons behind the perpetration of gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, former Yugoslavia and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge Regime, this thesis argues how a thorough understanding of the various reasons behind the perpetration of gender-based violence, with a particular focus on sexual violence, before, during and after a conflict, can help overcome those problems posed by the securitization approach and those which emerge during peace operations.

GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN CONFLICTS AND SECURITIZATION: PROBLEMS, JUSTICE AND A POSSIBLE SOLUTION

SANTONE, GAIA
2023/2024

Abstract

The widespread perpetration of gender-Based violence (GBV) in societies, and particularly in conflicts, has sparked a particular attention to such problem during the end of the twentieth century. The main international response to the perpetration of conflict-related sexual violence (CRSV) has been that of applying the theory of securitization to policies and peace operations concerned with CRSV. However, securitization has often been criticized as a theory, and the same critics have been posed to its application to such conflicts. Through the analysis of the reasons behind the perpetration of gender-based violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, former Yugoslavia and Cambodia under the Khmer Rouge Regime, this thesis argues how a thorough understanding of the various reasons behind the perpetration of gender-based violence, with a particular focus on sexual violence, before, during and after a conflict, can help overcome those problems posed by the securitization approach and those which emerge during peace operations.
2023
GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE IN CONFLICTS AND SECURITIZATION: PROBLEMS, JUSTICE AND A POSSIBLE SOLUTION
Sexual violence
Congo (DRC)
ICTR and ICTY
Cambodia
Peacemaking
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