Van der Poll, LVezasie, P.N2023-06-092024-04-022023-06-092024-04-022003https://hdl.handle.net/10566/10319Magister Legum - LLMln the course of this research paper incidence of sexual slavery, sexual violence and rape during times of war will be examined. The incidence where systematic rape is seen as a weapon of war designed to exterminate a particular ethnic group will be highlighted. lt will be argued that systematic rape can be suitably addressed as a form of ethnic cleansing and a form of genocide within the ambit of international human rights lawenwomenrapesystematic rapeethnic cleansinginternational instrumentsgenocideRwandaUniversity of the Western Cape