Fighters, Not Victims: On Victimhood Recognition and Gender Representations in the Enslavement Charges in the Ongwen Case

Silvina Sánchez Mera
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Abstract In the Ongwen case, according to the otp women were abducted to be wives and men to be soldiers, women were forced to work and men forced to fight. The otp brought enslavement charges for some of these crimes. Absent from the charges was the forced fighting of men. This paper discusses the crime of enslavement in the Ongwen case. By combining a doctrinal analysis and a feminist approach, I seek to show how gender representations emerge in the application of the law in detriment of men’s victimhood. I argue that the application of the law responds to gender representations in war. Men are not perceived to be victims once they become ‘soldiers’. Likewise, for women, the effect is their continuous perception as non-fighters and victims of war. This leads to reinforcing those representations, to lack of acknowledgment of victimhood for men and to reducing the experiences of women.
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斗士,而非受害者:论翁文案奴役指控中的受害者身份认同与性别表征
在翁文案中,人们认为妇女被拐卖为妻,男子被拐卖为兵,妇女被迫劳动,男子被迫战斗。otp对其中一些罪行提出了奴役指控。这些指控中没有强迫男人打架。本文论述了翁文案中的奴役罪。通过结合理论分析和女权主义方法,我试图展示性别代表是如何在法律应用中出现的,以损害男性的受害者身份。我认为法律的适用回应了战争中的性别表现。男人一旦成为“士兵”,就不会被认为是受害者。同样,对女性来说,其影响是她们一直被视为非战士和战争受害者。这导致强化这些表述,使男性不愿承认自己是受害者,并减少了女性的经历。
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期刊介绍: Thus there is also a need for criminological, sociological and historical research on the issues of ICL. The Review publishes in-depth analytical research that deals with these issues. The analysis may cover: • the substantive and procedural law on the international level; • important cases from national jurisdictions which have a bearing on general issues; • criminological and sociological; and, • historical research.
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