Crimes against woman within the framework of International Law

As a matter of fact crimes against women have been committed since the ancient times. But unfortunately, as is the case with women gaining their rights and the value they deserve fairly late, it took a long time for these crimes to be considered in the framework of international law and the criminals to be charged. Here in this thesis how and when, with which regulations the crimes against women have become the subject of international law are explained. In this manner, the thesis is separated into two major parts titled as ?Protection of Woman as a Whole in International Law? and ?Crimes Against Woman in the Light of International Criminal Tribunals? respectively.The former part of the thesis consists of three subtitles. In the primary one, it is examined that how every sort of injustice against women, including the violence against them, took place within the context of human rights and it is also stated that which regulations have been constructed throughout the historical process concerning the protection of women. In the secondary subtitle, ongoing regulations with regard to women-oriented crimes from ancient times to the second half of the twentieth century -the establishment of Nuremberg Tribunals- not excepting the 1949 Geneva Convention, in other words until the establishment of the ad hoc tribunals, are considered in case of three periods. Lastly the third subtitle discusses the subject of how the acts of sexual violence against women are evaluated by means of crime of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes.Similarly to the former part, the latter part of this thesis is composed of three subtitles. In this part, the ad hoc Tribunals of Nuremberg, Tokyo, Yugoslavia and Rwanda and the permanent International Criminal Court (ICC) are separately reviewed and it is mentioned for the statute of each tribunal that under which crime topic the crimes against women are involved. In addition to these, a comparison is drawn between these tribunals quite obviously in the context of women-oriented crimes.To conclude, we cannot ignore the success ensured by all of the regulations that have been constructed with regard to the crimes against women, four ad hoc tribunals and one permanent court that have been established until these days. Especially, it is anticipated that the ICC will have much more effective deterrence compared to the preceding ad hoc tribunals. However, it is still doubtful that even ICC will manage a complete prevention of crimes and every possible act of violence against women that could happen in the future. The incidents occurred in Darfur could be given as the latest proof.Key Words1.Woman2.International Law3.Crime4.Gender-based Violence5.Rape