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forced pregnancy

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Unlawful confinement of a woman who has been forcibly impregnated, with the intent of affecting the ethnic composition of any population or carrying out other grave violations of international law. 

Additional notes and information

Sources

International Criminal Court (1998). Rome Statute. First circulated as document A/CONF.183/9 of 17 July 1998 and corrected by process-verbaux of 10 November 1998, 12 July 1999, 30 November 1999, 8 May 2000, 17 January 2001 and 16 January 2002. Available at: https://www.icc-cpi.int/nr/rdonlyres/ea9aeff7-5752-4f84-be94-0a655eb30e1...

Relations

Related term:
stealthing, violence against women and girls in armed conflict
Broader term:
sexual violence
URI: 
https://eige.europa.eu/taxonomy/term/1137?lang=en
Filed under: 
Decision-making and power
Gender roles and relations
Social affairs
Health

 

The concepts and definitions found in this glossary were published in 2016, and some may be out-of-date. EIGE is currently looking into which terms may need to be updated in the future.