Preliminary communication
Responsibility in the vortex of war. An example: Genocide - Rape
Valentin Pozaić
; Filozofsko-teološki institut Družbe Isusove u Zagrebu
Abstract
The author discusses the phenomenon of genocide and mass rape from the viewpoint of personal responsibility of ideologues, commanders, and execu¬tors of these war crimes, as well as the responsibility of the European and international communities who have been able to prevent or stop the war, but failed to do so. Particular attention is drawn to rape as an act of genocide, not as a sexual one. The children conceived by rape also have an incontestable right to life. It will be no easy task to identify all the victims, all the offenders and their personal responsibility, to right all the inflicted wrongs. By no means should the fundamental principles of justice be relin¬quished, and foundations should be laid for improved relationship between the individuals and the nations involved in the conflicts of the moment.
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Hrčak ID:
51825
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Publication date:
23.8.1993.
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