Ziad A.A. Violations Against Women in Armed Conflicts (A Study in the rules of the International Humanitarian Law)

Abstract

The international humanitarian law cannot discriminate against a specific category at the expense of another with protection, because protection includes everyone without discrimination on the basis of gender, color, language, nationality, etc. So, protection is based on equality, and if this is a general principle for protection, we must realize that the international humanitarian law has treated this with exceptions related to gender or age and has granted special protection, in addition to general protection, to special groups such as women, children, the elderly and people with special needs. In other words, there is an explicit recognition of the status of preferential treatment whenever it exists for cases. The woman would have been in greater danger had it not been for this support.

The research sheds light on the violations that women are exposed to during armed conflicts such as rape, slavery, forced marriage, forced pregnancy, and other forms of violence.